C. Nelson Berry

“I represented a woman who throughout her dissolution believed her husband had been hiding assets. Shortly after final orders were entered, she provided me with evidence of an account which had not been disclosed at trial. I subpoenaed for information about the account and served opposing counsel. Opposing counsel threatened to bring a motion to quash which would have provided an appropriate forum to resolve this dispute. Instead, she filed a complaint with the WSBA.”

“This censure was reciprocal nature and was for the same incident that occurred in 1998 in Washington, detailed below. I would be happy to discuss either incident, shown above and below, further.”

“I represented a Minority Business Enterprise which had been exploited by HSW Construction and the Seattle School District during the refurbishing of Franklin High School. Two weeks into trial, the judge summarily dismissed portions of our claims outside the presence of the jury. I was so upset, I told the judge her rulings were “a travesty of justice”. I left the courtroom and let my co-counsel take over for the rest of the day. A week later, the judge found me in contempt for my comment.”