Breskin Johnson & Townsend

What We Do
We represent employees, consumers, and business owners in a variety of legal matters.
We offer employees high-quality, aggressive pursuit of justice in cases of wrongful termination, unpaid wages, discrimination, harassment, and disability rights.
We represent consumers in class action lawsuits to remedy and deter dishonest business practices.
We provide business owners innovative advice and representation that solve business, commercial, and employment related problems quickly and economically.

Roger M. Townsend

  • Phone: (206) 652-8660
  • Fax: (206) 652-8290
  • Email:

Practice Areas

  • Litigation in State and Federal Courts
  • Intellectual Property and Business Practices Counsel
  • Internet, Software and General Contracts

Practice Description

Roger Townsend's practice emphasizes complex commercial litigation and transactional matters. He has represented a variety of clients in matters involving partnership and breach of fiduciary duty disputes; copyright, patent and trademark litigation; misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair business practices, defamation, employment and contract actions. Mr. Townsend is active in the community and has represented environmental interests in elections cases.

Prior to co-founding Breskin Johnson & Townsend, PLLC in 2007, Mr. Townsend was a partner at the law firm of Newman & Newman and served as an associate attorney at Yarmuth Wilson Calfo, and Williams Kastner & Gibbs. He also served as Corporate Counsel at Qpass, Inc.

Professional Honors and Affiliations

  • Law Clerk to the Honorable William L. Dwyer, United States District Judge, Western District of Washington, 1996-1997
  • Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert R. Beezer, United States Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1997-1998
  • Pro Bono Award, Federal Bar Association, 2007
  • Washington Law & Politics “Super Lawyer,” 2008

Representative Engagements

Litigation

Mr. Townsend has handled many state and federal appeals, including:

  • In re WSB Shareholders Derivative Litigation, W. Dist. Wa.; Case No. 2:07-cv-01747-RAJ; Appointed Co-Lead Plaintiff’s counsel in shareholder derivative lawsuit against WSB Financial.
  • In re Washington Mutual Shareholders Derivative Litigation, W. Dist. Wa.; Case No. 2:08-md-01919-MJP; Represent multiple plaintiffs in shareholder derivative lawsuits against Washington Mutual.
  • Consumer Litigation with Major Wireless Carriers, W. Dist. Wa.; Counsel for representative plaintiffs and classes against major wireless carriers for charging consumers undisclosed line item charges.
  • Joint Ballot Proposition Litigation, August 2007, King County Superior Court ; Represented environmental interests in lawsuit brought related to King County transportation initiative.
  • Szen Corp. v. Anderson et al., Case No. 2:06-cv-05073-FVS, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 42716, United States District Court, E. Dist. WA; Obtained copyright preliminary injunction for source code infringement.
  • Gordon v. Virtumundo Inc. et al., Case No. 2:06-cv-00204-JCC, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 89494, United States District Court, W. Dist. WA; Obtained summary judgment for defendants in CAN-SPAM litigation.
  • eNIC Shareholders v. Verisign, Inc., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37722 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 7, 2005), obtained summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs in enforcement action under Earnout Clauses to Merger Agreement.
  • Wavelink Corporation v. Airwave Wireless, (W.D.Wash. Sept. 2003), obtained favorable settlement in trademark infringement action for anticompetitive advertising practices.
Transactional

For more than a decade, Mr. Townsend has represented many technology and emerging companies in general business matters, including corporate, intellectual property, transactional, domain name, employment and other matters. Major transactions have included licensing and transaction matters valued in excess of $10,000,000.

Admissions & Courts

  • United States Supreme Court
  • Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court, W.Dist.Wa.
  • United States District Court, E.Dist.Wa.
  • Washington State Courts

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., 1995)
  • Wesleyan University (B.A., 1990)