Attorneys
Spicer, Cathy A.

Practices & Industries

Cathy A. Spicer

Counsel to the Firm | Seattle | 206.223.7000 | spicerc@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Cathy focuses her practice on commercial and products liability litigation as well as property and casualty insurance coverage disputes, complex environmental coverage litigation, bad faith litigation and reinsurance for the London Insurance Market. For the last 22 years, she has been one of the principal attorneys at Lane Powell responsible for many high profile, multimillion dollar environmental coverage disputes in the Pacific Northwest on behalf of the London Insurance Market.

Insurance and Tort

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Environmental Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation

Admitted to Practice

  • Washington

Academics

  • University of Iowa (J.D., with high distinction, Order of the Coif, 1984; M.A., with high honors, 1979)
  • University of Northern Iowa (B.A., with high honors, 1971)

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

  • Construction and Environmental
  • Insurance
  • London

Representative Matters and Clients

  • Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. v. Certain Underwriters, et al., USDC Eastern District of Washington, No. ______, 2005
  • CGU Insurance Co. v. Appalachian Ins. Co., King Co. Superior Court, 01-2-06426-6 SEA, 2001
  • Todd Shipyards Corp. v. Allianz International, et al., King Co. Superior Ct., 97-2-10795-4 SEA, 1997
  • ZRZ Realty Co. v. Beneficial Fire, et al., Oregon Superior Ct. 9708-06226, 1997
  • Time Oil Co., v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, et al., Pierce Co. Superior Ct., 96-2-06023-8, 1996
  • Weyerhauser Co. v. Aetna Casualty, et al., King Co. Superior Ct., 92-2-05214-8, 1992
  • Ronald John Smith, et al. v. Hughes Aircraft Co., USDC for the District of Arizona, CIV-88-406-TUC-ROS (1988) and CIV-89-386-TUC-ROS (1989)
  • Hughes Aircraft Co. v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s London, et al., Los Angeles Co. Superior Ct., BC 010334
  • State of California v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, et al., Riverside Co. Superior Ct., 239784
  • Westoil Terminals Co. v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, Loncon, et al., Los Angeles County Superior Ct., BC 160330

Professional and Community Activities

  • American Bar Association
  • Washington Women Lawyers
  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  • Northwest Women’s Law Center