Joanne Thomas Blackburn
Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP
A native of Washington, Joanne takes a Northwest approach to practicing law. Joanne welcomes the opportunity to help her clients develop outside-the-box solutions that are designed to avoid protracted litigation. However, if the dispute needs to be settled in Court, she is no stranger to the Courtroom and welcomes the challenge. She became a partner with Garvey, Schubert & Barer in Seattle in 1999 and later moved to Gordon Thomas Honeywell as a partner in 2008.
Her primary areas of practice include defense litigation, products liability, construction, insurance defense and coverage, broker and agency defense, and appellate advocacy. She is past president of the Washington Defense Lawyers, where she also served on the board of directors for eight years. She is also a past Board Member of the Defense Research Institute (DRI).
Joanne received her undergraduate degree from the University of California at Berkley and her JD from the University of Notre Dame. She has been a long-time, active supporter and board member of FareStart, a culinary job training and placement program for homeless and disadvantaged individuals. She enjoys climbing, cooking, and fishing for crab with her family.
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Insurance Defense
- Contract Disputes
- Alaska
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- California
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- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
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- U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
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- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
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- English
- Partner
- Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP
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- Senior Partner
- Jackson & Wallace LLP
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- Member
- Garvey, Schubert & Barer
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- University of Notre Dame
- J.D.
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- University of California - Berkeley
- B.A.
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- AV Preeminent Womens Lawyers
- Martindale Hubbell
- Super Lawyer
- Washington Super Lawyers
- From 2004-2019
- AVVO Top Contracts/Agreements Lawyer
- Washington CEO Magazine
- AV Rating
- Martindale Hubbell
- Washington State Bar # 21541
- Member
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- American Bar Association
- Member
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- King County Bar Association
- Member
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- Alaska Bar Association
- Member
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- Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
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- Activities: Chair, Construction Committee, 2007-10; Member, Membership Development and Retention Committee, 2014-present
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- Defense Research Institute
- State Representative for Washington
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- Activities: Regional Board Member for the Northwest Region from 2008-2011
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- Washington Defense Lawyers
- Member, Board of Directors
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- Activities: President, 2003
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- 2010 Insurance Bad Faith
- DRI Publications
- FDCC Deposition Manual, First Edition
- Duty to Defend in Construction Defect Claims in the Northwest, 2014 West Coast Casualty Construction Defect Seminar
- Defenses/Summary Judgment Motions Regarding HOA Claims for CPA Violations, Fraud, and Misrepresentation Claims Under Washington Condominium Act, 2013 Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) Annual Construction Law Update
- Green Construction & Leed – A Primer for Counsel, 011 Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) Winter Meeting
- Declaratory Judgment Actions, 2011 Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) Annual Insurance Seminar Law Seminar
- Current Issues and Views from the Bench, 2010 Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL) Annual Insurance Law Seminar
- Moderator of Judicial Panel Discussion
- Website
- Gordon Thomas Honeywell LLP Website
