Rebecca Boatright

With more than 20 years in government practice, including a decade in an executive leadership role overseeing systems reforms and risk management for the operations and administration of a major city police department, Becca Boatright brings insight into the political and practical constraints that often shape decision-making and action.

Drawing on her doctoral training in behavioral neuroscience, litigation experience and practical background, she helps clients navigate risk and uncertainty, resolve disputes and remain aligned with the mission and integrity of the organizations she represents.

Representative Experience:

• Secured summary judgment for a municipality in a wrongful death action brought by the estate of a drowning victim involving complex issues of labor jurisdiction, industrial insurance, emergency response and maritime law.
• Obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability case involving catastrophic injuries sustained by a high school pole vaulter.
• Obtained defense verdicts and summary judgments in favor of a municipal transportation agency in multiple catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases alleging negligence in roadway design, traffic engineering and traffic management.
• Obtained a unanimous Washington Supreme Court decision in a wrongful death case alleging police negligence, establishing seminal case law in Washington.
• Obtained a defense verdict in an industrial injury case alleging employer negligence following a police officer's exposure to blood-borne contagions during a mass casualty response.
• Obtained a defense verdict in a case brought by a catastrophically injured passenger in a vehicle that fled from police, alleging negligent police pursuit.
• Represented a large municipality in a series of United States Department of Justice investigations alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act involving program and facility access.
• Represented a large municipality throughout a decade-plus-long process involving a United States Department of Justice investigation into alleged patterns of biased policing and unconstitutional use of force, followed by implementation of court-supervised reforms under a federal consent decree.

• The IF Project - Board Member
• YMCA of Greater Seattle Regional Mock Trial Competition - Coach