Susan K. McIntosh

Ms. McIntosh is a senior associate with Forsberg & Umlauf.  She practices general civil litigation with a focus on professional liability.

E-Mail: smcintosh@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Business and commercial litigation; personal injury and professional negligence; health care litigation and regulatory matters; mental health; housing discrimination.

• Education:
  Case Western Reserve University School of Law, J.D., 1996
    - Collier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Health Law
    - Editor-in-Chief, Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, 1995 - 1996
  University of Washington, Graduate Studies, Department of Medical History & Ethics
  University of Washington, B.A., with Distinction in Philosophy, 1990

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington, 1996
  United States District Court, Western District of Washington, 1998
  Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2007

  Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
    - Court Rules and Procedures Committee, 2003 - 2006
  King County Bar Association
    - Secretary, 2000 - 2001; Trustee, 2001 - 2003
    - Judicial Screening Committee, Co-Chair, 2004 - 2005, Member, 2000 - present
    - Glass Ceiling Task Force, 2002 - present
    - Medical-Legal Committee, Chair, 1998 - 1999
    - Community Legal Services Committee, 1997 - 2002
  American Bar Association
  Advisory Board, Seattle Institute for Oriental Medicine, 1999 - present
  Board of Directors, Family Law CASA of King County, 2005 - present, President, 2008
  Law Alumni Board, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 1997 - 2000, 2007 - 2010

• Selected Lectures, Seminars and Publications:

  • Co-Presenter, "The Fundamentals of a Risk Management and Loss Prevention Program," 50 Ways to Lose Your Client: Pitfalls Every Business Lawyer Should Avoid, Washington State Bar Association, October 2006

  • "Recent Developments in Legal Malpractice and Other Theories of Lawyer Liability," 13th Annual Professional Responsibility Institute, University of Washington School of Law, December 2005

  • Panelist, "Commercial Litigators Are Business Lawyers Too," Institute for the New Business Lawyer, American Bar Association, Section of Business Law, Spring Meeting, April 2004

  • "Developments in Legal Malpractice", 10th Annual Professional Liability Institute, University of Washington School of Law, November 2002