As a director of the firm, Shilpa Bhatia has over 12 years of litigation experience in both Seattle and Houston, Texas. Both in Houston and at WSCD, she has focused her practice on complex matters, including products liability, toxic torts, commercial litigation, and construction. From this broad range of cases, she has developed significant experience with discovery, mediation, trial, and appeal phases of litigation.

Professional Activities

• King County Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Lawyers Helping Hungry Children, board member, 1991 - 2001
• Judicial internship, Supreme Court of Texas
• The University of Texas School of Law
  - Articles Editor, Texas Journal of Women and the Law
  - Townes-Rice Scholar
• Phi Beta Kappa

Articles

• The Pitfalls of Ambiguity: Can Corporate Counsel Ever Be Certain That Confidential Communications Will Remain Confidential in a Global Economy, 1999

Education

• The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1993
• The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., with high honors and special honors, 1990