| Michele Radosevich focuses on litigating state and local tax issues for clients doing business in Washington state. She works in commercial litigation and administrative law, representing trade groups and governmental entities. A former lobbyist before the Washington Legislature, Michele also provides advice on lobbying and campaign finance regulation. Selected Experience Legacy Health System 2007 Board of Tax Appeals held that hospital's outpatient imaging center was entitled to property tax exemption because of clinical integration with hospital and rejected state's argument that the exemption required inpatient service and lack of competition with non-hospital providers. Decision was affirmed on appeal to superior court, leading to a rulemaking proceeding to adopt the Legacy holding in 2009. Nonprofit medical research institute 2006 Obtained administrative reversal of Seattle's position that National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants are subject to gross receipts tax when received by nonprofits. Defended Washington's Secretary of State as Special Assistant Attorney General in Supreme Court mandamus actions filed by the Governor seeking to keep a referendum off the ballot. Case dismissed as moot at oral argument. Locke v. Reed, No. 75392-0 (2004), Grange v. Locke, et al., 153 Wn.2d 475 (2005). Additional Qualifications Professional and Community Activities
- Chair, 2002-2003; Member 1999-present – Legislative Committee, Washington State Bar Association
- Secretary, 2008; Member, 2006-present – Legal Foundation of Washington
- Law Alumni Board, Seattle University School of Law, 2002-present
- Adjunct professor, Legislative Process, Seattle University School of Law, 1998-present
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Education J.D., Seattle University School of Law, 1994, summa cum laude
- Lead Articles Editor, University of Puget Sound Law Review
B.A., , 1969 | |