Wathen | Leid | Hall | Rider, P.C.

Wathen | Leid | Hall | Rider, P.C. is a Seattle law firm focused on insurance law, insurance defense, and coverage matters. The firm has served clients since 1908 and is recognized as one of Seattle’s oldest law firms. It represents insurers, regional carriers, self-insured entities, underwriters, adjusting firms, individuals, businesses, and other clients in litigation and advisory matters across Washington and the broader Northwest.

Wathen | Leid | Hall | Rider, P.C. approaches each matter with industry knowledge, long-term client relationships, and careful legal analysis. The firm helps clients address insurance issues before, during, and after disputes arise. Its attorneys advise adjusters, supervisors, and managers on claim investigations, policy interpretation, coverage opinions, good faith requirements, loss measurement, examinations under oath, appraisal, and practical strategies designed to reduce risk and avoid unnecessary litigation.

Wathen | Leid | Hall | Rider, P.C. handles a wide range of insurance defense and civil litigation matters. The firm’s practice includes first- and third-party insurance defense, construction defect claims, water intrusion, collapse, toxic mold, personal and commercial coverage disputes, product liability, professional liability, automobile accident defense, extra-contractual claims, arson claims, and subrogation. The firm represents clients in Washington state courts, courts in other Northwest states, federal courts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Wathen | Leid | Hall | Rider, P.C. is distinguished by its long history, insurance litigation experience, and record of handling complex disputes for insurers and related clients. The firm has obtained defense verdicts in multi-million-dollar construction defect and water intrusion cases and has secured favorable summary judgment, appellate, and coverage rulings. By combining litigation skills with practical insurance counsel, the firm continues to help clients manage risk, resolve disputes, and protect their interests.