menu
  • Our Story

    • Overview
    • Careers
    • Locations
    • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    • Pro Bono
    • Community Involvement
    • Firm Leadership
    • History
    • Alumni
    • Affiliations
    • Media Inquiries
    • Make a Payment
  • Our People

  • Our Insights

    • Events/CLE
    • Publications
    • News
    • Blogs
  • Our Practices & Industries

    • Business
      • Business Transitions
      • Construction
      • Corporate, Securities, and M&A
      • ERISA, Life, Health & Disability
      • Finance & Banking
      • Health Care Transactions
      • Intellectual Property Transactions
      • Immigration
      • Labor, Employment & Benefits
      • Private Investment Funds
      • Private Client Services
      • Real Estate
      • Startups & Emerging Companies
      • Tax
      • Wage & Hour
    • Litigation
      • Antitrust, Competition & Trade
      • Appellate
      • Class Actions
      • Commercial Litigation
      • Construction
      • Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy
      • Electronic Discovery, Technology & Strategy
      • ERISA, Life, Health & Disability
      • Fiduciary Litigation
      • Financial Institutions Litigation & Investigations
      • Insurance
      • Intellectual Property Litigation
      • International Arbitration
      • Labor, Employment & Benefits
      • Securities & Corporate Governance Litigation
      • Wage & Hour
    • Industries
      • Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
      • Food, Beverage & Hospitality
      • Government Law
      • Investigations, Compliance & White Collar
      • Japan Practice
      • Nonprofit & Social Enterprise
      • Privacy & Data Security
      • Senior Living & Long Term Care
      • Transportation
    • Services
      • COVID-19 Landlord/Tenant Response Team
      • COVID-19 Resource Center
      • Business Dispute Resolution
  • Our Locations

    • Anchorage
    • Portland
    • Seattle
  • Our Careers

    • Attorneys
    • Summer Associates
    • Professional Staff
  • Our Diversity

    • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    • Our Story
Lane Powell Web Site
  • OUR PEOPLE
  • STORY
  • INSIGHTS
  • PRACTICES & INDUSTRIES
Search
  • 日本語
  • 中文
  • 한국어
Email this pagePrint this pagePrint to PDF
Download vCardLinkedin
Charles C. Huber Photo

Charles

Charles C. Huber
ShareholderGeneral Counsel
Seattle
D 206.223.7265
C 206.407.9530
huberc@lanepowell.com

Charles Huber represents corporate clients in complex commercial litigation and class action matters. He also serves as Lane Powell's General Counsel.   

Charles represents clients in commercial and real estate cases; matters involving insurance coverage and bad faith; and major personal injury cases. He has a wide range of trial experience that includes defending clients in a range of class action lawsuits, employment and insurance-related matters, intellectual property disputes, and insurance and significant tort matters.

Charles works with many clients in the Senior Living and Long Term Care Industry and has a deep understanding of the business risks and requirements facing providers.He also represents petroleum industry clients against environmental and toxic tort claims.

Experience

  • Alicia Nunnery as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clem Nunnery v. Evergreen Kitsap, LLC and Extendicare Homes Inc d/b/a Aldercrest Health & Rehabilitation
    Represented Extendicare Homes Inc. in allegations of neglect and wrongful death allegedly due to an infected bed sore and  failure to properly monitor. The four-week jury trial resulted in a defense verdict.
  • Mark J. Nielsen as Personal Representative of the Estate of Clayton D. Nielsen v. Northwest Care West Seattle Inc, d/b/a Park West Care Center
    Represented Northwest Care West Seattle, Inc. in a jury trial.
  • Nielsen v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, et al
    Case No. 2:13cv1717U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
    Defended Unum Group against claims that its administration of Catholic Health Initiatives’s employee benefit plan was actually a “church plan” and not governed by ERISA.
  • Steele v. Extendicare Health Services, Inc.
    Case No. 607 F.Supp.2d 1226 U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
    Represented the defendant, obtaining an order dismissing class action claims under the Washington Consumer Protection Act in the context of long term care.

Community Involvement

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, Member

Defense Research Institute, Member

Washington State Bar Association, Member

Seattle Police Foundation

  • Board Chair (2020-Present)
  • Member

Child Care Resources, Past Board Member

Our Lady of the Lake School Commission, Past Chair

Knights of Columbus, Member

Thought Leadership

  • August 18, 2022News

    The Best Lawyers in America© 2023 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys

    Awards & Honors
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • March 18, 2020Publication
    Will Coronavirus Make Some Contracts Unenforceable?
    COVID-19 Resource
  • February 12, 2020News
    Huber Appointed Seattle Police Foundation Board Chair
    Awards & Honors
  • July 20, 2010News
    58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
    Awards & Honors
  • June 6, 2010News
    28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010
    Awards & Honors
  • Awards_2023 Best Lawyers America

Charles' Bios

  • Primary
  • Senior Living and Long Term Care

Practices & Industries

  • Commercial Litigation
  • ERISA, Life, Health & Disability
  • Insurance
  • Senior Living & Long Term Care

Education

  • University of Puget Sound, J.D., cum laude, 1989
  • University of Puget Sound, B.A., 1986
    • Multiple AmJur Award Winner
    • Recipient Of Year End Scholarship for Academic Achievement

Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Honors

The Best Lawyers in America©, Commercial Litigation (2022-2023)

AV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™

Before proceeding, please note:  If you are not a current client of Lane Powell PC, please do not include any information in this email that you or someone else considers to be confidential or secret in nature.  Prior to the establishment of a lawyer-client relationship, unsolicited emails from non-clients containing confidential or secret information cannot be protected from disclosure.

back to top
  • Our Story

    • Overview
    • Careers
    • Locations
    • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
    • Pro Bono
    • Community Involvement
    • Firm Leadership
    • History
    • Alumni
    • Affiliations
    • Media Inquiries
    • Make a Payment
  • Our People

    • Our Insights

      • Events/CLE
      • Publications
      • News
      • Blogs
    • Our Practices & Industries

      • Business
      • Litigation
      • Industries
      • Services
      • View All

    Blogs

    Boom: The ERISA Law Blog
    Earth & Table Law Reporter

    • Site Map
    • Disclaimer
    • Data Privacy & Security
    • Contact Us
    • Subscribe
    © 2023 Lane Powell PC Lane Powell & LP
    Logo, Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.
    Sitemap
    Connect With Us
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    • Linkedin
    • Vimeo
    • Make a Payment