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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.

Carolyn Cairns is an arbitrator, mediator, and workplace investigator.. Prior to opening her practice as a neutral, she represented both employees and employers in a wide variety of employment matters, including race, age, religious, gender, national origin and disability discrimination, sexual and racial harassment, retaliation, wage and hour claims, covenants not to compete, contract claims and trademark violations. These cases have involved both jury and bench trials, arbitrations and settlements.. Carolyn is a regular presenter at seminars and employment law institutes, speaking on a wide range of topics, including mediation and arbitration, how to evaluate cases, substantive areas of employment law, and trial practice and discovery topics. For many years Carolyn was a co-presenter of the plenary session of the Employment Law Institute, reviewing key federal cases and trends of the prior year.

Carl’s busy litigation practice emphasizes insurance defense, first and third-party coverage opinions / litigation, extra contractual matters, the defense of alleged bad faith claims and general as well as environmental defense claims.  He is licensed to practice law in Washington, Alaska and Oregon and has represented clients throughout the United States, with particular emphasis in the Western states. Carl has extensive trial experience, initially as an Assistant District Attorney in Anchorage, Alaska, and he continues with an active trial practice now.  He is frequently asked to serve as a King County Superior Court Arbitrator and is an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy’s trial and deposition skills programs, as well as an Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, at the University of Washington School of Law.  He is a frequent author and lecturer on topics related to his primary practice areas as well as pre-trial and trial related issues.

Carl is an associate in the Real Estate practice where he assists clients in all aspects of commercial and industrial real property transactions, including negotiating and drafting transaction documents, diligence, financing documents, and closing mechanics. He represents both landlords and tenants in commercial and office leasing, and provides advice and counsel to Washington State municipal organizations, including on ground leasing, purchases and sales, entitlements for capital projects, quiet title and condemnation actions, statutory and constitutional compliance and community engagement.

Captain Thomas Lether is a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the University of Puget Sound Law School. He has been involved in insurance and commercial litigation since 1988. Mr. Lether’s primary clients include numerous national insurance companies, several smaller insurers and independent adjusting firms. He also represents a number of contractors, property owners, and business owners. His practice predominantly involves the representation of insurance companies and individuals in the investigation, adjustment and defense of complex coverage matters.  Mr. Lether also defends insurance companies in bad faith and Consumer Protection Act litigation. He is also involved in a number of construction defect cases and has tried several to successful jury verdicts. He has been involved in thousands of coverage investigations.  This includes lead counsel in the Pang Warehouse Fire (the largest commercial arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State history), Manglona v. Allstate (the largest residential arson loss ever tried to a jury in Washington State), and coverage counsel in such matters as the McGuire Apartment failure, Safeco Field defect claim and the Plaza 305 crane collapse.  Mr. Lether also represents a number of insurers in the Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Rim regarding first and third party claims, including coverage disputes, adjustment concerns, and issues involving water intrusion, collapse, construction defects and stachybotris mold.  Mr. Lether also represents insurance brokers, medical institutions, construction professionals and professional liability and class action matters.  Mr. Lether has also served as an appraiser, expert witness, and mediator, and he is a frequent lecturer on insurance related topics.

Cameron is the Legal Director of the West African Community Council (WACC) where she offers free or low-cost legal representation in immigration matters, including family-based petitions and removal defense.. Cameron is originally from Canton, Connecticut. After graduating from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach political science to English speakers at the Russian Armenian University in Yerevan, Armenia. Upon the completion of her fellowship, she worked for two years assisting children detained by immigration authorities in South Texas.. Cameron graduated from the University of California, Irvine School of Law in May 2019. In law school, she developed a passion for working at the intersection of criminal, immigration, and civil rights law through her work with the Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic at Yale Law School, the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UCI, and the American Civil Liberties Union. Her strong work ethic and diligence allowed her to excel at UCI Law where she was elected to serve on the Executive Board of the UC Irvine Law Review and received numerous awards for receiving the highest and second-highest grades in her courses.. In August of 2019, Cameron began a two-year clerkship for Chief Judge Bradley Maxa on the Washington Court of Appeals, Division II in Tacoma, Washington. In her clerkship with the Court of Appeals, she enjoyed working closely with Judge Maxa, gaining broad exposure to various areas of the law, and improving skills that are useful to her in performing her work as an advocate.. After concluding her two-year clerkship with Judge Maxa, Cameron joined Ahlers Cressman and Sleight PLLC in Seattle as an Associate Attorney where her practice focused on complex civil litigation and construction disputes between owners, contractors, and other industry stakeholders.

