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Brian J. Waid

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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 43 years of experience

Legal Malpractice

5400 California Ave SW Suite D, Seattle, WA 98136

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About Brian J. Waid

Practice Areas

Legal Malpractice

Education

University of Nebraska College of Law, Lincoln, Nebraska
J.D.

Representative Cases

Setterquist v. Law Offices of Ted D. Billbe, PLLC, 792 Fed. Appx. 428 (9th Cir. 2019)
Rabbage v. Lorella, 5 Wn. App.2d 289, 426 P.3d 768 (2018)
Volvo Constr. Equipment NA, LLC v. Clyde/West, Inc., 26 F. Supp.3d 1033 (W.D. Wash. 2014), 2014 WL 5365454 (W.D. Wash. 10/20/14), and 2014 WL 6886679 (W.D. Wash. 12/3/14)
Stewart Title Guar. Co. v. Sterling Sav. Bank, 178 Wn.2d 561, 311 P.3d 1 (2013)
Perkumpulan Investor Crisis Center Dressel-WBG v. Wong, 2012 WL 3871582 (W.D. Wash. 09/04/12), 2012 WL 3871592 (W.D. Wash. 09/04/12), and 2014 WL 1047946 (W.D. Wash. 3/14/14)[RICO defense]
Owen v. Godwin, 2012 WL 3945770 (E.D. Wash. )
Shoemake v. Ferrer, 168 Wn.2d 193, 225 P.3d 990 (2010)
Bertelsen v. Harris, 537 F.3d 1047 (9th Cir. 2008)
Mutual of Enumclaw Ins. Co. v. Dan Paulson Constr., 161 Wn2d 903, 169 P.3d 1 (2007)
Feature Realty v. Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP, 161 Wn.2d 214, 164 P.3d 500 (2007)
Burns v. McClinton, 135 Wn. App. 285, 143 P.3d 630 (2006)
VersusLaw v. Stoel Rives, LLP, 127 Wn. App. 309, 11 P.3d 866 (2005)
Metropolitan Water Dist. of Southern California v. Superior Court, aff'd, 32 Cal.4th 491, 84 P.3d 966, 9 Cal. Rptr.3d (2004)
Vizcaino v. Microsoft, 290 F.3d 1043, 9th Cir., Cert. Denied, 537 U.S. 1018 (2002)
Vela v. Plaquemines Parish Government, 811 So.2d 1263 (La. 2002)
Metropolitan Water Dist. of Southern California v. Superior Court, 112 Cal. Rptr. 513, 92 Cal. App.4th 1112 (2001)
Vizcaino v. Microsoft, 142 F. Supp.2d 1299 (W.D. Wash. 2001)
Winbun v. Moore, 143 Wn.2d 206, 18 P.3d 576 (2001)
Vizcaino v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 173 F.3d 713 (9th Cir. 1999)

Classes and Seminars

Liens & Fees & Federal Pre-Emption Wha?-II, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Ethics CLE (Seattle), December 3, 2019 - Present
Liens, & Fees & Federal Pre-Emption (Wha?), Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Ethics CLE (Seattle), November 30, 2018 - Present
Ethical Perils in the Probate Process, National Business Institute (Seattle), October 27, 2017 - Present
Ethical Fee Agreements and Practice, National Business Institute (Seattle), October 27, 2017 - Present
What You Don't Know (Or Do) Can’t Hurt You: Tips, Trips, and Lessons Concerning Employment Law Legal Malpractice Claims, National Business Institute (Seattle), October 27, 2017 - Present
Emerging Ethics and Standard of Care Issues in Trust and Estate Practice, National Business Institute (Seattle), October 27, 2017 - Present
Annual Law of Lawyering Seminar, Washington State Bar Association, December 20, 2013 - Present
Legal Malpractice: A Primer With a Cutting Edge, National Association of Legal Secretaries, April 12, 2013 - Present
Ethics of Withdrawing from Representation, National Association of Legal Secretaries, January 26, 2013 - Present
Law Firms & Associations, Law of Lawyering Seminar, Washington State Bar Association, December 14, 2012 - Present
Local Counsel-Hazards of the Relationship, National Association of Legal Secretaries, March 17, 2011 - Present
Effective and Ethical Fee Agreements, Before the Fee Agreement, King County Bar Association, October 27, 2010 - Present
Ethics for the IP Attorney, Washington State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Institute, Seattle, 2009
Legal Ethics and Malpractice Issues for the Intellectual Property Attorney Wannabe, Washington State Bar Association, Seattle, 2008 - Present
Ethics: Establishing and Maintaining the Attorney-Client Relationship, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, Seattle, 2008 - Present
It's Not Just Microsoft!, Washington State Bar Association, Employment Law Seminar, Washington State Bar Association, Employment Law Seminar, 2000 - Present
Employment Law Seminar, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 2000 - Present
RRule 11: Its Use and Abuse, and Implications for Professionalism, King County Bar Association (1998 and reprised by request 1999), 1998 - 1999
ERISA Subrogation, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 1998 - Present
Chairperson, Subrogation, King County Bar Association, 1998 - Present

Qualifications

Bar Admissions

Washington, 1996
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
U.S. District Court Western District of Louisiana
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Louisiana

Other Affiliations

Washington State Bar Association
American Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Alaska Bar Association
Louisiana State Bar Association
Nebraska State Bar Association
American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility

Past Positions

Southeast Nebraska Legal Services Corp., Smith Fellow and Staff Attorney
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corp., Consumer Law Unit Managing Attorney, 1979 - 1982
Bubrig & Waid, Buras and Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Associate, Partner, Managing Partner, 1982 - 1998
Law Offices of Robert B. Gould, Contract Attorney, 1996 - 1998
Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, Trial Attorney, 1998 - 2002
Law Offices of Robert B. Gould, Trial Attorney, 2003 - 2009