Connie Haslam 
phone (206) 689-2176
chaslam@helsell.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE
• Business and Real Estate Transactions
• Commercial Disputes
• Public Interest and Civil Rights
• Trials and Appeals

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Connie has more than 18 years of experience in all aspects of civil litigation. She has represented clients in a wide variety of commercial matters, with an emphasis on contract and real property disputes. Connie has also been heavily involved in litigation involving actions against municipalities. In addition to her mediation, arbitration and trial experience, she has prepared appellate briefs for cases before the Washington Court of Appeals, Washington Supreme Court, Louisiana Court of Appeals, Louisiana Supreme Court, Mississippi Court of Appeals, Mississippi Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Along with her litigation work, Connie has experience in individual and corporate transactional work, including preparation of contracts, real estate leases, and purchase and sale agreements.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Washington Bar Washington, King County
Bar Association, American Bar Association.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member, King County Bar Association’s and Washington State Bar Association’s Real Property and Probate Sections
Past Member, King County Bar Association’s Joint Bench-Bar Judicial Conferencing Committee.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Attorney Coordinator, King County Bar Association’s Downtown Legal Clinic (2001 to present)
Attorney Volunteer, King County Bar Association’s Neighborhood Legal Clinics (1991 to present)
Board Member and Immediate Past Chair, Downtown
YMCA’s Board of Managers (1992 to present)
Chair, Downtown YMCA’s Partners with Youth Annual
Giving Campaign (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
Member, Rotary Club of Seattle (2002 to present)
Member, Washington Athletic Club
Program Board (1994-1997)
Philanthropy Chair, Agenda Northwest (1995-1996)

AWARDS
YMCA Financial Development Volunteer
of the Year (1998, 2000)

PUBLICATIONS
Indian Sovereignty: Confusion Prevails,
63 Wash. L. Rev. 169 (1988)

Supplement to The Recovery of Economic Loss in Washington Under Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code, Washington Commercial Law Deskbook (1995)

EDUCATION
University of Washington School of Law (J.D. 1988); Member, Editorial Board of Washington Law Review (1987 to 1988)

University of Washington (B.A., International Studies, with emphasis on Trade and Investment, from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, 1985); Member, Gold Key Honor Society

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