David A. Shaw
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Phone: 206-628-6621 Fax: 206-628-6611 Email: dshaw@williamskastner.com |
Two Union Square 601 Union Street, Suite 4100 Seattle, WA 98101 |
Experience:
David Shaw is a member in the Seattle office. His practice emphasizes the defense of asbestos-related claims. Mr. Shaw serves on several national trial teams for asbestos defendants and has tried numerous such cases to verdict. He has tried cases in the states of Washington, Alaska, Tennessee, California, Texas, Illinois, Maryland and New York. Additionally, he has tried cases in the Federal District Courts of Alaska and Nevada, and the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington. Mr. Shaw has also argued at all levels of the Washington appellate court system, in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Court of Claims, and in the Supreme Court of the state of Alaska. He has been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Product Liability for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peer-review rating available.
Affiliations:
Mr. Shaw is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and an arbitrator for the King County Bar System.
Mr. Shaw speaks regularly at CLE programs in the Seattle area, and through invitation, has spoken at national CLE programs. In speaking, Mr. Shaw shares his extensive knowledge on general litigation practice, asbestos litigation, product liability, insurance law, insurance bad faith, and the practical effect of release agreements on guide/outfitter liability.
Areas of Practice
Bar Admissions
- Washington
Education
- University of Washington (JD), 1978; (BA), cum laude, 1975
- U.S. Naval Academy