Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Business & Commercial Disputes

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Randall Thomsen has a well-deserved reputation as a creative litigator, handling a broad array of cases in both state and federal courts. With over 29 years of practice, he has deep experience in complex civil litigation, class action and multiparty litigation, business and shareholder disputes, mass tort claims, and employment law.

Clients describe him as both an “out of the box” and “strategic thinker” in the cases he handles.  Randall is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Washington State for “Commercial Litigation” and Benchmark Litigation has identified him as a top Washington lawyer and a Local Litigation Star. Since 2012, he also has been selected annually by Washington Law and Politics magazine as a preeminent commercial litigation attorney (top 5%) in Washington State.

Randall represents both plaintiffs and defendants and has successfully litigated cases on a wide variety of subject matters and topical areas, including business and shareholder disputes, lawsuits involving governmental entities, class actions, employee benefits, breach of contract, real property, personal injury, wrongful death and mass casualty, antitrust and employment.

In addition to an active trial practice, Randall also been involved in a number of precedent-setting appellate decisions, including decisions from the Washington State Supreme Court, Washington Court of Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Randall previously served on the Washington State Bar Association’s Judicial Review Committee and was a member of the Lewis Powell Chapter of the Inns of the Court.

He was a member of his college’s national debate team and, during law school, member of the law review and recipient of the Thomas More Scholarship granted to those with outstanding academic achievement and a commitment to public service.