Carl E. Forsberg

Carl is a shareholder at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.  His litigation practice emphasizes insurance defense, first and third party coverage situations, and also defense of bad faith claims. He also defends personal injury matters and other general liability claims. Carl is past President of the Northwest Environmental Claims Association and the Northwest Insurance Coverage Association.  He is also past co-chair and current member of the King County Bar Association's Judicial Screening Committee, Judicial Selection and Judicial Conferencing Committees.  He is currently a King County Bar Association Trustee.

E-Mail: cforsberg@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Carl has extensive trial experience, initially as an Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska, and he continues with an active trial practice now. He is frequently asked to serve as a King County Superior Court Arbitrator and is an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy's trial and deposition skills programs, as well as an Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, at the University of Washington School of Law.

• Education:
  Gonzaga University, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 1980
  Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D.,1983

• Admitted To Bar:
  Alaska 1983
  Washington 1987
  United States District Court, District of Alaska
  United States District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Memberships:
  Alaska Bar Association
  Washington State Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  - Member Judicial Evaluation Committee, 1999-00
  - Member Judicial Conferencing Committee, 2001-03
  - Member Judicial Screening Committee, 2000-07
  - Co-Chair Judicial Screening Committee, 2004-05
  - Co-Chair Bench Bar Conference 2006
  - Trustee, 2006-08
  Northwest Environmental Claims Association, President 1997-00
  Northwest Insurance Coverage Association, President 2000-01
  National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Instructor 1997-Present
  Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association
  
  Designated "Super Lawyer" 2001 through 2007 by Washington Law & Politics
  "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Rating

• Lectures, Seminars and Publications:

  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL), Chair-Advanced Trial Practice, April 23, 2008

  • Broker Ethics (Brown & Brown), March 13, 2008

  • National Business Institute, Insurance Law From A to Z, February 29, 2008

  • Broker Ethics (Parker, Smith & Feek), February 27, 2008

  • University of Washington School of Law, Expert Witness Selection and Preparation, February 14, 2008

  • Lorman Educational Services, Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Washington, July 19, 2007

  • National Business Institute, Current Issues Impacting Insurance Defense Practice, June 19, 2007

  • National Business Institute, Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Washington, November 3, 2006

  • Lorman Educational Services, Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Washington, July 19, 2006

  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL), Chair-Advanced Trial Tactics Seminar, May 12, 2006

  • King County Bar Association (KCBA), Chair-Trial Skills Workshop (4-Part Series), October 5, 12, 19 and 26, 2005

  • National Business Institute, Insurance Coverage Law in Washington, June 10, 2005

  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL), The Effect of Stipulated Judgments on Coverage and Bad Faith Claims, April 8, 2005

  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL), Good Times for Bad Faith Litigation, March 10, 2005

  • National Business Institute, Insurance Law:  Third-Party Coverage in Washington, February 4, 2005

  • Lorman Educational Services, Taking and Defending Effective Depositions, January 21, 2005

  • King County Bar Association, Trial Skills Interactive Workshop:  Introducing Evidence, October 22, 2004

  • Bad Faith Claims Handling Issues in Washington, Alaska and Oregon, September 7, 2004

  • Maritime Insurance Association, Day of Education, Survey of Marine Insurance/LHWCA Coverages, May 12, 2004

  • Washington State Bar Association, The Best of WSBA's 2003 CLE's: Mastering the Introduction of Evidence, December 12, 2003

  • National Business Institute, Insurance Coverage Issues in Washington, August 20, 2003

  • Washington State Bar Association, Fundamentals of Effective Trial Practice, July 10, 2003

  • Marine Claims Insurance, Bad Faith Update, April 25, 2002

  • Marine Claims Insurance, Defense and Coverage Issues for Claims Professionals, April 1, 2001