Randy Gordon | |
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Member of the Washington Senate from the 41st district |
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In office 2010–2010 |
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Preceded by | Fred Jarrett |
Succeeded by | Steve Litzow |
Personal details | |
Born |
Brooklyn, New York |
June 29, 1953
Nationality |
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Political party | Democratic Party |
Children | 3 |
Residence | Bellevue, Washington |
Alma mater |
University of Michigan Harvard Law School |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Randolph I. Gordon, born June 29, 1953, was a Democratic Washington State Senator from Bellevue, Washington. In 2010 he was appointed to replace Sen. Fred Jarrett. He owns his own law firm, Law Offices of Randolph I. Gordon PLLC, in Seattle, Washington and is an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University School of Law.
Randy Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1953
In 1978 he started his law practice at the law firm Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw of Seattle, Washington. He was a principal in the law firm Casey Gordon Davis, P.S. from 1983 to 2002. This practice emphasized trial practice, business and commercial litigation, products liability and plaintiff personal injury, toxic tort and chemical exposure litigation, mediation and arbitration, court-appointed special master. In 1995, he was the appellants' counsel in Birklid v. Boeing, 127 Wn.2d 853, a landmark case where he represented seventeen workers that were exposed to toxic phenol compound fumes. The case determined that knowledge of a hazardous condition constitutes 'deliberate intention'. From 2002-2010, he was a principal of the Bellevue, Washington law firm Gordon Edmunds Elder PLLC where his specialties are Mediation and Arbitration, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Toxic Exposure Law, and Products Liability. In 2011, he formed a new law firm Gordon Edmunds Grelish PLLC carrying on the same work in Seattle, Washington.
He has taught as an Adjunct Professor at the Seattle University School of Law since 1999, where he specializes in products liability and remedies.
Randy Gordon is the Precinct Committee Officer for Precinct BEL 41-0219 in Bellevue, WA.
In 2005, Randy Gordon ran an exploratory campaign to unseat U.S. Representative Dave Reichert in Washington's 8th District. He dropped out of the race on January 5, 2006.