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I believe in holding manufacturers to higher standards and restoring dignity to my clients after an injury or loss. Through my work on aviation incidents and motor vehicle crashworthiness cases, I combine the technical aspects of each case with winning legal theories. I have experience in complex personal injury litigation, products liability, wrongful death and conflict of laws.

Steve has more than 35 years of experience in all modes of transportation and logistics. His practice also focuses on general commercial litigation before courts and administrative bodies across the U.S.  He counsels and represents local and national transportation service providers and consumers involved in a wide array of complex commercial disputes, and in the negotiation and documentation of transportation relationships.

I concentrate my practice on cross-border tax and business planning for U.S. and foreign entities. I work with clients to create efficient international investment structures from tax and legal perspectives. I counsel clients on all aspects of transactions, including formation, operation, exit strategies, mergers and acquisitions, financing and other business operations. My practice also includes tax aspects of aircraft ownership, transactions and financing.

I am a Member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner.  As a trial attorney, I primarily handle commercial disputes and defend high-stakes product defect claims.  My product liability practice encompasses aviation, consumer products, and toxic torts.  I serve as national trial counsel for several clients in toxic tort litigation.  I also serve in an advising capacity for corporate clients seeking to develop nationwide strategies for the defense of mass-tort litigation.  As lead trial counsel, I have obtained defense verdicts in state courts and successfully argued for his clients before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and several of Washington’s appellate courts.  I am admitted to practice in California, Oregon and Washington.  I was named to the Rising Stars list by Washington Law & Politics magazine each year from 2001-2008.

Casey practices aviation law, aviator defense, complex product liability, and wrongful death accident cases.. Casey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and a Minor in Chinese from Brigham Young University. Casey received his law degree at Seattle University School of Law, where he was the Business Editor of the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law and an Extern Legal Clerk to the Honorable John Coughenour of the US District Court. He is an adjunct professor at the Seattle University School of Law, where he teaches a course on Aviation and Space Law.. Casey is an FAA Certified Flight Instructor with over 1000 hours of flight time in aircraft of all sizes. Casey is a senior member of the Civil Air Patrol, which conducts search and rescue operations around the United States.. Casey is an AOPA panel attorney, a member of the King County Bar Association’s Aviation Section, and a member of the ABA Air and Space Law Forum.. He regularly gives presentations on aviation law to pilots, flight instructors, attorneys, insurance professionals, and the general public.. He is admitted to practice law in federal and state courts in Washington.

Caryn represents businesses, non-profits, municipal entities, and individuals at trial and in alternative dispute resolution proceedings throughout the Pacific Northwest and the state of Alaska. Caryn’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation including commercial disputes, aviation, catastrophic tort, and product liability matters. Having tried cases and handled appeals in federal and state court for more than 25 years, Caryn brings a deep level of experience to all stages of complex civil litigation. Caryn earns the trust of her clients and their senior management by being a skilled strategist who ensures her clients’ business objectives drive resolution strategies and litigation decisions (and not the other way around).. As head of Stokes Lawrence’s Aviation Group, Caryn leads a team of litigators with deep aviation industry knowledge. She provides sophisticated and effective representation in a wide range of aviation-related matters in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. Caryn handles commercial and tort litigation for a number domestic and international airlines and Part 135 operators. Her practice includes emergency response support, consultation in NTSB accident investigations, and regulatory compliance proceedings for Part 121 and Part 135 operators. Her aviation practice also includes product liability matters for aircraft and component part manufacturers.. In addition to her complex civil litigation and aviation practices, Caryn applies her extensive experience to her role as a mediator and arbitrator. Caryn completed the Pepperdine Straus Institute’s Mediating the Litigated Case program and is certified as a Rule 39.1 Neutral in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington’s Alternative Dispute Resolution program.. When not litigating or serving as a neutral to help others avoid or resolve disputes, Caryn values opportunities to mentor and train young lawyers. She frequently presents on trial skills, aviation, and product liability topics and has served as faculty in NITA’s trial skills program in Seattle and the IADC Trial Academy.

An experienced trial lawyer with deep aviation industry knowledge, Rob’s successful track record is reflected in defense verdicts, appellate victories and favorable settlements in high-exposure mass tort, product liability litigation, and high-profile, catastrophic aviation accidents. Rob provides sophisticated and effective handling of a wide range of aviation-related litigation, including product liability cases and matters involving Part 121, 135 and 91 operators. Rob deploys his experience and qualifications gained through his service as an United States Army Officer and helicopter pilot to bear in defending his aviation industry clients.. Rob earned his undergraduate degree in engineering from the United States Military Academy, an MBA from the University of South Florida, and his law degree from the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis.