Bradley D. Westphal has an extensive background and experience in insurance-defense litigation. He received his bachelor degrees as a double major from the University of Washington in 1972 and obtained his law degree from Willamette University in 1981. He worked as a senior trial attorney for the Safeco Insurance Legal department from 1981 to 2008. He has tried more than 100 civil jury trials to verdicts and his practice has included cases of all varieties, including wrongful death and personal injuries resulting from automobile accidents, homeowner and commercial litigation. He has also tried numerous jury trials regarding timber trespass, water damage, toxic tort, and landslide matters. His practice has included construction defect and declaratory actions. He has argued numerous summary judgments and tried many bench trials and all types of arbitrations. He has argued before the Washington State Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals. He has acted as a mediator in more than 50 civil cases through the Settlement Now program and is a longtime arbitrator in Superior Court.

He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, and Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association. He was a past member of both the Washington State and King County Bar Association Judicial Selection Committees and, as a member of the King County Medical Legal Committee, coauthored the Medical Legal Handbook.

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