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Eric D. Gilman

Senior Associate
egilman@gth-law.com
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Office: 253.620.6521
 Fax: 253.620.6565

Wells Fargo Plaza
1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100
Tacoma, Washington 98402

Practice Areas

Plaintiffs Employment, Personal Injury, and Civil Rights Litigation
Business and Commercial Litigation

Education

J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 2009
cum laude

B.A., University of Washington-Seattle, 2006
Majors: Law, Societies & Justice; Political Science

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Washington State Courts
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Washington State Bar Association

Pierce County Bar Association

King County Bar Association

Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington

American Inns of Court (Hon. Robert J. Bryan, Ch. XXV)

Professional History

  • Joined Firm in 2009
    • GTH Summer Associate for two summers
  • Judicial Extern to Hon. Ronald E. Cox, Washington State Court of Appeals (Division I)
  • Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (Rule 9 Intern), Snohomish County

Representative Cases/Transactions

  • Defended a Lakewood woman in a case brought under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. Following a bench trial, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington denied a petition to send the client's two minor children to live in Mexico with her estranged husband. Etienne v. Zuniga, No. C10-5061 (W.D. Wash. 2010).
  • Represented a large information technology services company whose competitor had sought advantageous information via the Public Records Act, 42.56 RCW. Obtained a court order permanently enjoining the Department of Social and Health Services from releasing any of the client's confidential and proprietary information to the requesting party. CNSI v. DSHS et al., No. 11-2-00188-9 (Thurston County Sup. Ct. 2011).
  • Successfully represented a discharged military serviceman, as co-counsel, in a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. In a published opinion, the Ninth Circuit reversed the lower court's dismissal of the client's lawsuit against two military recruiters who had allegedly forged reenlistment documents, obligating the client to an additional military service obligation. Jackson v. Tate, No. 10-35355 (9th Cir. June 2, 2011).

Community Activities

  • Pierce County Volunteer Legal Services

Honors, Publications & Presentations

  • Named “Rising Star” by Washington Super Lawyers, 2012
  • Order of the Barristers, 2009
  • Dean's List, Seattle University School of Law, 2007-08
  • King County Bar Foundation Scholar, 2008
  • Seattle University Trustee's Scholar, 2006-2009
  • CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Employment Law and Constitutional Law of Terrorism
  • Puget Sound Area Minority Clerkship Program, 2007