Chris Green has represented consumers in US District, Bankruptcy Courts and Superior Courts. He has represented consumers from all over Washington State, Utah, California and the Southern District of New York including US District Courts, US Bankruptcy Courts, Superior Courts and arbitration forums. He handles both individual and class actions.
He graduated from Washington State University with honors and the University of Puget Sound School of Law. He is a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve, Washington State Bar Association, National Association of Consumer Advocates (Original Member), King County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association.
He has taught many attorneys credit litigation and compliance in many regional and national courses including a few listed as follows:
- Lorman and Associates. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You, Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Complying with the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act, February 8, 2001
- Northwest Justice Project, Credit Law, March 2001
- Washington State Bar Association. Washington Law For Military Attorneys: Credit Law, March 28, 2001
- National Association of Consumer Advocates “Putting the ‘Fair’ Back Into Fair Credit Reporting”, Litigating under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, June 9 and 10 2001, Las Vegas Nevada
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, Fair Credit Reporting Act: Credit Reporting Formatting in METRO2, Albuquerque NM, Spring 2002;
- King County Bar Association Community Legal Service Programs Volunteer Training and CLE, Overview of Identity Fraud & The Civil, Criminal and Financial Implications, August 23 2002
- Whatcom County Bar Association, Rights You Never Knew Your Client Had, The Surprising Reach of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, September 4 2002;
- Continuing Legal Education for Judge Advocates: Identity Theft, How to Avoid It and What to Do, September 8 2003
- National Consumer Law Center, Consumer Rights Litigation Conference: Furnisher Liability Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Oakland California October 2003
- National Business Institute, How To Avoid Costly Mistakes: The Washington Attorney’s Guide to Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, January 27 2004
- Washington State Bar Association: Take A Closer Look: Advanced Collection Law Conference: Asserting Claims Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, March 12 2004
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, Fair Credit Reporting Act:Litigating Accuracy Cases with Credit Reporting Bureaus, May 2004. Chicago Illinois
- Washington State Bar Association, 11th Annual Washington Criminal Justice Institute, Preventing and Addressing Identity Theft, September 2004
- Washington State Bar Association. Best of Continuing Legal Education: Identity Theft, December 2004
- National Business Institute. Becoming Collection Savvy: Advanced Collection Principals in Washington
- Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, National Business Institute, March 2004
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, Role of Formatting in Credit Report Errors, National Fair Credit Reporting Act Conference, New Orleans LA, June 2005
- Northwest Justice Project, Guest Speaker on Fair Credit Reporting and Fair Debt Collection, April 2006
- Litigation Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act – National Fair Credit Reporting Conference, Las Vegas Nevada, May 2006; Consumer Debt Collection: Resolving Debts Quickly and Easily, Complying with the Fair Credit Reporting Act, June 15 and 16 2006 National Business Institute
- Seattle University School of Law, Consumer Law Guest Speaker on Fair Credit Reporting, June 2006
- Consumer Debt Collection: Resolve Debts Quickly and Easily, National Business Institute, October 2007
- National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Fair Credit Reporting Act Conference, May 2007, Denver CO; Collection Law From Start To Finish,
- National Business Institute, January 2008, Collection Law From Start To Finish, Complying With the FDCPA and FCRA,
- National Business Institute, April 2007, National Association of Consumer Advocates, Advanced FCRA Course, May 2009, Chicago IL
- National Business Institute, Collection Law From Start To Finish, Complying With The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, October 2009
- National Business Institute Advanced Collection Strategies, Illegal Collection Practices, April 2010;
- National Consumer Law Center, Fair Debt Collection Training Conference, Credit Reports: FCRA and FDCPA, Seattle, March 2011
- National Association of Consumer Advocates Military Justice Project, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fairchild Air Force Base, October 2011
In addition he provided free consumer litigation training to attorneys in government and non-profits including judge advocates for all branches of the Armed Forces (Ft Lewis, McChord AFB, Naval Station Everett, Naval Station Bangor, Coast Guard Pier 36, Washington State Bar Association Legal Assistance to Military Personnel Committee CLE) as well as the Northwest Justice Project, Legal Action Center, Tenants Union, National Association of Consumer Advocates and the National Consumer Law Center.
Published Cases:
- Saindon v Equifax Information Services, 608 F.Supp.2d 1212 United States District Court, N.D. California, San Francisco April 17, 2009
- Gordon v DTE Energy, 680 F.Supp.2d 1282 United States District Court, W.D. Wash, at Seattle, January 26, 2010
- Andrews v Equifax Information Services, 700 F.Supp.2d 1276 United States District Court, W.D.Wash. 2010
- McSherry v. Capital One FSB, 236 F.R.D. 516, 520-21, United States District Court, W.D.Wash. 2006
- Betts v Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc., 245 F.Supp.2d 1130, United States District Court, W.D.Wash 2003.
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Gordon Charles Webb is recognized by the American Society of Legal Advocates as one of the top 100 Litigation lawyers in the State of Washington. He is also one of the principal founding members of Seattle Maritime Attorneys and Webb Law Firm, a specialized firm with offices in Bellevue and Seattle. Gordon is licensed to practice in all State and Federal Courts of the State of Washington. He’s handled hundreds of bankruptcy cases and has been practicing bankruptcy law for over 25 years.
