Roy A. Umlauf

Mr. Umlauf is a shareholder with Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S.  His broad insurance and litigation defense practice includes commercial and personal lines insurance, general liability, construction claims, products and personal injury defense, catastrophic damages, premises liability, bad faith, legal malpractice and underinsured motorist claims.

E-Mail: rumlauf@forsberg-umlauf.com

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• Experience:
  Personal injury defense litigation (emphasizing catastrophic damages cases), including vehicle accidents, premises liability, construction site claims (including injuries, tender of defense analysis, construction defects and insurance coverage) and product liability. Litigation and advice regarding CGL, property, and automobile insurance policies (emphasizing UIM claims). Professional liability defense of lawyers and medical providers.Arbitrator (UIM/King County Superior Court) and Mediator.

• Education:
  University of Washington, B.A., Cum Laude, 1982
  -Phi Beta Kappa
  University of Puget Sound, J.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1985
  -Boldt Scholarship
  -Law Review

• Admitted To Bar:
  Washington
  United States District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington
  United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
  United States Supreme Court

  Memberships:
  Washington State Bar Association
  King County Bar Association
  Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  ---President's Award (2005)
  ---Past CLE Chairman
  ---Past Insurance Committee Chairman
  ---Trustee (1994-2002)
  ---Officer (1997-2001)
  ---President (2000-2001)
  ---Committee Chair (1999-2000)
  ---Membership Chair (2001-2002)
  Defense Research Institute
  ---Washington State Representative (2001-2002)
  ---Expert Witness Committee Chair (2003-2005)
  ---Board of Directors, NW Regional Director (2002-2005)
  Foundation for Washington State Courts
  ---President (2003 - 2007)
  ---Trustee (2002 - Present)
  Past King County Legal Clinic Volunteer (10 years)
  Federation Defense Corporate Counsel (FDCC), Member

• Lectures, Seminars and Publications:

  • Speaker, "Using Themes in Opening", December 7, 2007, KCBA Trial Skills

  • Moderator and Speaker, "Accident Investigation/Preservation of Evidence", 2007 Risk Management Seminar, November 1, 2007

  • Speaker/Moderator, "Settlement Negotiations/Arbitration", Target/Sedgwick Claims Services, October 18, 2007

  • Moderator/Panel Member, "IMEs and Plaintiff Experts: Open Discussion and Tips for Defending and Cross Exam", July 13, 2007, WDTL Annual Meeting

  • Speaker, "Legal Malpractice & Insurance Considerations for Immigration Lawyers", AILA  Ethics and Immigration Law Seminar, October 2, 2006

  • Moderator and Speaker, “How to Evaluate and Settle the Catastrophic Damage Case,” Washington Defense Trial Lawyers annual convention, July 14, 2006

  • Moderator and Speaker, "Risk Management Issues Contractual Risk Transfer Provisions and Additional Insurance", May 18, 2006

  • Speaker, WSBA, Anatomy of a Motor Vehicle Accident Case:  From Investigation to the Courthouse Steps, Damages from Defense Perspective, September 23, 2004

  • Washington State Paralegal Association Spring Conference CLE, April 30-May 1, 2004, Speaker: Case Investigations, Facts, Documents and Witnesses; Managing Data, Witnesses and Documents Without Technology; Trial Preparation, Witnesses and Exhibits

  • Speaker, WDTL Annual Ethics Seminar, "Taking Tank Seriously in Construction Defect and Other Complex Litigation", December 12, 2003

  • Speaker, WDTL Annual Convention, "CR35 Independent Medical Exams", July 25, 2003

  • Northwest Insurance Coverage Association, Panel Speaker, " Multiple Claims Inadequate Limits: What Is An Insurer To Do?", October 17, 2002

  • Speaker, WDTL Seminar, "Arbitrations", January 17, 2001

  • Chair and Moderator, WDTL Annual Convention, July 21-22, 2000

  • Speaker, WDTL Annual Insurance Seminar, "UIM Arbitration, Jury Trials, Intervention", November 5, 1999

  • Seattle University Business Law Speaker regarding Products Liability and Insurance, Summer, 1998

  • Speaker, Seabury & Smith, CLE regarding Professional Liability and Ethics for Lawyers (Spokane), February 27, 1998

  • Chair and Moderator, WDTL "Evaluation/Negotiations Seminar, March 7-8, 1997

  • Speaker, WSTLA Guardian ad Litem Seminar, December 5, 1996

  • Chair and Moderator, WDTL "Evaluation of Brain/Head Injuries," April, 1996

  • Chair and Speaker, Professional Liability CLE, presented by Spokane County Bar Association and Seabury & Smith, March 1996

  • Chair and Moderator, WDTL Evaluation and Negotiations CLE, March 1996

  • Environmental Insurance Litigation, Seattle University Environmental Law, Speaker, Spring 1995

  • Lorman Education Services CLE, Speaker, "Recent Developments in Insurance Law", March 1995

  • Chair of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Annual Insurance Seminar (Seattle and Spokane), November 1994

  • Lorman CLE Presentation, Speaker, "Recent Developments in Insurance Law", March 1994

  • Regional Seminars (Denver, Chicago, Hartford, Philadelphia), "How to Investigate Environmental Insurance Claims" , November 1993

  • PEMCO Casualty Claims Seminar, Speaker, "Bad Faith and Legal Malpractice" Panel, February 1993

  • Lorman, Insurance CLE, Topic: "Is It An Accident.", Speaker, August 1992

  • Uninsured Motorist Issues, Seattle King County Bar Association CLE, Speaker, December 1991

  • UIM Today, Defense Trial Lawyers Third Annual Insurance Law Seminar/CLE, November 1990

  • Overview of Environmental Law, University of Washington Extension Paralegal Program, Speaker, Fall 1990

  • Numerous seminars/training for clients/insurance carriers concerning various coverage and defense issues including: Insurance Coverage, Legal Malpractice, Washington Law, Bad Faith, Settlement Negotiations, Environmental Coverage, Tender Issues, Underinsured Insurance Issues, Risk Management.

  • Contributor to Washington Defense Trial Lawyer Annual Insurance Law Summary: 1992-1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997-1998, 1999

  • Firm Desk Book Publications: Washington Underinsured Motorist Issues and Law, Professional Liability, Premises Liability, Environmental Insurance Coverage

  • WSBA Motor Vehicle Accident Litigation Deskbook Chapter, "Enforcement and Effective Settlements"