John P. Hayes

Mr. Hayes is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. He has a wide ranging practice including defense of construction defect, employment, product liability, personal injury, professional liability, maritime, and commercial contract disputes. He has chaired the Maritime Practice Group, the Construction Practice Group and the Employment Practices Group.  He also represents insurance carriers in marine, commercial general liability and personal lines insurance coverage and bad faith litigations.  He is a member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of Arbitrators.

E-Mail: jhayes@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Director and Vice President of Human Resources and Administration for Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company in Seattle, with responsibility for personnel, labor relations and employment rights litigation, environmental compliance, safety, materials procurement and government relations.
  Compliance Director-Puget Sound Air Pollution Control Board with responsibility for rule making, enforcement and consent decrees

• Education:
  College of The Holy Cross, B.A., 1966
  California State University, M.A., 1975
  Seattle University School of Law, J.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1991, Scott Scholar, Selected for Law Review

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington 1991
  Oregon 2006
  United States District Court, Western District of Washington
  United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  United States District Court, District of Oregon
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  Oregon State Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  Maritime Law Association
  Federal Bar Association

• Published Appellate Decisions
   - Chadwick Farms Owners Ass'n v. FHC LLC, ___Wash.2d___, 207 P.3d 1251 (2009)
   - Oltman v. Holland America Line USA, Inc., 163 Wash.2d 236, 178 P.3d 981 (2008)
   - Fortune View Condominium Ass'n v. Fortune Star Development Co., 151 Wash.2d 534 90 P.3d 1062 (2004)
   - Tex Enterprises, Inc. v. Brockway Standard, Inc., 149 Wash.2d 204, 66 P.3d 625 (2003)
   - Maple Court Seattle Condominium Ass'n v. Roosevelt, LLC, 139 Wash.App. 257, 160 P.3d 1068 (2007)
   - National Clothing Co., Inc. v. Hartford Cas. Ins. Co., 135 Wash.App. 578, 145 P.3d 394 (2006)
   - Marzolf v. Red Shield Ins. Co., 132 Wash.App. 1026 (2006)
   - Graoch Associates No. 5 Ltd. Partnership v. Tital Const. Corp., 126 Wash.App. 856, 109 P.3d 830 (2005)
   - International Ultimate, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 122 Wash.App. 736, 87 P.3d 774 (2004)
   - Norris v. Church & Co., Inc., 115 Wash.App. 511, 63 P.3d 153 (2002)
   - Urban Development, Inc. v. Evergreen Bldg. Products, Lcc, 114 Wash.App. 639, 59 P.3d 112 (2002)
   - Parkridge Associates, Ltd v. Ledcor Industries, Inc., 113 Wash.App. 592, 54 P.3d 225 (2002)
   - Architechtonics Const. Management, Inc. v. Khorram, 111 Wash.App. 725, 45 P.3d 1142 (2002)
  

• Lectures, Seminars and Publications:
  Various CLE presentations on marine insurance, use of experts, construction law, maritime personal injury, construction defects defense, marine and commercial  insurance coverage, insurance bad faith and employment rights litigation.
  Authored deskbooks on employment law, construction defects, maritime personal injury, products and construction defects third party insurance coverage.