Westin Thomas McLean

Westin McLean was born in Seattle and raised in the Pacific Northwest. He graduated from the University of Oregon, earning a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in Business Administration. He then returned to the University of Oregon for law school, where he graduated with Order of the Coif honors. Westin is a seasoned litigator who has developed a reputation for his knowledge of the law and his ability to resolve contentious claims. He has been advising and representing insurance companies, individuals, and businesses in complex matters and litigation since 2009. He has extensive experience providing coverage opinions, claims handling advice and litigating coverage matters for national and regional insurance carriers regarding all types of property, casualty, automobile and liability policies. He has also handled a wide range of litigated actions involving first-party coverage, declaratory judgments, bad faith claims and personal injury claims in both state and federal courts. Westin has prepared and successfully argued dozens of dispositive trial motions as well as handled several appeals from beginning to end. He also achieved favorable resolutions for hundreds of claims and filed actions through litigation, direct negotiation and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. He is admitted to practice law in both Oregon and Washington.