Rhianna Fronapfel

Direct: 206.462.6715
Email: rmf@pattersonbuchanan.com
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Associate

Admitted to practice in Washington

Practice Area

Ms. Fronapfel defends both private clients and public entities in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including negligence claims, employment-based claims, and contractual disputes.

Before joining Patterson Buchanan, Ms. Fronapfel clerked for Washington Court of Appeals Judge Stephen J. Dwyer. As a law clerk for Judge Dwyer, Ms. Fronapfel advised the Court regarding various civil and criminal legal issues, and was responsible for researching and drafting pre-hearing memoranda and judicial opinions.

Ms. Fronapfel also currently serves as a pro-bono attorney for the King County Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Protection Order Revision Squad.

Education

University of Washington School of Law, Juris Doctorate 2006
- Associate Editor-in-Chief, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
- President, American Civil Liberties Union, UW Law Chapter
University of Puget Sound, Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 2000

Admissions

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Professional Memberships

Washington State Bar Association
King County Bar Association
Washington Council of School Attorneys

Publications / Presentations / Speaking Engagements

Rhianna M. Fronapfel, AIDS Prevention and the Right to Health Under International Law: Burma as the Hard Case, 15 Pac. Rim. L. & Pol’y J. 169 (2006).
Information on some of Ms. Fronapfel's speaking engagements is available here.

Representative Cases

Abel, et. al. v. City of Algona, et. al., - Civil rights and employment discrimination case. (Prevailed by summary judgment in State and Federal Courts, affirmed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals).