Background
Matison, Dave A. was born on August 15, 1951 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States.
Matison, Dave A. was born on August 15, 1951 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States.
Tulane University of Louisiana (Bachelor of Arts, 1973. Juris Doctor, 1976; Master of Laws., 1992).
Worked at Gierke, Curwen, Metzler & Erie (Tacoma, Washington) specializing in Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts. Insurance Defense and Coverage Law including Fire, Casualty, Premises Liability, Automobile, Common Carrier, Fidelity and Surety, Products Liability, Police and Municipal Liability, Professional Malpractice, Workers Compensation Defense, Discrimination, Utility, Administrative and Labor Law, Anti-Trust, Health Care Law, Corporation, Real Estate and Estate Planning, Arbitration, Mediation and Alternate Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Mississippi, United States.
District Court, Southern District of M ississippi and United States.
District Court, Fifth Circuit. 1994, Washington; 1997, United States.
District Court, Western District of Washington. Law Clerk to Chief Justice Neville Patterson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1976-1977.
Member: Washington State Bar Association.
Mississippi State Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.
Originally founded in 1968 as the firm of Johnson, Metzler & Gierke.
The firm has specialized in insurance defense, but also has an active general practice, with the emphasis on plaintiff"s personal injury, civil trial and appellate practice, business, real estate and estate planning and probate. Over the past twenty-nine years, Gierke, Curwen, Metzler & Erie has provided quality legal services for clients, both locally and nationally.
Member: Washington State Bar Association. Mississippi State Bar. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association.