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I am a partner in the Corr Cronin firm.  I am an experienced jury trial lawyer who has tried more than seventy cases to verdict.  My practice focuses on complex trial work, including product liability lawsuits, commercial litigation and the defense of securities and other class action lawsuits.  I also use my experience as a former SEC attorney and criminal prosecutor to help individuals and companies respond to civil and criminal investigations.. Prior to joining the firm, I was a senior homicide prosecutor in Seattle, where, for several years, I exclusively tried murder cases, including a number that received front-page media attention. Before moving to Seattle to become a prosecutor, I practiced in Washington, D.C., where I began my career as a staff attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Enforcement.

I am a Member in the Seattle office. I chaired the firm’s Litigation Department from 2000 to 2006 and chaired its Business Litigation Practice Group from 2006 to 2008. I served on the firm’s Board of Directors from 1991 – 2003, and chaired the firm's Environmental Practice Group from 1992 – 1996. My practice emphasizes civil disputes, litigation, real estate, and general business. I have handled a large number of commercial, real estate, eminent domain and product liability litigation matters. I was named by Seattle Magazine as one of Seattle’sTop Business Litigation Lawyers, 2003.

I am primarily a franchise law attorney with considerable experience representing parties in disputes. I also have extensive experience representing shareholders and partners in closely held companies. The remainder of my practice mostly involves representing parties involved in or contemplating various business transactions.

I am passionate about vigorously and ethically representing each and every client I have the privilege to work with and believe it is very important to give back to the community.  In that vein, I not only teach attorneys about specific areas of the legal landscape in the state of Washington (this year I was Chair of a full day seminar discussing advanced issues involving real estate and land use litigation and co-presented on two of the topics with Jack McCullough and Chris Brain and will alos present at a National Conference on e-discovery issues in October of 2014) but also am very active in the community in general.. For example, I am currently serving as a Trustee at my alma mater, Seattle Pacific University, am serving as the as Immediate Past Chairman of the County Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of King County (the third largest club of clubs in the United States) working with 25 county board members and over 200 local club board members, am serving on the Board of Governors of the Washington Athletic Club and am a nominated member of the Fellows of the Amercian Bar Association and The 101 Club.. With regard to my professional work as a commercial trial attorney, I have been named a Washington State SuperLawyer from 2003-2014, was listed as a Top Attorney in Washington by the SeattleMet magazine for Business Litigation in 2011, was listed as a Top Trial Attorney in Washington by the Seattle Magazine in 2012 and listed as a Top Rated Lawyer in Banking and Finance Law by Martindale Hubbell in 2013.

I am of counsel at the law firm of Frey Buck, P.S.  I have a widely varied general litigation practice, with emphasis on property/title disputes, defense of governmental agencies and officers for allegations of police misconduct and civil rights violations and in inquest proceedings following officer-involved fatalities. My practice also includes estate planning, probate administration and probate litigation.  I offer discounts to law enforcement officers and CLC members. I have served as a law school student mentor through the King County Washington Women Lawyers and have been a guest lecturer for Pretrial Advocacy at Seattle University School of Law. I developed a training program to assist officers in dealing with officer involved-fatalities and am a certified force analyst through the Force Science Institute, Ltd.I have 5 times been named a “Rising Star” by Washington Law & Politics and present on probate topics for continuing legal education.  I currently serve on the non-profit boards of REST - Real Escape from the Sex Trade and Waterfront Landings, Home Owner's Association. Prior to attending law school, I worked for seven years in the insurance industry, the majority as an insurance fraud investigator. I was very involved in the Puget Sound Special Investigators Association (P.S.S.I.) and obtained my Fraud Claims Law Specialist designation, eventually leading to law school. I was born and raised in Minnesota and migrated to the Pacific Northwest after graduating from the University of Minnesota-Duluth with a degree in Criminology.My passion is traveling as often as possible, with the goal of a new country every year. Although a novice, I love to photograph my travels. I previously served on my church advisory council and have been involved in women's and youth ministries, participating as a leader on missions to a Jamaican school for the deaf; to San Luis Potosi, Mexico with an inner-city ministry team; and Biloxi, Mississippi to assist with hurricane relief efforts.

I am committed to obtaining excellent results for my clients through creative and cost-effective means that are tailored to my clients' needs.  I learned my craft working along side the best, Judge William L. Dwyer, and in the litigation departments of global law firms.  My clients deserve no less, which I can offer in the personal and nimble setting of my own law firm.

