Background
Wetherald, Margaret Elizabeth was born on May 30, 1958 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of Stanley Morey and Dorothy (Denworth) Wetherald.
Wetherald, Margaret Elizabeth was born on May 30, 1958 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Daughter of Stanley Morey and Dorothy (Denworth) Wetherald.
Mount Holyoke College (A B., cum laude, 1980). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa. Visiting Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, The Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, 1983-1985.
Worked at Gordon & Polscer (Seattle, Washington) specializing in Insurance Coverage and Defense Law, Bad Faith Law, Professional Liability Law, Products Liability Law, General Civil Litigation and Appellate Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1983, Washington. Phi Beta Kappa. Visiting Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, The Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, 1983-1985.
Company-Author: " A Primer on the Use of Experts in the Defense of Third Party Toxic Tort Litigation," Pollution Liability, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Bureau of National Affairs, National Institute on Pollution Liability, with C. Tompkins.
"When Actions of the Insured Excuse the Carrier"s Duty to Defend and to Pay," Insurance Law, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, with J. Grant, 1988. "Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges and the Relationship Between Insurer and Insured in the Context of Hazardous Waste/Toxic Litigation," American Bar Association Monograph, May 1989, with J. Grant.
"Washington Underground Storage Tank Regulations," monograph, 1991. Member: Washington State, King County and American Bar Associations.
From our offices in Portland and Seattle, Gordon & Polscer represents insurers and other corporate clients in complex insurance coverage and defense litigation and in connection with novel risk management issues.
Our partners came together in 1994 from several prominent firms out of a shared interest in partnering with clients to reduce the high cost of litigation through stringent cost management, creative approaches to settlement, prompt and effective use of Alternative Dispute Resolution, and pro-active and high quality representation. We encourage "alternative" billing arrangements, detailed litigation planning and open communication with clients. Our practice is particularly geared toward toxic torts, environmental matters and other "long-tail" exposures and to emerging areas such as technology-related torts and mass tort claims.
We advise clients on national programs, and we are active in litigation throughout the Western United States.
President board directors New Beginnings, 1989. Co-chairman Northwest Environmental Claims Association, 1991. Member Washington State Bar Association, N.W. Environmental Claims Association Beta Kappa.
Married Leonard Bruce Barson, July 20, 1985.