Karen M. McGaffey
Work in Perkins Coie LLP
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Litigation, Natural Resources Law, Government, Environment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Science & Technology Law
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900, Seattle, WA 98101
About Karen M. McGaffey
Practice Areas
- Litigation
- Natural Resources Law
- Government
- Environment
- Energy, Oil & Gas Law
- Science & Technology Law
Education
- Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Law Review: Harvard Law Review, Editor and Developments Office Chair, 1987 - 1989
- Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1985A.B.
- Major: Philosophy
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: High Honors
- Cambridge University Queens College, Cambridge, England, 1986Graduate Study
- Major: Philosophy
Representative Cases
- Louisiana Pacific v. Asarco
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Colorado, 1990
- Washington, 1991
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1994
Other Affiliations
- Colorado Bar Association (Member)
- Washington State Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
Past Positions
- Hon. George Lohr, Colorado Supreme Court, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990
- Bogle & Gates P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, Member, 1997 - 1999
- Bogle & Gates P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA, Associate, 1990 - 1997
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