Practices & Industries
Warren E. Babb Jr.
Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7089 | babbw@lanepowell.com
Areas of Practice
As a member of Lane Powell’s Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team, Warren Babb’s practice includes products liability, consumer product safety issues, complex/multiparty litigation, health care and professional liability, ERISA/Life and Disability Insurance Litigation and insurance coverage analysis. He has a Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rating and has been an Arbitrator for the King County Mandatory Arbitration Program for over 15 years. Warren has litigated cases in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and California, and has tried cases in several different venues.
Professional Experience
- Arbitrator, King County Mandatory Arbitration Program
Admitted to Practice
- Washington
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
- Colville Tribal Bar
Academics
- Rutgers University Law School at Camden (J.D., 1983)
- University of Vermont (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980)
- Phi Beta Kappa
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
- Insurance
- Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team
- Products Liability
- Member, Defense Research Institute (DRI) Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar Planning Committee (2004 – present)
Publications
- “Avoiding Marketing Pitfalls That Could Bring Litigation to Your Doorstep,” In-House Defense Quarterly, Winter 2010 (Co-Author)
- “Caveat Vendor: Avoiding Marketing Pitfalls,” Defense Research Institute NH/ALF Seminar, September 2009
- “Risk Management Issues in Marketing,” NCAL, November 2008
- “Risk Management: Potential Claims of Residents and Their Families,” Washington Healthcare Association, August 2007
Speaking Engagements
- “Caveat Vendor: Avoiding Marketing Pitfalls,” Defense Research Institute NH/ALF Seminar, September 2009
- “Marketing Pitfalls,” NCAL Webinar, November 2008
- Served as Arbitrator in mock arbitration presented at Defense Research Institute NH/ALF Litigation Seminar, September 2008
- Chair and Speaker, Washington Healthcare Association Risk Management Seminar, August 2007
- “Risk Management 101/Effective Quality Assurance Committees in Long Term Care,” September 8-9, 2005
Representative Matters and Clients
Awards and Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Rating
- Multiple selections as Washington “SuperLawyer,” Washington Law and Politics Magazine
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Professional and Community Activities
- American Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
- Products Liability Committee
- Tort and Insurance Law Section
- Recreational Vehicle Industry Association