He holds a Master’s Degree in Maritime Law from Tulane University Law School, and has represented hundreds of clients in personal injury, wage claims, bankruptcy claims and other matters involving litigation, trials, arbitration and mediation of cases arising in Washington, California, the East Coast and other interesting venues around the world.
Gordon was born in Seattle, Washington and raised in the greater Puget Sound region where he played amateur ice hockey, and built and raced small hydroplanes in the Seafair Greenlake Regattas in his youth. Following high school he learned to fly single engine aircraft and worked as a commercial fisherman in the South Pacific. After returning to Seattle he studied at the renowned Gomper’s School of Boat Building and Design before launching Frontier Boat Corporation, where he directed the design and manufacturing of fishing boats for the Alaskan commercial fishing industry. After selling the company to a Danish corporation, Gordon decided to go to law school.
Graduating from Tulane University Law School in 1993 with a Master’s Degree in Admiralty and Maritime Law, Gordon hired on at the largest maritime-only law firm in the Pacific Northwest . Gordon’s entrepreneurial spirit got the best of him, and two-and-half years later he founded Webb Law Firm where he represents people in maritime claims, personal injury, wage claims, bankruptcy law, auto accident claims and other matters involving litigation, trials, and mediation of cases arising in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, New York, Maine, Florida, the US and British Virgin Islands and other interesting venues around the world.
Education
- L.L.M., Tulane Law School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1993, Major: Admiralty & Maritime Law
- Law Review: Tulane Maritime Law Review
- J.D., University of Idaho College of Law, Moscow, Idaho, 1992
- B.A., Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, 1987, Cum Laude, Major: Political Science
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Washington, 1993
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1993
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1995
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1998
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of Washington, 1995
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Washington, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 2007
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
- Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Member Since: 1993
- Attorney Member
- Washington State Bar Association
- Member Since: 1993
- Attorney Member
- Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
- Member Since: 1995
- Attorney Member
- Florida State Trial Lawyers Association
- Member Since: 2001, Attorney Member
- Seattle King County Bar Association
Member Since: 1995, Attorney Member
Representative Cases
- Gloria K. Owen, Et. Al., v. Cruise West and Alaska Sightseeing and Cruise West Travel, Inc., UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, 2004 AMC 2828. – $2.25 million award for plaintiffs in federal court collective action lawsuit for overtime wages under the FLSA on behalf of employee crewmembers of Cruise West and Alaska Sightseeing and Cruise West Travel, Inc.
- Geneva McCarthy v. F/T SEAFREEZE ALASKA UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20375; 2004 AMC 2107. – On July 5, 2000, the seaman was injured on board a ship. On September 19, 2001, an orthopedic surgeon diagnosed her with a herniated nucleus pulposus with chronic neck, right shoulder, and arm pain. The seaman’s treating physician opined that her cervical disk herniation was related to the seaman’s injury. Between September 19, 2001, and April 30, 2003, the corporations paid for the costs for the seaman’s treatment, but the seaman’s requests for maintenance were denied. The defendant corporations asserted that the seaman injured her back in an earlier car crash. A second surgeon hired by defendants concluded that it was not possible to state that her symptoms were attributable to the on-board injury. The court held that there was no fact issue that precluded a declaration of liability for maintenance. The second surgeon’s failure to make a statement as to causation did not create a factual dispute. If the corporations truly believed that the seaman’s symptoms after September 19, 2001, were not their responsibility, they presumably would have refused to pay cure. The seaman was entitled to attorney’s fees because they ignored the seaman’s request for maintenance for over a year without explanation. Following the decision, the case settled out of court for confidential six figure award.
- Ocean Resources Inc. v. Bank of America and Seafirst National Bank et al., King County Superior Court Case No. 98-2-12670-1-SEA. – $2.3 million award for plaintiff arising out breach of vessel sale contract litigation.
- Estate of Wilkison v. Mastec North America and Global Crossings Inc. Snohomish County Superior Court. Everett, Washington. Largest wrongful death six figure settlement in Washington state for the death of 87 year old male. Confidential.
- Van Valkenberg v. Puget Sound Inflatables, 2002 A.M.C. 2673 (W.D. Wash. 2002). – Enhanced Injury (“crashworthiness”) Doctrine adopted into the general maritime law.
Litigation Percentage
75% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Honors and Awards
Member, Tulane Maritime Law Journal
Washington State Bar Association Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation, 2003 – 2004
The Canadian Consulate General – Certificate of Merit Pro Bono Publico, 1993
Past Employment Positions
Bauer Moynihan & Johnson, Associate, 1993 – 1995
Irwin Myklebust & Savage, 1991 – 1992
Washington State Attorney General – Consumer Protection Department, Pre-Law Intern, 1987
City of Seattle Law Department, Pre-Law Intern, 1986 – 1987
Seattle King County Public Defenders Association, Investigator, 1986
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