Stew Cogan

• Member, Board of Directors of Physicians Insurance (1999-2011); Member, Board of Directors, Alpha One Foundation (Miami, Florida) (1995-2005); Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Alpha One Foundation (Miami, Florida) (1995-2005); Member, Board of Trustees, Institute for Family Development (Federal Way, Washington) (1997-present); President, Institute for Family Development (Federal Way, Washington) (1998-2002); Member, Board of Directors, Washington Physicians Health Program (Seattle, Washington) (2007-present); Member, Board of Directors, COPD Foundation (Washington, D.C. and Miami, Florida) (2009-present); Member, Board of Directors, American College of Civil Trial Mediators (Orlando, Florida) (2013-2017); President, American College of Civil Trial Mediators (Orlando, Florida) (2015-2017).

• American College of Civil Trial Mediators (Distinguished Fellow)
• American Arbitration Association (Commercial Arbitration Panel, Construction Arbitration Panel, Large Complex Case Panel, Healthcare Payor-Provider Panel)
• American Arbitration Association (Mediation Panel - Designated as Master Mediator)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow)
• College of Commercial Arbitrators (Fellow)

• Partial list of public educational institutions served as arbitrator or mediator: Auburn School District No. 408; Eatonville School District No. 404; Geyser (Montana) Public Schools; Issaquah School District No. 411; Kent School District No. 415; Lake Washington School District No. 414; Mercer Island School District No. 400; Northshore School District No. 417; Ocean Beach School District No. 101; Orting School District No. 344; Renton School District No. 403; Seattle Pacific University; Seattle School District No. 1; Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 410; South Whidbey School District No. 206; Seattle University; University of Alaska - Fairbanks; University of Washington; University of Washington School of Dentistry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Vancouver School District No. 39.
• Partial list of governmental entities and agencies served as arbitrator or mediator: The following Washington cities: Bainbridge Island, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Bonney Lake, Bothell, Brier, Burien, Chehalis, Clyde Hill, Des Moines, Edmonds, Everett, Fife, Grand Coulee, Issaquah, Kenmore, Kirkland, Lake Forest Park, Lakewood, Lynden, Lynnwood, Mercer Island, Mount Vernon, Mountlake Terrace, Pacific, Puyallup, Redmond, Sea-Tac, Seattle, Shoreline, Tacoma, the Town of Wilkeson, and the Town of Woodway. The following Washington counties:  Chelan, Grant, Island, Lewis, King, Mason, Pierce, Snohomish, Whatcom, and Yakima. The following other governmental subdivisions or agencies:  Alaska Attorney General; Alaska Dept. of Natural Resources, Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Utilities; Alaska Railroad Corporation; Aleutians (Alaska) East Borough; Alderwood Water and Wastewater District; Arctic Slope Regional Corporation; Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit); Chehalis-Centralia Regional Airport; City of Bend (Oregon); City of Haines (Alaska); City of Kodiak (Alaska); City of Missoula (Montana), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); Holmes Harbor Sewer District; Ketchikan (Alaska) Gateway Borough; Kodiak Island (Alaska) Borough; Lake Stevens Sewer District; Matunuska-Susitna (Alaska) Borough; Municipality of Anchorage; Oregon Attorney General; Pend Orielle County P.U.D. No. 1; Port of Seattle; Port of Vancouver; Port of Walla Walla; Salcha-Delta (Alaska) Soil & Water Conservation District; Seattle Housing Authority; Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong S.A.R. of China; Secretary of the United States Navy; Skagit County Public Hospital District No. 1; Snohomish County PUD No. 1; Sno-Isle Regional Library System; Timberland Regional Library District; U.S. Department of Energy; U.S. Department of Justice; Washington State Attorney General; Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources; Washington State Dept. of Revenue; Washington State Dept. of Social and Health Services; Washington State Dept. of Transportation; Washington State Patrol; and Woodinville Water District.
• Have mediated or arbitrated with more than 75 Fortune 500 companies, more than 110 banking and financial institutions, more than 100 insurance companies (as parties), more than 90 health care institutions, more than 100 real estate companies and associations, more than 60 manufacturing and aerospace companies; more than 110 governmental units (including more than 30 municipalities) and educational institutions, more than 50 technology and telecommunications companies, more than 70 lawyers and law firms, and hundreds of other companies involved in energy, entertainment and media, food services and hospitality, natural resources, retail, transportation, and other industries.

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Arbitration)
• 2022 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration, Best Lawyers
• 2020 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration - Seattle
• 2016 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration - Seattle
• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Mediation)
• 2021 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Mediation - Seattle
• 2017 Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Mediation - Seattle
• Distinguished Fellow - American College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Named in Who's Who Legal:  Mediation (Multiple Years, Including 2023), Who's Who Legal: Mediation
• Charter Member, ADR Roundtable
• Charter Member & Diplomate Member - National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, NADN
• Helen Geisness Award, King County Bar Association
• Founders Spirit Award, Alpha One Foundation
• Governance Award for Distinguished Service in Ethics and the Law, Alpha One Foundation

• President of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators (2015 - 2017)
• Emeritus Member, William L. Dwyer American Inn of Court (Member, 2006 to present)
• President, First Vice-President, and Second Vice-President of the Seattle-King County Bar Association (1987-1990)
• Member, Board of Trustees of the Seattle-King County Bar Association (1983-1986)
• President of the King County Bar Foundation (1981-1983)
• President of the Young Lawyers of Washington State (1982-1983).
• Treasurer of the Seattle-King County Bar Association (1981-1982)

• University of California at Berkeley, B.A. (with distinction) (1973) (Phi Beta Kappa)

“Perhaps the best mediator in Seattle. Thoughtful and committed; he gets deals done.”

“Stew is the best mediator I know.”

“An excellent third party neutral for mediator or arbitration.”