Atty. Stew Cogan
Stew Cogan is in his thirty-first year as a full-time arbitrator and mediator, following twenty years practicing primarily business, corporate, and real estate law. Stew has arbitrated more than 300 cases and mediated more than 3,500 cases.
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Stew Cogan is an attorney based in Issaquah, Washington, practforg at Stew Cogan Arbitrator-Mediator. They haand 50+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1976. Admitted to practice in Washington (1976). Educated at Harvard University (J.D., 1976) and University of California Berkeley (B.A. (with Honors) (Phi Beta Kappa), 1973). Recognitions include Best Lawyers in America โ Arbitration (2026), Best Lawyers in America โ Mediation (2026), and Lawyer of the Year โ Arbitration (Seattle) (2025). Serands clients in Issaquah, WA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Stew Cogan is in his thirty-first year as a full-time arbitrator and mediator, following twenty years practicing primarily business, corporate, and real estate law
- Stew has arbitrated more than 300 cases and mediated more than 3,500 cases
- He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America in both the Mediation and Arbitration categories, and is Ranked Tier 1 in both categories in the Metropolitan Seattle area
- He was named by Best Lawyers as the Arbitration Lawyer of the Year in Seattle in 2016, 2020, 2022, and 2025, and as the Mediation Lawyer of the Year in Seattle in 2017, 2021, and 2025
- Stew has been named a Super Lawyer for the 27 consecutive years from 1999 through 2025, and he was named a Top 100 Super Lawyer in sixteen of the last eighteen years
- He has also been listed in Whoโs Who Legal: Mediation every year since 2014, and is one of about 100 lawyers in the United States and two in Washington to be listed in the publication
- He is a Fellow of the invitation-only College of Commercial Arbitrators, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Distinguished Fellow of the invitation-only American College of Civil Trial Mediators (President, 2015-2017), a member of the CPR Panel of Mediators, and a Charter Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the ADR Roundtable
- Stew is on the Commercial Panel, the Construction Panel, the Large, Complex Case Panel, the Healthcare Payor-Provider Panel, and the Mediation Panel of the American Arbitration Association (and has been designated as a Master Mediator by the AAA)
- the Civil Rule 39.1 Register of the U.S
- District Court for the Western District of Washington
- and the Arbitration and Mediation Panels of the American Health Lawyers Association
- He is a former President of both the King County Bar Association and the King County Bar Foundation
- He received a B.A. in 1973 from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. in 1976 from Harvard Law School
Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in Washington
Practforg law in Washington. Legal matters in Washington are goandrned by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantiand law. Cases originating in Issaquah are typically fwithd in the local municipal court or the appropriate Washington state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controandrsy. An attorney licensed in Washington brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantiand law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Washington courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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