Paul Spadafora Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa

Litigation Attorney

Tacoma, Wa

Port Charlotte, Fl

▪Extensive pre-trial and trial experience. Taken depositions, argued motions, prepared and conducted direct & cross examinations and opening statements at bench & jury trials and pre-trial hearings. Prepared appellate briefs, motions for summary judgment, trial briefs, findings of fact & conclusions of law, complaints and answers, motions to dismiss, motions in limine, discovery requests & responses.▪ Managed firm’s class action settlement practice for Business & Economic Loss class members in the BP Oil Spill litigation. ▪ Represented clients in the following areas: Commercial Litigation; Land Use; Inverse Condemnation; Appellate Practice; First Amendment; Fourth Amendment; Wills & Trusts; Environmental Law; and Admiralty Law.

Port Charlotte, Fl

▪Drafted complaints, motions in limine, and internal memoranda on civil litigation subjects, including: Commercial Litigation, Administrative Law, Land Use, Foreclosure, Fraud, and Breach of Fiduciary Duty.▪Summer Associate, 2010

▪Drafted model language for amendments to Virginia Criminal Code, and assisted Commission staff in preparing recommendations for new legislation for the Commission’s consideration. Prepared fifty-state surveys, constitutional & statutory analyses, national legislative surveys and case briefs for Commission staff.

▪Researched wind power and offshore wind power regulation, including the Cape Wind project in Cape Cod, MA, for Professor Rosenberg’s law review articles. Edited articles and book chapters prior to publication.

Juris Doctor, Law

Activities and Societies: William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review▪Editor-in-Chief for Volume 35 of the William & Mary.

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology, Psychology, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Lambda Alpha Anthropology Honors Society, Psi Chi Psychology Honors Society, Model United Nations, Undergraduate.