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Rudy A. Englund: Lawyer with Lane Powell PC

Rudy A. Englund

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Seattle,  WA  U.S.A.
Phone206.223.7042

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Practice Areas

  • Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies
  • Class Action Defense
  • Director and Officer Liability
  • Financial Institutions
  • Wage and Hour
  • Litigation
  • Retail
  • Securities
  • Securities Litigation
 
University University of Washington, B.A., magna cum laude, 1972 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Law SchoolUniversity of Washington, J.D., 1975 Phi Beta Kappa
 
Admitted1975, Washington; U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court
 
Memberships American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association (Member, Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 1997-2002; Council Member, Litigation Section, 1994-1997); International Association of Defense Counsel; Federal Bar Association Western District of Washington.
 
Biography

Areas of Practice

Rudy Englund serves as the Firm's Director of Wage and Hour and Class Action Litigation. In April 2006, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. His practice emphasizes commercial and complex litigation in federal and state courts, class action litigation, including extensive wage and hour experience, securities litigation, intellectual property disputes, consumer fraud, as well as business dispute resolution. Rudy has been active in the ABA Section of Litigation for several years serving in multiple leadership capacities. In addition, he recently completed a five-year term on the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary.

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

· Director, Litigation Practice Group

· Director, Wage and Hour Practice Group

· Business Crisis Management and Emergency Remedies

· Class Action Defense

· Director and Officer Liability

· Financial Institutions

· Retail

· Securities Litigation

Representative Matters and Clients

· Thiebes v. Wal-Mart - Wage and Hour Collective Action two-phase trial to judgment involving off-the-clock work allegations

· Bradford v. McDonnell Douglas - Products Liability Defense Verdict against 34 plaintiffs after three month trial

· In re River Park Square Project Board Litigation - Obtained dismissal of target defendent Prudential by motion to dismiss on eve of trial in bondholders' securities litigation

· In re Cray Inc. Derivative Litigation - Successful motions to dismiss in companion federal and state court shareholder derivative actions

· In re Cutter and Buck Inc. Securities Litigation - Successful settlements in companion securities and shareholder derivative actions

· Moore/Klink and Smith/Ballard v. Wal-Mart - Wage and Hour Class Actions in Oregon and California involving late pay at termination claims and related penalties

· McFarlin v. Wal-Mart, Wage and Hour Class Action involving off-the-clock work allegations pending in Alaska

· Saipan Sweatshop Litigation - Civil RICO Class Action regarding Saipan garment manufacturing industry

· UFCW v Nordstrom - Wage and Hour Class Action successful settlement in one of the first such nationwide cases involving off-the-clock work allegations

· Huntley v Frito-Lay - Wage and Hour Class Action successful resolution including renegotiating CBA

· Boursee v Texaco - Contract Employee Class Action successfully defeating class certification

· Rutledge v. Wells Fargo Bank - Consumer Fraud Class Action

· Vukich v. Nabisco - Wage and Hour Class Action

· Contos v Wells Fargo Escrow Consumer Fraud Class Action - Successfully defended class certification

Publications

· "The Class Action Fairness Act's Impact on State Consumer Protection Laws," Defense Counsel Journal, Co-author (July 2005)

Awards and Honors

· Named as one of The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions Defendants (2010-2012)

· Selected "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation, Class Actions, Employment Litigation, Securities (2008-2012)

· Recommended by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial (2004-2011)

· Named as a "Washington Super Lawyer," Super Lawyers magazine, Business Litigation (2000-2011)

· Peer Review Rated "AV" in Martindale-Hubbell

Professional and Community Activities

· American College of Trial Lawyers

· Member, ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary (1997-2002)

· Fellow of the American Bar Association

· Member, International Association of Defense Counsel

· Council Member, ABA Section of Litigation (1994-1997)

· Federal Bar Association Western District of Washington

News

12.28.2011, Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as 'Best in the Business' by Seattle Business Magazine

11.29.2011, Lane Powell's Litigation Department Receives High Marks in 2012 Benchmark Litigation Legal Guide

08.31.2011, 43 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012

08.09.2011, Thirty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

06.20.2011, Twenty-six Lane Powell Attorneys Named 'Washington Super Lawyers;' Ten Lane Powell Attorneys Named As 'Washington Rising Stars'

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

10.04.2010, Lane Powell Recommended by Benchmark Litigation 2011

08.05.2010, 41 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2011

07.20.2010, 58 Lane Powell Attorneys Listed as Top Lawyers in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine

06.11.2010, Chambers USA Recommends Twenty Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups

06.06.2010, 28 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers 2010

04.13.2010, Puget Sound Business Journal Names Best Lawyers 2010

07.30.2009, 34 Lane Powell Attorneys Named in 'Best Lawyers in America' 2010

06.12.2009, Chambers USA Recommends 19 Lane Powell Attorneys and Nine Practice Groups

06.02.2009, 25 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers

01.27.2009, Lane Powell Recommended in Benchmark Litigation Survey

06.02.2008, 23 Lane Powell Attorneys Named Washington Super Lawyers

02.21.2008, Fourteen Attorneys Recommended by Chambers

07.18.2007, Ten Lawyers Named in Chambers USA

06.05.2007, 20 Attorneys Selected as 2007 Washington SuperLawyers

Articles

07.01.2005, The Class Action Fairness Act's Impact on State Consumer Protection Laws - An Overview of the Act's Effect on Forum Shopping

04.01.2004, Class Action Alert

Fellow: American Bar Association.

 
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Lane Powell PC
1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100
Seattle, WA 98101-2338




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