William C. "Chris" Gibson

Chris is of counsel at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.  He has been a litigator in the Seattle area for eleven years practicing in the areas of personal injury, product liability, construction defect, general liability, insurance coverage, and insurer "bad faith"/extracontractual liability litigation. He has successfully tried product liability, personal injury, breach of contract and insurer "bad faith" cases to verdict. Mr. Gibson also practiced for six and a half years in California handling simple to very complex litigation matters.

E-Mail: cgibson@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Partner & Associate: Gordon & Polscer, LLC - Seattle, WA
  Staff Attorney:  George W. McLean, Jr. & Associates (CLC-State Farm) - Seattle, WA
  Staff Attorney:  St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company - Seattle, WA
  Contract Attorney:  Preston Gates & Ellis - Seattle, WA
  Associate Attorney:  Northcraft & Tierney, P.S. - Seattle, WA
  Associate Attorney:  Marlin & Saltzman - Woodland Hills, CA
  Associate Attorney:  Law Offices of David Young - Los Angeles, CA

• Education:
  Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, J.D., 1990
    -Moot Court Board, Dean's List, American Jurisprudence Award for Excellence (Constitutional Law II), Quarterfinalist-Appellate Advocacy II Competition, Outstanding Appellate Advocacy I Advisor
  Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, Visiting Student, 1990
    -Top Grade in Trademark Law
  Southeastern Louisiana University, B.A. (Cum Laude), 1987

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington
  California (currently inactive)
  United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
  United States District Court, Northern District of California
  United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

• Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  California Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  Northwest Insurance Coverage Association
  "BV" Rated - Martindale Hubbell