by Jim Rosemary | Oct 6, 2026
Translation: My name is Kasie Kashimoto. I am from Hawaii. I can speak Japanese. For those of you who took the time to translate this, thank you very much.
Kasie is from Honolulu, Hawaii. She received a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a minor in Japanese Language from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she graduated cum laude. She later earned her Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law where she also graduated cum laude. While attending law school, Kasie externed at the District Court of the First Circuit in Honolulu, Hawaii for Judge Dean E. Ochiai.
Kasie’s practice involves insurance coverage and litigation of first and third party disputes involving both contractual and extra-contractual claims, including insurance bad faith, negligence, and violation of the Washington State Consumer Protection Act and Insurance Fair Conduct Act. Kasie’s experience includes coverage and litigation of disputes arising from commercial general liability, business owners, public entity, automobile, and watercraft insurance policies. Kasie’s litigation practice includes cases before the Washington State Court of Appeals, United States Judicial Panel on Multijurisdictional Litigation, and class action litigation. Kasie actively practices in both Washington and Hawaii.
In her free time, Kasie enjoys kickboxing, cooking and traveling. She speaks conversational Japanese and basic Mandarin.
by Jim Rosemary | Oct 6, 2026
Chance is a Seattle Native and a graduate of Linfield College and Seattle University School of Law.
Chance’s practice involves insurance coverage and litigation of first and third party disputes involving both contractual and extra-contractual claims, including insurance bad faith, negligence, and violation of the Washington State Consumer Protection Act and Insurance Far Conduct Act.
Chance’s experience includes coverage analysis and litigation of disputes arising from commercial general liability, business owners, and automobile insurance policies. Chance also has experience providing legal services to individuals, businesses, and real estate developers in a broad range of real estate disputes.
Chance was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2021-2026.
Chance is licensed to practice in both the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, Ninth Circuit Court of appeals and Alaska.
In his free time, Chance enjoys spending time with his friends and family, hanging out with his dog and going to sporting events.
by Jim Rosemary | Oct 6, 2026
Sam is a Puget Sound native and a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and Gonzaga University School of Law. His practice principally involves insurance coverage. He has experience in all aspects of insurance coverage, including initial claim analysis and investigation, the litigation of declaratory judgment actions, and the defense of extra-contractual claims.
Sam’s background involves multiple lines of insurance. He routinely handles cases involving general liability, professional liability, property, automobile, and commercial trucking policies. These claims generally arise from construction defects, personal injuries, municipal projects, automobile collisions, theft, fire, or other catastrophic losses.
He also has significant experience working with reinsurers and runoff entities. He particularly enjoys working with his clients to sort through the complexities of insurance coverage and obtain positive and cost-effective results.
Sam and his family live in his hometown of Tacoma. In addition to coverage advice, he is always happy to talk Mariners, Seahawks, or trade recipes and restaurant recommendations.
by Jim Rosemary | Oct 6, 2026
Eric is a graduate of the University of Washington and Seattle University School of Law. He is licensed to practice in the state and federal courts of Washington, Oregon, the United States Supreme Court and regularly practices throughout the United States and its territories on a pro hac vice basis. Eric has been recognized as a Washington Super Lawyer. Eric’s practice primarily involves complex coverage and bad faith litigation involving multiple coverage lines, including commercial, personal, professional, municipal, and reinsurance. This practice includes everything from initial legal advice and coverage opinions to the litigation, trial, and appeal of complex coverage and extra-contractual actions in state and federal court across multiple jurisdictions.
Eric represents insurers in individual actions and in class actions, including class action litigation involving insurance claims relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric has also successfully represented carriers in high profile media matters, including the Ethel Adams litigation, the lawsuit involving the unsanctioned removal of trees in Seattle’s Colman Park, the Oso Landslide, the Port of Bellingham fatality fire, and COVID-19.
In addition, Eric routinely represents insurance agents in agent-negligence claims and also engages in third-party representation, including medical and professional malpractice cases, direct injury claims, and construction defect disputes. Eric also represents a number of private parties, including homeowners, contractors, and private businesses in a range of matters involving both insurance-related issues and other non-insurance matters. Finally, Mr. Neal also provides consultation services for a variety of insurers and private parties in risk-management, policy language, and overall business practices.
Eric is also admitted to practice in several tribal courts in the Pacific Northwest, including the Suquamish Tribal Court, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal Community Court, and the Tribal Commercial Court for the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians.
Eric is a frequent lecturer and author on a number of legal topics, including insurance law, construction law, business law, legal ethics, and general legal practice. Eric also regularly serves as an arbitrator and mediator in regard to a wide range of matters.
Eric lives with his wife and two sons in Kirkland, Washington. When not working, he enjoys time with his family, cooking, baseball, and the Washington Huskies.
by Jim Rosemary | Oct 6, 2026
Thomas Lether is originally from the Island of Maui. After Graduating from Baldwin High School, he attended the University of Puget Sound and the University of Puget Sound Law School. He has been involved in insurance and commercial litigation since 1988. Mr. Lether’s primary clients include numerous National and International insurance companies, several smaller insurers and independent adjusting firms. He also represents a number of contractors, property owners, and business owners. His practice predominantly involves the representation of insurance companies and individuals in the investigation, adjustment and defense of complex coverage matters. Mr. Lether also defends insurance companies in bad faith and Consumer Protection Act litigation. He has been involved in a number of construction defect cases, property loss claims, coverage litigation and insurance bad faith claims. He has tried multiple coverage and bad faith claims to successful jury verdicts. He has been involved in thousands of coverage investigations. This includes lead counsel in the Pang Warehouse Fire (the largest commercial arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State history), Manglona v. Allstate (the largest residential arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State), and coverage counsel in such matters as the McGuire Apartment tower collapse, the Oso Landslide, the Interstate 5 Bridge Collapse, the 2020 Seattle Protest claims, Safeco Field defect claim, the Plaza 305 crane collapse and as national counsel in a number of COVID claims.
Mr. Lether also represents a number of insurers in the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim in all types of complex insurance matters, including first party property claims, third party liability claims, personal and commercial auto claims, professional liability matters, and environmental claims. Mr. Lether also represents insurance brokers, medical institutions, construction professionals in professional liability and class action matters. Mr. Lether also serves as an appraiser, expert witness, mediator, and arbitrator, and he is a frequent lecturer on insurance related topics.
Mr. Lether is licensed in the State Courts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Federal Courts for the State of Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Colorado and the United States Supreme Court. He has appeared in the majority of all Western States on a pro hoc vice basis and provides coverage advice on a National and International basis. Mr. Lether is also admitted to practice in several tribal courts in the Pacific Northwest.
Finally, he is a licensed U.S. Merchant Marine Officer and is qualified to serve as an expert in maritime matters. He is married to Kerri Lether and has two adult children and two Labradors. Kerri and Tom love to spend time traveling, being on the water, playing golf and spending time at their home on Maui.
