Jeff Bean The Bean Law Firm PLLC, Seattle Jeff Bean’s practice is dedicated to providing clients with collaborative approaches to resolving conflicts that are client-centered, agreement-oriented and solution-focused. He mediates business, commercial and other disputes.Before turning to mediation full-time, Jeff’s litigation practice ran the gamut from administrative hearings, jury trials and multi-district national class-action litigation, to appeals before the Washington State Supreme Court. He represented individuals, businesses and governments with claims ranging from antitrust to contract to negligence to securities. Notable cases include In re Cigarette Antitrust Litigation, representing a national class of wholesalers with horizontal price-fixing claims, and what in their time were the two largest settlements in Washington State history: State of Washington v. American Tobacco Co., et al. and State Investment Board v. The New England, et al..Jeff works to build the capacity of the legal profession to provide legal representation to clients in agreement-oriented dispute resolution processes. He is President of King County Collaborative Law and Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section.[May 2011]