Insurance Defense Litigation
Resume:
DREW A. CARSON
Kirkland, WA *8033
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EMPLOYMENT
September 2024-
Present. Betts Patterson & Mines
Of Counsel practicing commercial and insurance defense litigation March 2023-
November 2023 Floyd Pflueger & Ringer
Of Counsel practicing insurance defense litigation May 2022-
February 2023. Murray Dunham & Murray
Associate practicing insurance defense litigation. Our practice represents primarily Progressive Ins. Co. and Sentry Ins. Co. insureds. Seattle, WA
January 2021-
April 2022 Greg Grimes LLC
Chief Legal Officer practicing complex commercial litigation. The company is one of the largest can- nabis processor/producers in Washington state. I handle all the company’s litigation and transactional work. Bellevue, WA
August 2020-
December 2020 Gillaspy & Rhode PLLC
Associate practicing insurance defense litigation Kirkland, WA September 2019-
December 2019 The Skolnick Weiser Law Firm. Cleveland, Ohio Associate Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Attorney
July 2018 - Cline & Associates Seattle, WA
June 2019 Associate Labor and Employment Attorney. September 2014 - City of Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio October 2017 Assistant Director of Law. Lead Attorney Representing the Interests of City Management in all Labor and Employment matters, including collective bargaining negotiations, grievance procedures, final and binding arbitration of grievances, Civil Service Hearings and Appeals, EEOC and Ohio Civil Rights Commission charges, and federal and state court filings. February 1997 - Miller Goler Faeges LLP Cleveland, Ohio December 2011 Partner practicing commercial litigation. Special concentration in 1934 Act securities litigation, com- mercial contracts, employer-employee non-compete agreements, counseling employer clients on em- ployment-related matters, and corporate policyholder insurance coverage issues. September 1995 - Messerman & Messerman Cleveland, Ohio February 1997 In association with Gerald A. Messerman, served as special counsel to the Ohio Attorney General rep- resenting state defendants in lawsuits arising from the Lucasville Prison Riot of 1993. July 1993 - City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio Cleveland Heights, Ohio June 1993 Assistant Director of Law practicing Tort, Labor, and Civil Rights Litigation. February 1989 - Janik & Bell Cleveland, Ohio, and Brea, California May 1990 Associate attorney practicing Civil Litigation, specializing in areas of Professional Malpractice Defense and Insurance Coverage Work. Responsible for assisting in startup of firm’s West Coast office. August 1986 - Roetzel & Andress Cleveland, Ohio
January 1989 Associate attorney specializing in Insurance, Professional Malpractice, and Railroad Defense Litiga- tion. Extensive practice before state and federal courts of appeal. June 1981 - Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue Cleveland, Ohio August 1983 Legal assistant specializing in Deferred Compensation and General Corporate Matters. September 1979 - North Olmsted City Schools North Olmsted, Ohio May 1981 Instructor of emotionally and behaviorally disturbed students. EDUCATION Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio J.D., May 1986
Activities: Journal of International Law. Studied International Law under Michael Reisman, Chairman of Yale University’s Department of International Law, during the summer of 1984 in Paris, France. Admitted to Ohio State Bar (License No. 0037641) in 1986. Admitted to Washington State Bar (License No. 48939) in 2015. EDUCATION Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio
(cont’d) B.A., May 1979
Major: History
References and writing samples available upon request. REPORTED CASES
Automated Solutions Corp. v. Paragon Data Sys., 167 Ohio App. 3d 685 (Cuyahoga Cty. 2006) Campbell v. Best Western Motel, 37 Ohio St. 3d 341, 530 N.E.2d 882 (1988) Cleveland v. Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 8, 76 Ohio App. 3d 755 (Cuyahoga Cty. 1991) Dillon v. Akron City Hospital, 37 Ohio St. 3d 244, 525 N.E.2d 488 (1988) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Chiles Power Supply, Inc., 190 F.R.D. 532 (S.D. Ind. 1999) In re Telxon Corp. Sec. Litig., 67 F. Supp. 2d 803 (N.D. Ohio 1999) In re Voinovich, 92 F.3d 383 (6th Cir. 1996)
Glidden Co. v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 105 Ohio St. 3d 1559, 828 N.E.2d 115 (2005) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 95 Ohio St. 3d 512, 769 N.E.2d 835 (2002) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Chiles Power Supply, Inc., 7 F. Supp. 2d 954 (N.D. Ohio 1998) Lewis v. City of Cleveland, 89 Ohio App. 3d 136 (Cuyahoga Cty. 1993) McKenzie v. Advance Stores Co., 488 F. Supp. 2nd 658 (S.D. Ohio 2007) Pilkington N. Am., Inc. v. Travelers Cas. & Sur. Co., 112 Ohio St. 3d 482, 861 N.E.2d 121 (2006) Telxon Corporation v. Bogomolny, et al., 792 A.2d 964 (2001) Telxon Corporation v. Meyerson, 802 A.2d 257 (2002) Walker v. Schaeffer, 854 F.2d 138 (6th Cir. 1988)
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