Richard R. Roland

Mr. Roland  is a senior litigation attorney at Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S. working primarily with the Defense Practice, Professional Liability, Environmental Litigation and Coverage, and Construction Litigation Practice Groups.  He has successfully represented national insurance carriers in insurance "bad faith" and coverage litigation.  Mr. Roland regularly represents insurance brokers and real estate industry clients including realtors, real estate brokers, escrow agents, and mortgage brokers in professional liability litigation, and his background in litigating complex environmental, real estate, title insurance and commercial contract defense cases is extensive.  Mr. Roland's practice also includes defending construction industry clients in litigation and representing owners, general contractors and subcontractors in construction-defect and construction-insurance cases, and in commercial and residential construction contract disputes.  He is experienced in defending major aviation manufacturer defendants in complex air-crash products liability tort litigation on a national level. 

E-Mail: rroland@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Prior to entering legal practice, Mr. Roland served as a United States Naval Aviator and qualified military Aircraft Accident Investigator.  His recent business background also includes five years as a Chief Executive Officer of an employee benefits administration firm acting as Administrative Manager for the Washington State Taft-Hartley/E.R.I.S.A. employee Pension and Health Insurance plans of a major construction trade union.

• Education:
  Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1974
  Pepperdine University School of Law, J.D., 1983
  Lead Articles Editor, Pepperdine Law Review

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington, 1989
  United States District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington, 1989
  California, 1983
  United States District Court, Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, 1984
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1984, Third Circuit, 1985

• Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  California State Bar Association
  Orange County Bar Association
  Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL)
  Northwest  Insurance Coverage Association (NICA)
  International Society of Air Safety Investigators
  
  

• Lectures, Seminars and Publications:

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

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

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

  • Contributing Author of Firm Deskbook Publications: Coverage and Bad Faith