Scott E. Feir

Member

Practice Areas

Biography

Scott's practice emphasizes civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution for business and municipal clients. Scott has litigated a broad range of commercial matters in state and federal courts and in mediation and arbitration forums.

A significant portion of Scott's practice is devoted to advising clients on and litigating real estate-related matters, including matters involving landlord-tenant relations, lease and license enforcement, fair housing and access claims, construction defect and lien claims, purchase and sale nondisclosure and misrepresentation, broker commission and standard of care issues, enforcement of restrictive covenants and easements, adverse possession claims, and boundary disputes.

Additionally, Scott regularly advises clients and litigates disputes concerning fiduciary-related matters involving trusts, probate estates, and guardianships, especially when such matters involve the recovery of misappropriated assets.

Scott also maintains an active insurance coverage practice and has represented individual and corporate insureds in a variety of coverage and bad faith matters and has recovered millions of dollars from insurers who have denied defense and indemnity protection to their insureds.

Legal Articles and Continuing Legal Education Presentations

Scott is a frequent speaker on real estate issues at conferences and in-house training events and has published a number of articles regarding real estate-related topics and Washington landlord-tenant law.

Author, Residential Lease Provisions: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Washington State Bar Assc. (2006)
Author and Speaker, Understanding the Eviction Action (And Doing It Right), Lorman Educ. Services (2006)
Author, Planning Ahead to Avoid Tenant Problems (2005)
Speaker, Drafting and Negotiating Washington Commercial Real Estate Leases, National Business Institute (2004)
Author, Public Housing Authority Survival Guide to Preparing Default Notices (2004)
Speaker, Commercial Lease Drafting, Enforcement, and Litigation, Sterling Educ. Services (2002 & 2003)
Author, Strategies for Successful Collections from Defaulting Tenants (2003)
Author, The Process and Procedure of Statutory Eviction: Unlawful Detainer under Washington Law (2003)

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Reported Cases

Airborne Freight Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 472 F.3d 634 (9th Cir., 2006) (insurance coverage dispute)
Nelson v. Jusenius (In re Estate of Moi), 135 Wn. App. 1029 (2006) (probate dispute)
Bellevue Pac. Ctr. Condo. Owners Ass'n v. Bellevue Pac. Tower Condo. Owners Ass'n, 124 Wn. App. 178 (2004) (condominium dispute)
National Concrete Cutting, Inc. v. Northwest GM Contracters, et al., 107 Wn. App. 657 (2001) (public works construction lien dispute)

Education

B.A. Seattle Pacific University, cum laude (psychology), 1985
J.D. University of Washington, 1998
Managing Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
Vice President, Moot Court Honor Board

Community & Professional Associations

Scott is admitted to practice in Washington State, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and is a member of:

Scott was selected as a "Rising Star" attorney by the magazine Washington Law & Politics, 2002-2003, 2005-2007.