John F. Jenkel

Mr. Jenkel is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. He practices insurance defense and coverage law with an emphasis in personal injury, professional liability and transportation issues. Mr. Jenkel also advises insurance companies, self-insureds, and corporate clients on risk management issues.

E-Mail: jjenkel@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Personal injury litigation, including vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction site accidents and general liability claims. Product liability defense and insurance coverage advice.
  Professional Liability Defense and Risk Management. Advice to risk management pools and cooperatives on structuring and drafting self-insurance coverage agreements. Litigation and coverage advice regarding commercial general liability, personal, and automobile insurance policies.Extensive arbitration, mediation and trial experience.

• Education:
  University of California at San Diego, B.A., 1980
  Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1983
  

• Admitted to Bar:
  California 1983
  Washington 1986
  United States District Court, Western District of Washington
  United States District Court, Eastern  District of Washington
  United States District Courts, Northern and Central District of California
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

• Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  California Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  Defense Research Institute
  Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS)
  "AV" Martindale Hubbell Rating (highest possible rating)

• Lectures, Seminars, and Publications:

  • "Alternative Attorney Fee and Billing Arrangements": Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association Corporate Counsel Section, September, 1994

  • "Workplace Safety Issues in the Nineties": Seattle Seminar, January, 1995

  • "Managing Risk and Protecting Your Business": Presentation to Associated Builders
    and Contractors of Western Washington, Winter, 1996

  • "Employee Dishonesty Issues in the Nineties": Seattle seminar, Spring, 1996

  • "Labor Relations on the Jobsite": Associated General Contractors seminar, June, 1996

  • "The Fundamentals of a Risk Management and Loss Prevention Program", Washington State Bar Association, October, 2006

  • "Adventures in Wonderland: Observations on The Insurance Fair Conduct Act", Insurance Claims Advisory Board, Tacoma meeting, July, 2007

  • "Issues in Contractual Risk Transfer", Forsberg & Umlauf Risk Management Seminar, November, 2007

  • "Taking the "Mal" Out of The Malpractice of Law", Fifth Annual WSBA Conference on The Law of Lawyering, December, 2007

  • Frequent lecturer on insurance defense, insurance coverage and risk management issues.

  • Former NITA trial practice instructor.

  • Frequently conducts presentations and in house seminars for various insurance companies, self-insured organizations and risk management groups.