I am an attorney at Stritmatter Kessler Whelan in Seattle, Washington.  I was born and raised in Washington State. After receiving my Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Washington, I attended the Seattle University School of Law evening program.  Please visit for more professional information.  In my free time, I enjoy cooking and spending time with my husband (also an attorney at Stritmatter Kessler Whelan) and our young daughter.  I am also a huge Seattle Mariners and Seahawks fan.

I am a Washington litigation attorney with over a decade of experience in the legal industry. I represent clients in state and federal courts throughout the Pacific Northwest in a variety of legal matters, resolving complex cases through a strategic balance of litigation and alternative dispute resolution techniques.

I am a trial lawyer representing victims of misconduct.  I am also a dad, husband, Scuba diver, guitar player, and occasional weekend warrier handyman.

I am a trial lawyer and member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner, and currently serve on the firm’s Board of Directors. I concentrate my practice on civil litigation related to product liability, bodily injury, employment law and commercial cases. I have broad litigation experience consisting of numerous jury trials, alternative dispute resolution and managing complex cases in state and federal district court. I was named to the Rising Stars list by Washington Law & Politics magazine from 2001 to 2004, and again from 2008 to 2010 and was named to the Super Lawyers list in 2011.. I represent clients in cases involving corporate negligence, serious bodily injury and property damage. As part of my employment practice, I conduct personnel investigations and represent clients in lawsuits alleging wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation and discrimination. My commercial practice includes the representation of clients in contract disputes and cases involving breach of warranties, misrepresentation, and violation of the Consumer Protection Act. I also represent municipal corporations including school districts, cities, towns and numerous public agencies in a wide range of litigation matters.

I am a trial attorney at McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC, where I represent plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation, employment, professional malpractice, insurance, criminal defense, and business disputes. I have appeared regularly as first chair counsel in numerous proceedings, including jury trials, arbitrations, appeals, and mediations.. I previously taught trial advocacy and practiced at the Georgetown University Law Center. Before joining McNaul Ebel, I spent five years as a criminal defense attorney, during which time I tried numerous cases before juries in Washington, D.C. and Seattle.

I am a trial attorney at McNaul Ebel in Seattle, Washington. I represent plaintiffs and defendants in commercial litigation, including disputes involving professional malpractice, insurance, securities, employment, business, and real estate. I have represented clients in numerous trials and arbitrations, and through the appellate process as well. After clerking for a Federal District Court judge, I joined McNaul Ebel in 1997 as an associate and became a member in 2004.

I am a Seattle attorney who represents people who are underoing financial disfficulties. I know how to fight thetough battles. Unlike other firms, my firm does not just rubber-stamp form petitionsthrough to the Court. Unlike the big firms with theirbrand-new bankruptcy departments staffed with inexperienced attorneys, I haveyears of experience finding the kind of innovative solutions that otherattorneys often miss—and we always treat our clients like people, notjust names and numbers. I also take legal action when violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act have occurred by Credit Bureaus and represent consumer and small business debtors in Chapter 7, 13 and 11 bankruptcy cases. When a debt negotiation plan works better, we work those out too.. A graduate of Boston College Law School, prior to Seattle Debt Law, LLC, I represented consumer and small business debtors at Crocker Kuno Ostrovsky, PLLC and residential mortgage lenders at Routh Crabtree Olsen, P.S. in bankruptcy cases throughout Washington State. She formerly served as law clerk to the Honorable Whitney Rimel, Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of California.. I am a member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys.. I am fluent in Mandarin Chinese

I am a Pacific Northwest native, born and raised in South King County. I received my Bachelor of Arts in Law and Justice with a Legal Studies specialization from Central Washington University. Upon graduation, I worked as a paralegal and supervisor for a creditors’ rights bankruptcy firm in Seattle. I left to further my career in the legal field and attended Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon, where I received my Juris Doctorate. While attending law school, I wrote case summaries for Willamette Law Online and clerked for a bankruptcy firm in town assisting clients with debt resolution matters. I served as the vice-president the school’s moot court board in my last year on the board. I was successful in winning two consecutive appellate competitions and was awarded the title of “Best Appellate Oralist” in my final year of competition.

