Brian Zeringer
Shareholder | Seattle | 206.223.7073 | zeringerb@lanepowell.com
Areas of Practice
Brian Zeringer is a litigator with experience handling commercial, real estate and products liability litigation. Brian has successfully mediated, arbitrated, and tried bench and jury trials in federal and state courts in Washington and in the state courts of his home state of Louisiana. For the last fifteen years, Brian’s practice has focused on toxic tort litigation, particularly asbestos personal injury cases. Brian represents several asbestos clients for whom he has successfully tried and mediated cases and won dismissals on summary judgment. He has often lectured in the field of asbestos and has served as defense bar member on the committee to re-write the case management order governing the asbestos litigation in King County, Washington.
Professional Experience
- Lane Powell PC, 1999 to present, Shareholder since 2004
- Bogle & Gates, PLLC, Staff Attorney, 1994-1999
- Heebe & Heebe, Associate Attorney, 1983-1988
- Zeringer and Zeringer, Associate Attorney, 1979-1983
Admitted to Practice
- Washington
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Academics
- Tulane University School of Law (J.D., 1978)
- Notes Editor, Tulane Law Review (1976-78)
- University of Mississippi (B.A., summa cum laude, 1975)
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
- Litigation
- Products Liability
- Railroad and Mass Transportation
- Real Estate
Publications
- “The Duty to Warn of Dangers Posed by Products Manufactured and Sold by Others — A Duty Extended Too Far,” WSBA CLE Emerging Toxic Torts
- “Expanding the Duty to Warn in Washington Liability Cases, Law360, October 2008
- Note: Tort-Strict Liability for Damage Done By Things in One’s Possession, 51 Tulane Law Review, 403
- Note: Tort-Liability of the State for Injuries Suffered By Prisoners Due to Assault by Other Inmates, 51 Tulane Law Review, 1300
Awards and Honors
- Named as a “Washington Super Lawyer,” Super Lawyers magazine, Personal Injury Defense: Products, 2011
- Peer Review Rated “AV” in Martindale-Hubbell
Professional and Community Activities
- Volunteer Attorney, Housing Justice Project
- Volunteer Attorney, South King County Legal Clinic
- Volunteer Attorney, King County CASA Guardian Ad Litem Program
- Judge, University of Washington Moot Court Mock Trial Competition
- Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau serving New Orleans and River Region
- Lecturer – Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
- Course Description: Alternate Dispute Resolution
- Guest Lecturer, Tulane University School of Law
- Course Description: Real Estate Transactions
- Course Topic: Agreements to Purchase and Sell
- Course Instructor – Loyola School of Law (3 semesters)
- Course Description: Alternate Dispute Resolution – Arbitration