Michelle L. Carder (Partner)

Michelle Carder received her law degree in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Honor Board and was the Washington State Attorney General’s law clerk for the trial of the landmark treaty rights case, United States v. State of Washington. She received her Bachelor of Arts with a major in English in 1990 from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Before associating with Hines Henderson in 1997, Ms. Carder spent three years practicing general plaintiff tort, product liability, and medical malpractice litigation. Presently, Ms. Carder’s federal and state court practice, at both the trial and appellate levels, includes insurance bad faith litigation, insurance coverage analysis and litigation, property and casualty defense, general business litigation, and real estate litigation. Prior to committing her time to the practice of law, Ms. Carder was California’s top all-around rider and was ranked top three nationally in American Quarter Horse Association competitions.