Rosemary J. Moore is a shareholder at Lee Smart. Rosemary's practice emphasizes defense of professional malpractice, employment law, personal injury and claims of sexual abuse, insurance coverage and bad faith, general civil litigation and defense of public employees. She is currently licensed to practice law in the State of Washington and the United States District Court in the Western District of Washington. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Ms. Moore graduated from the University of Lancaster in the U.K. with a B.A. (Honors) in English and continued her education at the Chester and London branches of the College of Law. Ms. Moore was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1982 and remains on the roll of solicitors. In England Ms. Moore's practice concentration was plaintiff and defense civil litigation. She also handled real estate, probate, trust, and commercial matters. Ms. Moore moved to Washington State in 1997 and was admitted to the Washington State Bar the following year.

Representative Cases

• Lombard v. O'Rourke – Defense of legal malpractice claim involving an underlying property dispute over use of a communal beach. Dismissed on summary judgment.
• Rocky Mountain v. Litchman – Claim of real estate malpractice involving allegation of negligent misrepresentation as to boundary line. Dismissed on summary judgment.
• Cleland v. John L. Scott – Real estate malpractice claimwhere buyers alleged negligent representation, common law fraud and fraudulent concealment. All claims dismissed on summary judgment.
• Flowers v. Pierce County Fire District No. 17 – Wrongful termination claim where the union decided not to take the claim to arbitration under the collective bargaining agreement. Dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
• Something Sweet v. Nick-N-Willy's Franchise Company LLC – Defense of franchisor's area developer in claim for franchise rescission for alleged lack of registration. Dismissed on summary judgment.
• Ferguson v . The Lakeside Group – Personal injury claim of the plaintiff who was hired through his union was dismissed on summary judgment under Washington's Industrial Immunity Act.
• Carlson v. Zorb – Another real estate malpractice claim where claims of fraudulent concealment and breach of the Consumer Protection Act were dismissed.
• Baskerville v . Beck – Defense of claims of race discrimination, wrongful arrest and assault.
• Alcazar v . Yanez – Defense of claim of employment discrimination. Partial summary judgment dismissal obtained dismissing several causes of action and limiting the scope of the remaining claim.
• K & M v . Union Recovery – Defense of claim of legal malpractice involving sale of intellectual property.
• Berry v . Cascade – Assisted in prosecution of this bad faith insurance claim.
• Mendoza v. Danilov – Defense of legal malpractice claim arising from practice of immigration law.
• Mayfield v . PSC – Defended security guard from allegation of assault and excessive force.
• Glenn v . Straightahead Shelter – Assisted in defense of personal injury claim in State of Oregon.
• Johnson v . Catholic Community Services – Assisted in successful defense of a claim of wrongful adoption.

Reported Appellate Decision:

• Miller v. Campbell, 164 Wn.2d 529; 192 P.3d 352 (2008) .