Harrison, Robert Gibbs

Arley Harrel is a member in the Seattle office. His practice emphasizes civil litigation and trial, real estate and commercial advice. His primary areas of civil litigation practice (in alphabetical order) include antitrust, banking, class action, commercial, condemnation/eminent domain, construction, employment, environmental, franchise, intellectual property, municipal, personal injury, products liability, professional liability, real estate, securities, trade regulation and transportation. His real estate and general business practice focuses on client counseling and advice.

Mr. Harrel chaired the firm’s Litigation Department from 2000 to 2006 and chaired its Business Litigation Practice Group from 2006 to 2008. He served on the firm’s Board of Directors from 1991 to 2003, and chaired the firm's Environmental Practice Group from 1992 to 1996. He was named by Seattle Magazine as one of Seattle’s “Top Business Litigation Lawyers” in 2003. Mr. Harrel has also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Commercial Litigation for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peerreview rating available. In 2012, Mr. Harrel was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Commercial Litigation.