I am a member in the Seattle office where my practice includes health care, insurance, product liability, mass tort, and civil matters. I provide a wide range of legal services to members of the health care industry including negotiating and structuring arrangements, business, regulatory, confidentiality and privacy-related compliance services including HIPAA and state laws, licensing and risk management related services, and related investigations. My practice includes legal advice and litigation relating to insurance coverage and bad faith for policyholders and the insurance industry including property and casualty, life, health and disability. I also provide guidance and advice to the insurance industry and selfinsureds with respect to their obligations under the Medicare Secondary Payer Act and Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act (MMSEA). I was named to the Washington Super Lawyers list by Super Lawyers magazine in 2005 and 2010-2016.

I am a litigator whose practice focuses on commercial litigation - including insurance coverage, contract, fraud, construction defect, and intellectual property cases - and media litigation - including defamation, privacy, access, prior restraint, reporters' shield laws, public records, and newsgathering torts.. I represent clients in diverse commercial litigation, with extensive experience representing insurers in coverage disputes. I also represent newspapers, Internet service providers, Internet content providers, and book publishers. In addition to media litigation, I provide prepublication content advice to media companies and Internet content providers.

I am a junior partner at Des Moines Elder Law, focusing on appellate work, real property litigation, trust and estate disputes, and protection of vulnerable adults. I graduated Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in December 2021. I also have a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with emphasis in Financial Management and Real Estate from Colorado State University and a Paralegal Certificate from Highline Community College.. In addition to representing fiduciaries as an attorney, I have served in many roles as a court appointed fiduciary. Formerly a Certified Professional Guardian, I am the founder and former director of Abacus Guardianship, Inc., a Washington Certified Professional Guardianship Agency. As a court-appointed fiduciary for over ten years, I have extensive experience in complex case management. For individuals under guardianship this includes health and personal care management, financial management and asset recovery, and regular access of the legal system to assert and protect the rights of individuals with limited legal capacity.. I also founded and formerly directed Abacus Fiduciary Association, a Washington nonprofit corporation acting as court appointed trustee and estate administrator. I have extensive experience in the probate and trust arena, as an attorney, with knowledge of the law of trusts and estates in the State of Washington, and a legal practice focusing on estate and trust disputes, and as a fiduciary, with the actual practice of trust and estate administration. I have routinely managed estates and trusts following removal of a prior fiduciary.. I also have extensive experience with paralegal work including as paralegal to Counsel Saphronia Young for two years while finishing law school. As an attorney, I've had success in TEDRA matters, vulnerable adult protection actions, real property matters and related appellate matters.

I am a former creditor attorney.  I now exclusively represent consumers in bankrutpcy, debt settlement, debt litigation (FDCPA, RCW 19.16, RCW 19.86), and tenant rights.. My background as a former creditor side and former landlord side attorney gives me a well rounded approach in defending and counter attacking against creditors, debt collectors, and landlords.  Not every case is complicated but often there are complexities in what appears to be simple cases.  I give each case and client a thorough analysis for litigation, settlement, bankruptcy, and out of court options.. Prior to law school, I obtained my B.A. in Psychology and served in the U.S. Air Force (active and reserve) for nearly ten years during which I deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom in support of post 9/11 operations.  I currently live in beautiful Mill Creek, WA with my wife and two children.  During my free time I enjoy cooking, travelling, martial arts, reading, and rooting for the Seahawks.

I am a former college athlete who now uses my competitive drive and work ethic to resolve my clients' conflicts in and out of court. I handle a wide variety of complex litigation matters including TEDRA litigation, breach of contract, real property disputes, timber trespass, labor and employment, business dissolution, shareholder actions, creditor's rights, and evictions (both commercial and residential).  I have also successfully handled matters on appeal.

I am a commercial litigator whose practice focuses on construction, real estate, business, and insurance coverage matters. Over the past two decades, I have represented numerous residential and commercial owners, businesses, Homeowner Associations, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and product suppliers in cases involving professional liability, commercial litigation, construction, product liability, breach of contract, real estate, insurance, extra-contractual issues, and general liability.  I have successfully represented clients in litigation, on appeal and through alternative dispute resolution.

I am a client focused business litigation attorney.  When business owners are in tough situations, I excel at helping them achieve an outcome they can live with.

I am a class action defense lawyer, with an emphasis in consumer fraud class actions.

I am a bi-coastal litigator, licensed in New Jersey and Washington State.  I represent a diverse set of individual and business clients in a broad range of civil and complex commercial disputes.

