Areas of Practice
Brewster Jamieson represents a widely diverse clientele in both state and federal courts, including:
· Representation of corporations, partnerships, and LLCs in commercial disputes
· Product liability defense, including representation of manufacturers of heavy equipment, consumer products, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals
· Insurance litigation, including coverage and defense of bad faith lawsuits
· ERISA litigation, including cases establishing ERISA plans, claims for benefits under ERISA plans, class action suits brought by ERISA plan members
· Maritime litigation, including defense of vessel owners against personal injury, collision, administrative, and pollution claims
· Employment litigation, including defense of employers against wrongful termination, whistleblower, discrimination and defamation claims
· Professional liability defense, including defense of physicians, dentists, attorneys, accountants, real estate licensees and other professionals against malpractice claims
Professional Experience
· Law Clerk, Alaska Supreme Court (1984 - 1985)
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
· Admiralty and Maritime
· ERISA Litigation
· Insurance
· London
· Native American Affairs
· Petroleum Industry
· Railroad and Mass Transportation
Publications
· "Mystery Solved - Recent Amendments to District Court Local Rule 56.1," The Alaska Bar Rag newspaper, September 2011
· "Irrepressible Alaskans' Court Swing Vote at 9th Conference," The Alaska Bar Rag newspaper, September 2011
· "Law Firm Makes Critical Legal Connection," The Alaska-Washington Connection magazine, 2011 (Quoted)
Awards and Honors
· Recommended by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial (2005-2012)
· Named as an Alaska "Super Lawyer," Law and Politics, General Litigation, Energy and Natural Resources, Transportation/Maritime (2007, 2009)
· Peer Review Rated "AV" in Martindale-Hubbell
Professional and Community Activities
· Fellow, American Bar Foundation (2011-Present)
· Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit for the United States District Court for the District of Alaska
· Law Clerk, Alaska Supreme Court, 1984-1985
· The International Association of Defense Counsel
· The Maritime Law Association of the United States
· American Bar Association, Torts and Insurance Practice Section
News
10.06.2011, Riley and Jamieson Quoted in The Alaska-Washington Connection About Doing Business in Alaska
06.30.2011, Jamieson Joins American Bar Foundation Fellows
06.14.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Lane Powell in Multiple Categories for 2011
03.21.2011, Chambers USA Recommends Eighteen Lane Powell Attorneys and Ten Practice Groups
08.10.2010, Jamieson Appointed as Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit
06.11.2010, Chambers USA Recommends Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups
08.31.2009, Jamieson Named as Alaska SuperLawyer
06.12.2009, Chambers USA Recommends 19 Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups
05.14.2009, Lane Powell Receives ABA 2009 Pro Bono Award
11.21.2008, Jamieson Quoted on Piracy in The National Law Journal
02.21.2008, Fourteen Attorneys Recommended by Chambers
11.15.2007, Jamieson Named an Alaskan Super Lawyer
07.18.2007, Ten Lawyers Named in Chambers USA
07.06.2006, Eleven Lane Powell Lawyers Named in Chambers USA