Timothy E Allen

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Tim is a founding partner at Mullin, Allen & Steiner, PLLC, and a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience in multi-week trials. Although regularly recognized as a Washington Super Lawyer for his defense of healthcare providers, outside the healthcare arena Tim also represents injured individuals in significant personal injury and civil rights cases. His practice ranges from the defense of alleged medical malpractice to representing both plaintiffs and defendants in insurer bad faith, insurance coverage, wrongful death, civil rights, employment, product liability, injunctive relief, and equine law cases, among others. Tim is licensed to practice in Washington and Oregon, and represents clients in both state and federal courts.

As a defense attorney, Tim has obtained defense verdicts, dismissals, and favorable settlements for clients including health care providers, hospitals, clinics, employers, universities, product manufacturers, building contractors, insurance brokers, and insurance companies. He has successfully represented healthcare providers from a wide variety of practice areas, including the following specialties:

• Cardiac Surgery

• Cardiology

• Emergency Medicine

• Emergency Medical Services/Transport

• Gastroenterology

• General Surgery

• Hematology

• Internal Medicine

• Interventional Radiology

• Neurology

• Neuroradiology

• Neurosurgery

• Nursing

• Obstetrics/Gynecology

• Oncology

• Orthopedic Surgery

• Pediatrics

• Plastic Surgery

• Pulmonology

• Primary Care

• Psychiatry

• Psychology

• Radiology

• Rehabilitation Medicine

When representing plaintiffs, Tim has helped achieve multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements in product liability and insurance bad faith actions; successfully resolved through trial or settlement cases alleging breach of contract, professional negligence, personal injury and property damage arising from motor vehicle accidents; and obtained forms of non-monetary relief in a wide variety of contexts. As examples, Tim has either served as lead counsel or assisted on the trial team for the following:

• $15.5 million product liability verdict in Federici v. U-Haul et al.

• $12.95 million bad faith settlement in Howard v. Royal Specialty Underwriting, Inc.

• $4.4 million settlement in midst of trial in coverage action against excess insurer

• $1.5 million summary judgment recovery in breach of surety action arising from purchase of hospital facility

• $600,000 verdict in breach of contract action against Port of Tacoma

• $334,000 judgment entered in action regarding ownership of retired racehorse

• $188,500 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit

• $100,000 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit

• Confidential settlement obtained on behalf of academic institution against insurance broker

• Confidential settlement in accounting malpractice action

• Confidential settlement with professional sports team for personal injury sustained on premises

• Successful action to change ballot measure title resulting in defeat of ballot measure

• Obtained permanent injunction against release by state agency of client’s proprietary trade secrets to unsuccessful contract bidder

• Successful return to rightful owners of property wrongfully taken or detained by others, including patient medical records as well as valuable horses

• Obtained temporary restraining order excluding former patient from premises of healthcare clinic

• Successfully settle claim for contractual and equitable indemnity where hospital sued for actions of contracted physicians

Tim also counsels both insurance carriers and policy-holders as to their rights under insurance policies in both first-party and third-party settings. He has extensive experience in insurance coverage disputes, and brings declaratory judgment and/or bad faith actions where necessary in both state and federal court. Tim is sought after to serve as personal counsel to insureds to help protect their interests where a defense is being provided to the insured under a reservation of rights. Where necessary, Tim can protect his clients in such situations from personal exposure by negotiating a settlement based on a stipulated judgment in exchange for a covenant not to execute and an assignment of his client’s rights.

Tim was named to the Washington Super Lawyers list for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; named to the Washington Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and received the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Outstanding Litigation Associate Award for 2006. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tim was a professor of political philosophy and argumentation at Western Washington University, as well as the director of the university’s debate program. During law school, Tim served as a Rule 9 Attorney for the Whatcom County Public Defender.

Tim commutes to Seattle from Arlington, where he lives with his wife, three dogs, and two horses. An avid climber for many years before grinding his knees into dust, Tim now focuses on his horses and trail riding, as well as buying and selling antiques with his wife.