Hello, and thanks for reviewing my AVVO profile. If you think I may be of service to you, please contact me -- there is no charge for an initial consultation.  Thanks, Tim. ---. Tim is a founding partner at Mullin, Allen & Steiner, PLLC, and a seasoned trial lawyer with extensive experience in multi-week trials. Although regularly recognized as a Washington Super Lawyer for his defense of healthcare providers, outside the healthcare arena Tim also represents injured individuals in significant personal injury and civil rights cases. His practice ranges from the defense of alleged medical malpractice to representing both plaintiffs and defendants in insurer bad faith, insurance coverage, wrongful death, civil rights, employment, product liability, injunctive relief, and equine law cases, among others. Tim is licensed to practice in Washington and Oregon, and represents clients in both state and federal courts.. As a defense attorney, Tim has obtained defense verdicts, dismissals, and favorable settlements for clients including health care providers, hospitals, clinics, employers, universities, product manufacturers, building contractors, insurance brokers, and insurance companies. He has successfully represented healthcare providers from a wide variety of practice areas, including the following specialties:. • Cardiac Surgery. • Cardiology. • Emergency Medicine. • Emergency Medical Services/Transport. • Gastroenterology. • General Surgery. • Hematology. • Internal Medicine. • Interventional Radiology. • Neurology. • Neuroradiology. • Neurosurgery. • Nursing. • Obstetrics/Gynecology. • Oncology. • Orthopedic Surgery. • Pediatrics. • Plastic Surgery. • Pulmonology. • Primary Care. • Psychiatry. • Psychology. • Radiology. • Rehabilitation Medicine. When representing plaintiffs, Tim has helped achieve multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements in product liability and insurance bad faith actions; successfully resolved through trial or settlement cases alleging breach of contract, professional negligence, personal injury and property damage arising from motor vehicle accidents; and obtained forms of non-monetary relief in a wide variety of contexts. As examples, Tim has either served as lead counsel or assisted on the trial team for the following:. • $15.5 million product liability verdict in Federici v. U-Haul et al.. • $12.95 million bad faith settlement in Howard v. Royal Specialty Underwriting, Inc.. • $4.4 million settlement in midst of trial in coverage action against excess insurer. • $1.5 million summary judgment recovery in breach of surety action arising from purchase of hospital facility. • $600,000 verdict in breach of contract action against Port of Tacoma. • $334,000 judgment entered in action regarding ownership of retired racehorse. • $188,500 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit. • $100,000 UIM policy limits recovery without necessity of filing lawsuit. • Confidential settlement obtained on behalf of academic institution against insurance broker. • Confidential settlement in accounting malpractice action. • Confidential settlement with professional sports team for personal injury sustained on premises. • Successful action to change ballot measure title resulting in defeat of ballot measure. • Obtained permanent injunction against release by state agency of client’s proprietary trade secrets to unsuccessful contract bidder. • Successful return to rightful owners of property wrongfully taken or detained by others, including patient medical records as well as valuable horses. • Obtained temporary restraining order excluding former patient from premises of healthcare clinic. • Successfully settle claim for contractual and equitable indemnity where hospital sued for actions of contracted physicians. Tim also counsels both insurance carriers and policy-holders as to their rights under insurance policies in both first-party and third-party settings. He has extensive experience in insurance coverage disputes, and brings declaratory judgment and/or bad faith actions where necessary in both state and federal court. Tim is sought after to serve as personal counsel to insureds to help protect their interests where a defense is being provided to the insured under a reservation of rights. Where necessary, Tim can protect his clients in such situations from personal exposure by negotiating a settlement based on a stipulated judgment in exchange for a covenant not to execute and an assignment of his client’s rights.. Tim was named to the Washington Super Lawyers list for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; named to the Washington Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and received the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Outstanding Litigation Associate Award for 2006. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Tim was a professor of political philosophy and argumentation at Western Washington University, as well as the director of the university’s debate program. During law school, Tim served as a Rule 9 Attorney for the Whatcom County Public Defender.. Tim commutes to Seattle from Arlington, where he lives with his wife, three dogs, and two horses. An avid climber for many years before grinding his knees into dust, Tim now focuses on his horses and trail riding, as well as buying and selling antiques with his wife.

Heidi Urness has developed a national reputation as a skillful, tenacious, and results-focused attorney after successfully representing a wide range of companies, individuals, entrepreneurs, investors, licensees, and more throughout the last eight years. Heidi and her team are thrilled to provide clients with hands-on solutions and strategies, as well as offer these services across a wide range of industries, through Heidi Urness Law, PLLC.