MAGNUS R. ANDERSSON

Phone: 425.454.3374
Fax: 425.454.0087
Email: mandersson@hansonbaker.com
Legal Assistant: Anne Burt – aburt@hansonbaker.com

PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE

• Real Estate
• Construction
             Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
             Construction Lien and Claims against Bond and Retainage
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Magnus’ practice focuses on the real estate and construction industry.  He works closely with clients, large and small, to help them avoid and resolve disputes as efficiently and economically as possible.  Magnus has represented a wide range of clients throughout the Puget Sound area in mediations, arbitrations, trials and appeals.

EDUCATION

J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, summa cum laude, 2001
  Articles Editor, Gonzaga Law Review
B.A., Lindenwood University, 1997
Construction Contracting – Overview of Fundamentals of Construction Law (ESI International/George Washington University), 2002

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

1000 Virginia Ltd. Partnership v. Vertecs Corp., 158 Wn.2d 566, 146 P.3d 423 (2006).  To view a copy of the case: 
Colorado Structures, Inc. v. Insurance Company of the West, 161 Wn.2d 577, 167 P.3d 1125 (2007).  To view a copy of the case: 

Woodman Construction, Inc. v. Roy Rogers, Inc., 2008 WL 116280 (Wn. App., January 14, 2008).  To view a copy of the case: 

ARTICLES AND PRESENTATIONS

Speaker: Real Estate Law: Advanced Issues and Answers (Liens on Real Property), NBI, August 13, 2008.  For more information:  http://www.nbi-sems.com/Enbi/Brochurepdfs/44655.pdf

Author: The Supreme Court Reinforces the Economic Loss Rule, Construction Law, Vol. 36 No. 1 (WSBA Summer 2007). 
For more information: http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/constructionlaw/0607constrnews.pdf
Author: The Washington Supreme Court Abandons the Completion and Acceptance Doctrine, Construction Law, Vol. 36 No. 1 (WSBA Summer 2007).
For more information: http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/groups/constructionlaw/0607constrnews.pdf
Author: Wyoming v. Houghton: The Supreme Court Moves One Step Closer to Abandoning the Warrant Requirement, 35 Gonz. L. Rev. 121 (2000)

HONORS / AWARDS / UNIQUE RECOGNITION

Clerk to Justice Richard B. Sanders, Washington Supreme Court, 2001-2002
Named Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2006 by Washington Law & Politics

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

East King County Bar Association, Member
King County Bar Association, Member
Washington State Bar Association, Member
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce, Board Member
Swedish Cultural Center, Member
Nordic Heritage Museum, Member

BAR / COURT ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Washington, 2001
Admitted to United States District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington

Admitted to United States Bankruptcy Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington

LANGUAGES

Swedish