▍ Construction defect
A 96-unit condominium resolves a multi-year defect claim.
Board’s counsel through investigation, expert-witness assembly, mediation, and a settlement that funded the building’s envelope-repair program in full.
Most of our litigation clients didn’t come to us looking for a courtroom. They came because something (a contract, a partner, a neighbor, an insurer) needed to be settled, and the conversations they were having weren’t getting it done. We handle civil and business litigation for clients across Bellevue, Seattle, and King County, and we bring trial-grade preparation to every file we open. The goal is usually to resolve the matter before it has to be tried.
Talk to a litigation attorneyLitigation at Oseran Hahn handles the disputes that grow out of the rest of our work. Civil and commercial cases, real estate and construction defect, employment, HOA and condo matters, probate and trust contests, insurance coverage, creditor-debtor work. Most of it runs through King County Superior Court and the federal courts in Seattle. The cases we do not try often resolve faster, because the other side knows we are prepared to try them.
Operating-agreement enforcement, buyout negotiations, deadlock and dissolution proceedings, and the partner-side claims that arise when a co-owner relationship fractures.
Minority-rights claims, oppression and freeze-out actions, derivative suits, and the redemption and buy-sell mechanics that resolve them.
Breach of contract, payment and collection actions, business-tort, and the commercial matters that arise from the everyday agreements companies sign.
Owner-side and contractor-side claims, defect matters, lien actions, and the mediation work most construction matters resolve through.
Title, easement, lease, broker, and construction-defect matters on behalf of owners, developers, and lenders.
Discrimination, wrongful-termination, wage-and-hour, and trade-secret matters on the employer side.
Policyholder and insurer-side disputes on commercial coverage, bad faith, and complex coverage analysis.
Misappropriation claims, restrictive-covenant enforcement, and the injunctive-relief work these matters require.
Will contests, trust disputes, undue-influence claims, and beneficiary representation in contested administrations under Washington TEDRA.
Litigation-side support for high-asset and closely-held-business divorces, with the property-division and business-valuation work these matters require.
Plaintiff and defense-side counsel in medical-malpractice matters, with the expert coordination and trial preparation these cases require.
Plaintiff representation in auto, premises, and other personal-injury matters, with steady counsel through recovery and resolution.
Design-defect, manufacturing-defect, and failure-to-warn claims on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants in Washington and federal courts.
Collections, judgment enforcement, debtor-defense, and the workout work that resolves matters short of formal proceedings.
Representation before AAA, JAMS, and ad-hoc tribunals, with the preparation discipline of trial counsel.
Briefing and oral argument before the Washington Court of Appeals and federal circuit courts.
Litigation clients return for the same three reasons. None of them is the case at hand. It’s the next one.
Every file is staffed as if it were going to trial. The other side notices in mediation, and most matters settle on better terms because of it.
Most disputes touch business, real estate, employment, or estate work. The lawyers who drafted the underlying document are in the same office as the litigators defending it.
You meet the shareholder who will try your case. They’re the one who picks up your call about the deposition next month.
A working conversation about the facts, the documents, and the realistic goals. The strategy follows the goals, not the other way around.
Documents gathered, facts pressure-tested, and a demand letter or pre-filing negotiation drafted to control the next ninety days.
Complaint or answer filed, counterclaim asserted where warranted, and the procedural posture established in the most favorable court available.
Document requests, depositions, and expert workups, run to a deliberate plan rather than the volume of motion practice that drives bills up.
Most cases resolve in mediation. We arrive prepared as if for trial, with the exhibits, witness analysis, and theory of the case already in hand.
When a case has to be tried, we’ve been doing it for decades. Senior attorney in the chair, and the prep that makes the chair an asset rather than a risk.
We assess the operating agreement, identify the strongest path to resolution, and negotiate a buyout that preserves the business. When buyout fails, we file the action that protects the client’s position.
We defend the board’s authority, marshal the governance record, and resolve most matters before a member meeting becomes a media event. We do this for associations throughout Bellevue and the Eastside.
We answer the complaint, frame the counterclaim if there is one, and run a deliberate discovery plan. Most of these matters settle once both sides see the same facts.
We bring the probate-litigation lens to a family fight, with the goal of resolving the case in mediation if possible, and at trial if not. Quiet resolutions, on the record.
Board’s counsel through investigation, expert-witness assembly, mediation, and a settlement that funded the building’s envelope-repair program in full.
Mediated a buyout structure that preserved customer relationships and avoided protracted litigation; closed with confidentiality and the operating partner still in the chair.
Disciplined motion practice and a deposition sequence that put the other side’s damages theory on the record. Settled the morning of trial at a number consistent with our pre-litigation valuation.
It varies widely. A straightforward commercial dispute in King County Superior Court can resolve in 6 to 12 months. Complex defect cases or contested probates can take 2 to 3 years. We’ll give you an honest estimate after we’ve seen the documents.
Settling is usually better, as long as the terms are right. Most commercial cases do settle before trial, and most of those settle in mediation. The catch is that settlement terms track how credible your trial threat is. We staff every case as if it will be tried, which is what puts a real number on the table when settlement is the right answer.
Most matters are billed hourly. After we see the case, we provide a written budget with realistic phase estimates: pre-litigation, discovery, mediation, and trial. You’ll know what each phase costs before you authorize it.
Yes. We brief and argue matters before the Washington Court of Appeals and federal circuit courts, and we coordinate with appellate specialists on the matters that warrant additional resources.
Disputes that need a decision someone can enforce. In our practice that means contract and payment fights, partner and shareholder conflicts, construction defect claims, employment matters, insurance coverage, and contested estates. The work runs from the first demand letter through discovery, mediation, and trial. We also represent clients in AAA, JAMS, and ad-hoc arbitrations, with the same preparation we bring to court.
Strategy before paperwork. Resolution before complaint, when it works. Trial when it doesn’t. We take litigation matters throughout Bellevue, Seattle, and King County.
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