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MICHAEL J. BOND

 

Gardner Bond Trabolsi PLLC

2200 Sixth Avenue, Suite 600, Seattle, WA 98121

 

 Telephone: (office) +1 (206) 256-6309

(Mobile) +1 (206) 953-2972

Facsimile: +1 (206) 256-6318

E-mail: mbond@gardnerbond.com

www.gardnerbond.com

 

EDUCATION

2004, LLM, Law of Sustainable International Development, University of Washington Law School, Seattle, WA

 

2003, Public International Law, The Hague Academy of International Law, Den Hague, The Netherlands

 

1978, JD, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, WA

 

1975, BA, Philosophy, California State University at Fullerton

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1997 to present, founding partner GARDNER BOND TRABOLSI  PLLC, Seattle, WA

 

 

1982-1997, Associate and Shareholder, LEE, SMART, COOK, MARTIN, AND PATTERSON, P.S., Inc., Seattle, WA

 

 

1975-1982, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, Judge Advocate

 

 

“AV”  rated, Martindale-Hubbell

 

PRACTICE AREAS

Civil trial, appellate and arbitration practice -- all manner of claims arising out of construction work and land development, professional liability, products liability, environmental contamination, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, Indian law, and international claims.

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Washington State Bar Association  #9154

U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western  Districts of Washington

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

American Bar Association, International Law and Practice Section

International Bar Association, Committee D

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow

 

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE

 

Served as counsel for claimant or respondent or sole arbitrator in over 60 domestic court supervised, American Arbitration Association and ad hoc arbitrations, which included claims for construction disputes, personal injury, commercial contract, property damage, partnership dissolution.

 

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Invited speaker and author of published papers about international commercial arbitration.

 

PUBLICATIONS

The Americanization of Carlos Calvo, MEALEY'S INTERNATIONAL

ARBITRATION REPORTS, August 2007

 

Drafting the Arbitration Clause for International Project Contracts,

CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION REPORTER, April 2007

 

Going International with a Project?  Put Arbitration in Your Contract,

STAMPED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, A RISK MANAGEMENT PUBLICATION FOR ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc., October 2006

 

Crush the enemy, as Churchill advised, Financial Times, June 15, 2006 at 12

 

An Interlegality of International Commercial Arbitration, Transnational dispute Management, Volume 3:2 April 2006

 

Case Study in the Use of Mediation to Settle Environmental Coverage, Mediation Newsletter (International Bar Association, Legal Practice Division) April 2006 at 40

 

A Geography of International  Arbitration, Arbitration International, Volume 21:1, 99-112  (2005)

 

Grateful for a Place of Refuge, Financial Times, January 28, 2005, at 12

 

Sound Leadership, Financial Times, December 22, 2005, at 12

 

ICC Rules Not Subject to Review, Seattle Post Intelligencer, February 11, 2004, available at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/160084_iccrebut11.html?searchpagefrom=1&searchdiff=22

 

Doing Business with the Tribes: An Indian Law Primer for the Design Professional, CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION REPORTER, September 2000

 

Rebuilding the Citadel of Privity, legal handbook for architects, engineers and contractors, Clark Boardman Callaghan, A. Dib, ed., 1995

 

Rebuilding the Citadel of Privity, GONZAGA LAW REVIEW , Spring 1995

 

Applying the Economic Loss Rule to Contractor Actions Against  Architects and Engineers: Reasserting the Divide Between Contract and Tort, CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION REPORTER, January 1995                     

                                     

REPORTED DECISIONS

Pettit v. Dwoskin, 116 Wn. App. 466 (2003)

Lummi Nation v. Golder Associates, Inc., 236 F. Supp.2d 1183 (2002)

Kitsap County v. Allstate Ins. Co., 136 Wn.2d 567 (1998)

Mavroudis v. Pittsburgh-Corning, 86 Wn. App. 22 (1997)

Pederson’s Fryer Farms v. Transamerica, 83 Wn. App. 432 (1996)

Berschauer/Phillips v. Seattle School District, 124 Wn.2d 819 (1994)

Key Tronics v. Aetna(Cigna) et al, 124 Wn.2d 618 (1994)

Chaussee v. Maryland Casualty Co., 60 Wn. App. 504 (1991)

 

 

 

 

Publications

 
A Geography of International Arbitration
 A Case Study in the Use of Mediation to Settle an Environmental   Coverage Case
Some Geographies of International Environment Law
Rebuilding the Citadel

 The Arbitration Clause in International Project Contracts

     The Americanization of Carlos Calvo

The World Bank's Appropriation of Civil Society
Native American Tribes of the Pacific Northwest
Current Issues In Law and Development in Latin America
Indian Law and the Architect and Engineer