Practice

Ms. Okano focuses her practice on appeals and insurance coverage matters.

Appellate

Ms. Okano has represented parties or amici in appeals before the Washington Supreme Court, Washington Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Alaska and Montana Supreme Courts, and the Idaho Court of Appeals. She has also briefed appeals before the United States Supreme Court. Her appellate practice involves a wide range of cases including professional liability, insurance coverage, bad faith, tort, commercial, employee discrimination, and contract matters.

Insurance Coverage

Ms. Okano provides clients with opinions and advice on insurance coverage and bad faith matters, drafts policy provisions, and handles coverage and bad faith cases on appeal. She has dealt with a broad spectrum of coverage issues including construction defects, employment, discrimination, advertising injury, personal injury, sexual harassment and abuse, property damage, automobile liability, professional liability, first-party property and collapse, underinsured motorist, fraud, and bad faith.