Cass, V. Andrew - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Email: Drew.Cass@lewisbrisbois.com
Phone: 206.876.2977
Fax: 206.436.2030

Drew Cass serves as firm-wide Assistant General Counsel, co-chair of the firm’s national Healthcare Practice, member of the Executive Marketing and Compensation Committees, in addtion to being a member (ex-officio) of the firm’s Management Committee, among other roles. From 1984 to 2016, Drew was engaged in a trial and appellate practice primarily in the areas of insurance coverage and bad faith, medical malpractice, attorney malpractice, and catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Drew is the founder and was Managing Partner of the Lewis Brisbois' Las Vegas office from 2004 to 2012, and the founder and Managing Partner of the Lewis Brisbois' Seattle office from 2013 to 2016.

Related Legal Alerts

September 29, 2017 Washington Supreme Court Imposes RPC 1.7 Conflict Waiver Requirement on Insurance Defense Counsel Retained Subject to Reservation of Rights

Related Webinars & Seminars

December 20, 2018 Upcoming Webinar: Ethics

Legal Experience

2017 to present- Firm-wide Assistant General Counsel, member Management Committee (ex-officio), member Compensation Committee, co-chair Healthcare Practice
2013-2016-Managing Partner, Seattle office
2004-2012- Managing Partner, Las Vegas office
1984-2016- Trial and appellate practice in Arizona, Nevada, Washington primarily representing physicians, hospitals and other healthcare providers in malpractice actions and state licensing board matters, attorneys in legal malpractice cases, and insurers in coverage and bad faith disputes.

Publications

Co-Author, "Washington Supreme Court Imposes RPC 1.7 Conflict Waiver Requirement on Insurance Defense Counsel Retained Subject to Reservation of Rights," September 2017
Co-Author, "Navigating the Law of Defense Counsel Ex Parte Interviews of Treating Physicians," Journal of Contemporary Health Law & Policy Volume 31 Issue 1, 2015
Healthcare Practice Client Alert, Lewis Brisbois, March 2015

Professional Presentations

Regularly provides educational seminars to hospitals, insurance staff, and other clients
Presented CLE seminars on insurance coverage, discovery, and other litigation and insurance topics

Admissions

Washington

Nevada

Awards & Honors

Nevada/Mountain States Super Lawyer for medical malpractice defense, 2007-2008, 2010-2015
Martindale-Hubbell, "AV" Rating (highest rating for ethics and professionalism)