General Civil and Trial Practice: Trial and appellate representation in all courts within the states of Washington and Alaska, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Local and international arbitration and ADR of commercial disputes, including matters as diverse as Superfund cost-recovery allocation, insurance coverage litigation, contract interpretation, sales transactions, and resolution of intellectual property rights. The firm's attorneys are tops among Seattle trial lawyers.

The firm has handled multi-party litigation in both state and federal court and has implemented computerized document retention and database procedures. Although not exclusive, we have undertaken representation of international oil transactions; export-import transactions; transportation related litigation and transactions including acquisitions, mergers, and leasing; multi-district litigation; RICO; securities fraud; accountings and fiduciary disputes; lender liability prosecution and defense; complex maritime foreclosure and maritime lien enforcement.

Antitrust: Our litigation practice includes antitrust defense of predatory pricing/price fixing and monopolistic practice allegations. The Mikkelborg Firm has successfully defended, through both trial and appeal, clients in the fishing and shipping industries.

Construction: Corporate and contracting work for construction, manufacturing and transportation related businesses, oil companies and international trading companies, products liability, contracting, bidding disputes, construction defense, toxic tort, asbestosis, hearing loss, chemical exposure; mechanics liens and priorities; surety including "little" Miller Act claims and disputes.

Intellectual Property: Copyright and trademark litigation; legal representation relating to information technology, telecommunications, media and data protection, and licensing agreements; evaluation and preparation of electronic purchase and sale agreements and outsourcing of information technology functions to third-party providers.

Debtor/Creditor: Bankruptcy - Chapter 7, 11, 13, including representations of secured and unsecured creditors, trustees, creditors' committees, receivership, bankruptcy litigation, workouts, receivership and debtor/creditor litigation, foreclosure.

Trade secret protection, including injunctive and civil enforcement proceedings; non-competition and restrictive covenants, negotiation and enforcement of common law and contractual intellectual property rights, including trademark and trade name, and copyright enforcement.

Employment: Employment agreements and employer/employee contract negotiation; federal and state law compliance and general labor advice; wrongful discharge; wage and hour claims; discrimination; Title VII; personnel manual compliance.

Personal Injury: Personal injury accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, FELA, crossing accidents, condemnation and bad sight distance litigation.

Practice Groups
:: Admiralty & Maritime
:: Agricultural Law
:: Antitrust
:: Business
:: Construction
:: Corporate
:: Debtor/Creditor
:: Dispute Resolution
:: Divorce & Family Law
:: Employment Law
:: Environmental
:: Health Law
:: Immigration
:: Intellectual Property
:: Litigation
:: Personal Injury
:: Real Estate
:: Tax & Estate Planning
:: Trade Secret Protection
:: Transactions