News and Events

Nicoll Black & Feig announces the addition of our newest paralegal, Elissa Leavitt.

NBF attorney Rivers Black attended the annual Maritime Law Seminar presented by the Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association held in New Orleans, Louisiana.

NBF attorneys Rivers Black and Chris Reilly attended the annual dinner and auction hosted by the North Pacific Fishing Vessel Owner’s Association at the Shilshole Bay Beach Club in Seattle, Washington.

NBF attorney Larry E. Altenbrun is accepted for admittance to the Oregon State Bar.

NBF attorneys Chris Nicoll and Noah Jaffe co-authored an amicus brief submitted to the Washington Supreme Court on behalf of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association in Dean v. The Fishing Company of Alaska, Inc., et al.  Dean was an injured seaman who received the general maritime remedies of maintenance and cure for several years, until the vessel owner’s doctor determined that he had reached maximum medical cure and his payments should be discontinued. Dean filed a pretrial motion for summary judgment seeking reinstatement of his remedies. The issue on appeal was what standard of review the court was to apply: the summary judgment standard, requiring all doubts to be resolved in the vessel owner’s favor as the non-moving party; or whether the burden of proof should be altered for such motions and doubts resolved in favor of the seaman.

NBF attorney Curt H. Feig provided the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association with a presentation on the topic of the recent Washington Supreme Court ruling Cedell v. Farmers Ins Co of Wash, 176 Wn.2d 686, 295 P.3d 239 (2013) at its annual insurance law meeting in Seattle.

NBF attorneys Christopher W. Nicoll and Michael A. Guadagno provided the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association with a presentation on the topics of same sex marriage and the legalization of marijuana at its annual insurance law meeting in Seattle.