Mr. Hickman has been named Super Lawyer for 2007 by Law and Politics Magazine.

Counsel to the Firm

Practice:
Mr. Hickman’s practice is concentrated in appellate work and insurance coverage matters.

Appellate
During the past 37 years, Mr. Hickman has handled more than 450 appeals in state and federal courts. He heads the firm’s Appellate Team and is a frequent guest lecturer on appellate practice and procedure. Mr. Hickman’s reputation as an appellate attorney is outstanding. He has been elected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Insurance Coverage
Having handled numerous insurance coverage cases over the past 35 years, Mr. Hickman is also a recognized expert in the area of insurance coverage. In issuing insurance coverage opinions and handling coverage litigation, he has dealt with a wide variety of issues, including bad faith, UIM, sexual assault, harassment, construction defect, property damage, advertising injury, discrimination claims, employment-related practices, and personal injury claims. His clients include St. Paul, State Farm, Allstate, SAFECO and Hartford.

Since 1975, Mr. Hickman has edited the Washington Insurance Law Letter, a publication which reviews recent developments in insurance and tort law. The Washington Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals have cited the Law Letter. It has been admitted as a learned treatise in superior court litigation. In 1988, Mr. Hickman received an Award of Excellence from the State Farm Insurance Companies in recognition of “Outstanding Service” for editing the Law Letter.

Mr. Hickman is frequently asked to present seminars on such topics as appellate practice, bad faith, bioethics, violence in the workplace, and tort reform.

Mr. Hickman was a co-author and contributing editor of the Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook (First and Second Editions). Together with former Reed McClure attorney Mary DeYoung, he authored Allocation of Environmental Clean-Up Liability Between Successive Insurers, 17 Northern Kentucky L. Rev. 291 (1990). He was the Washington State editor of Products Liability: A State-By-State Compendium (DRI; 2004).

He is a member of the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Hickman was named as a “Washington Super Lawyer” in 2001 , 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Education:
Columbia Law School, 1967, J.D.

Seattle University, 1964, B.A., Major: Physics

Background:
Mr. Hickman was born in Longview, Washington. His family consists of his wife Darlene, daughters, Kristin and Kari-Mae, granddaughter Katherine Elizabeth and grandsons William Reilly, Jack Riley, and Robert Jon.

Mr. Hickman is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the United States District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the courts of the State of Washington.

Mr. Hickman is a member of the following professional organizations:

Fellow – American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Washington Appellate Lawyers Association

The King County Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association

The Defense Research Institute

Community Service Activites:
Mr. Hickman is a certified master level track official. He served as a timer at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, as a track umpire at the 1987 Pan-American Games, as a starter for the 1990 Goodwill Games, as a Judge of the 1992 U.S.A. Olympic trials and Head Starter for the Seattle 1998 and Eugene 2004 National Junior Olympics.

Mr. Hickman is a member of Pacific Northwest Track and Field and USA Track and Field. In 1997, he received the contributor award from the Youth Committee of PNWTF for “20 years of service to the youth of western Washington.” In 1996, he was named “Official of the Year.” In 1989, he received the “President’s Award” for outstanding leadership and support of Track and Field programs and goals. He is also a member of USA Track and Field’s Rules of Competition Committee, and the Law and Legislation Committee. He was a member of the Anti-Doping Commission of the International Association of Athletics Federations from 1999 to 2003.

Classes/Seminars Taught:
Bad Faith in Washington
Reed McClure, 1999  

What is the Supreme Court Doing?
Seattle Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters, 1999

Insurance and Bad Faith
King County Bar Association, Aviation Section, 1996

Lumps of Coal From the Courts
Independent Insurance Agents
2003

Future of Bad Faith
Northwest Insurance Coverage Association
2003

Insurance Through A Rear View Mirror
Lake Washington CPCU
2003

Honors and Awards:
King County Bar Association Profile

Super Lawyer: 2001,2003, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

AV rated by Martindale Hubbell



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