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Thomas J. Braun
Senior Associate
Practice Areas
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Insurance Coverage
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Complex Litigation
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Insurance Defense
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Real
Estate
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Business Law
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Personal
Narrative
Tom joined
Nicoll Black & Feig in September 2007. Prior to joining
Nicoll Black & Feig, he served as a law clerk to Washington
State Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Johnson and practiced
for three years as an associate attorney at the Seattle
office of Cozen O’Connor. During law school Tom was a member
of Seattle University Law Review, and he served as an extern
for Judge Barbara J. Rothstein in U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Washington. Tom also has several
years’ experience prior to law school as a paralegal.
Tom focuses his practice on insurance and real estate
matters. His insurance experience includes advising clients
on pre-litigation insurance coverage matters as well as a
wide array of complex civil litigation at both the trial
court and appellate levels. Tom’s real estate experience
includes issues relating to leases, easements, and the
purchase and sale of real property. Tom also has experience
in a variety of business law issues, including formation of
business entities, protection of intellectual property, and
negotiation of contracts.
Tom is a member of the American, Washington, and King County
Bar Associations, and was named a “Rising Star” by
Washington Law & Politics in 2007 and 2008.
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Briefed
arguments for insurance company client in Schnitzer
Investment Corp. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of
London, 341 Or. 128, 137 P.3d 1282 (2006), in which
the Oregon Supreme Court held that there was no physical
damage to groundwater during policy period legally
obligating insurers to indemnify insured for cleanup
costs.
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Represented
insurer’s interests in multi-million dollar insurance
coverage/bad faith declaratory judgment lawsuit and
concurrent appeal of related issues in underlying
litigation.
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Represented
owner’s interests with respect to easement and
encroachment issues in relation to sale of multi-million
dollar commercial real estate
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Formed
various business entities, including their internal
corporate documents, and ensured compliance with
corporate formalities.
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Education
University
of Iowa, B.A. in English cum laude, 1995
Seattle
University School of Law, J.D. summa cum laude 2003
Professional
Experience
Judicial
Clerk, Washington State Supreme Court, 2003 – 2004
Associate,
Cozen O’Connor, 2004 – 2007
Senior
Associate, Nicoll Black & Feig, 2007 – present
Associations
American Bar
Association
Washington
State Bar Association
King County
Bar Association
Honors
Washington Law & Politics “Rising Star” – 2007 &
2008
Bar Memberships
Washington
U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Washington
U.S.
District Court for the District of Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
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