Gwendolyn C. Payton

Gwendolyn C. Payton

Areas of Practice

Gwendolyn Payton is the Chair of the Lane Powell Class Action Group, and focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, class actions, intellectual property, antitrust and trade litigation. She has an active trial practice in state and federal courts, and regularly argues appeals in state and federal court. Gwendolyn is a recognized speaker on a variety of issues and has spoken internationally on e-commerce and other legal issues. She has been named a "Rising Star" every year since 2001 by Washington Law and Politics magazine and was also named one of the "Forty under 40? by Puget Sound Business Journal.

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

· Chair, Class Action Defense Practice Group

· Chair, Pro Bono Committee, Seattle Office

· Antitrust and Trade Regulation

· Intellectual Property and Technology

· Litigation

· Health Care

Representative Matters and Clients

· Lead Counsel for Premera Blue Cross in MDL 1334 and other matters

· Counsel for Plaintiff VoiceStream Wireless n/k/a T-Mobile USA in complex commercial suit

· Counsel for Cutter & Buck in Cutter & Buck Securities Litigation and related directors and officers' liability insurance coverage suit

· Counsel for Texaco in multi-million dollar environmental clean up-claim

· Counsel for the Fishing Company of Alaska in Greenpeace v. Nat'l Marine Fisheries Serv. and numerous other regulatory and federal court actions

· Counsel for plaintiff prosecuting multiple securities fraud claims in Eagle River Investments v. Liebsack, et al.

· Counsel for various Washington State cities in successful constitutional challenge to Washington Initiative 695

· Counsel for a plaintiff magazine publisher in antitrust trial to successful verdict

Awards and Honors

· Named as a "Rising Star," Washington Law and Politics Magazine, 2001-2008

· Named one of the "Forty under 40," Puget Sound Business Journal, 2008

Professional and Community Activities

· Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, 2009

· Director, Boyer Children's Clinic

· March of Dimes, March for Babies State Leadership Cabinet