Callie Getty is a Senior Attorney at Dellino Family Law Group. Callie’s practice focuses on family and domestic relations matters, including divorce, parenting plan and child support issues, as well as post-decree matters such as modifications.. Callie embodies the perfect combination of experience, compassion, and strong advocacy. Prior to joining Dellino Family Law Group, Callie was a partner at another local family law firm. As a Senior Attorney at DLG, there is not a situation she has not seen and cannot tackle. Whether she is advocating for a client in trial for a high conflict case or negotiating a smart settlement in mediation, her clients know she keeps their best interests at the forefront of her strategy. Her compassionate yet no-nonsense approach makes her who you want on your side when what matters most to you is at stake.. My Approach. My interest in family law comes from my upbringing in a large, blended family. This has led to the firm belief that while a divorce or separation may be the hardest time in a person’s life, a strong, compassionate advocate who will be steadfast in their representation can make all the difference. I strive to be that advocate for each and every one of my clients.. Background. As a native Northwesterner, I grew up in the Seattle-area before heading slightly south to the University of Oregon to obtain my undergraduate degree. I returned to Seattle to attend Seattle University School of Law, and graduated in 2015.. Outside of the office, I enjoy spending time with my family, especially outdoors. In the winter, I like to spend weekends at Crystal Mountain with my husband and two children (one human child & one 90 lb. doodle). And in the summer, I love soaking up Vitamin D wherever and whenever possible to store for the long NW winters.

Caitin joined S.L. Pitts PC as a law clerk in 2014, and became an associate in 2015. She worked as a law clerk at three small litigation firms before joining S.L. Pitts PC.. Caitlin graduated from Saint Louis University where she studied economics and philosophy. She recieved her law degree, graduating cum laude, from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2014.. Caitlin has a passion for service as a supporter and former volunteer at the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinics and member of the Junior League of Seattle.

Budigan Law Firm was formed in 1985 to provide personal attention in quality legal services with an emphasis on  personal injury, medical malpractice , wrongful death, family law,  general litigation.

Bryan Santarelli has an active intellectual property practice focusing on domestic and foreign representation in electrical, electronic, semiconductor, computer and mechanical patent matters, and in trademark and licensing matters. His patent work includes video compression and decompression (e.g., MPEG), disk drives, wireless communications (e.g., OFDM, MIMO-OFDM), semiconductor memories (e.g., DRAM, EPROM, EEPROM and SRAM), microprocessors, audio electronics, defibrillators, analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converters, analog and digital circuits, and system stimulators. Bryan has worked in several nationally known intellectual property firms, and worked as a law clerk in the patent department of Raytheon Company. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bryan designed analog and digital circuits for the industrial products group of Polaroid Corporation, where he co-invented and patented a high-speed laser driver for medical printer applications.

Bryan is a litigator with strong advocacy, analytical and legal writing skills. His ability to analyze and apply applicable law to the facts of any case derives from his attention to detail and ability to understand client needs. Bryan consistently offers informed, practical advice to his clients and acts as the advocate that they deserve.. Bryan has diverse litigation experience, which has included insurance coverage and regulatory matters, class action and intellectual property cases, as well as construction defect, landlord/tenant, and various other business disputes.

Brooks Lindsay is the Founding Attorney of Light Legal PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm for high-growth companies. He is a corporate and commercial-contracts attorney who uses his experience as a business leader to help other business leaders solve problems and succeed. He is experienced in commercial transactions, tech transactions, IP matters, website and privacy issues, general corporate, formations, securities and finance, M&A, employment matters, real estate matters, and other common legal issues facing fast-growing companies and founders. He is particularly skilled at performing outside general counsel functions for companies and quarterbacking across a spectrum of legal needs.. Before founding Light Legal, Brooks was an attorney at top Seattle-based law firms for businesses, including Foster Garvey PC (the oldest law firm in Seattle) and TangoLaw PLLC (a boutique firm representing high-growth and venture-backed companies nationally and internationally).. Brooks received his B.A. from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a JD and MBA from the University of Washington, including a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the Foster School of Business. During his JD/MBA years, Brooks gained business and tech legal experience at Amazon AWS, Intellectual Ventures, the UW Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic, and the UW Tech Policy Lab where he was a Hazelton Fellow.. He was also a startup founder for five years after college, creating an online encyclopedia of debates and arguments called Debatepedia. He uses that experience to advise clients with a founder’s mindset, the way he would have liked to have been advised. His experience as the founder of Light Legal and an entrepreneur in legal services adds additional perspective and value for his clients.. In addition, Brooks was a communications professional early in his career with stints at the World Bank Group and at Nyhus Communications in Seattle. He believes that excellent, transparent, and timely communications are foundational to high-quality legal services. Brooks is 40 years old and has about 16 years of professional experience of relevance to his career, including about 8 years in business and technology law specifically.. Brooks lives in Seattle with his wife Addie and child Lucian. The Lindsay Clan in Scotland, from which Brooks descends, was known for centuries as the "Light Lindsays" due to their levity. Lucian, which means "light" or "defender of light", was named in honor of this heritage. Brooks believes strongly in teaching and practicing the values associated with "light", including light-heartedness, kindness, integrity, transparency, deftness, knowledge, insightfulness, intensity, agility, efficiency, and swiftness in action. These values are at the heart of Light Legal.. Brooks is a member of the Washington State Bar.

Brock Gavery has practiced law in Washington State since 2004. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Seattle University in 1999 and a law degree from Seattle University in 2004. Brock has worked in private practice as a civil defense trial lawyer and corporate counsel for two Seattle companies prior to opening his own law office and joining Quantum Law.  Brock has assisted multiple businesses in properly setting up and maintaining corporations and LLCs, securing funding and private investments, and drafting, reviewing and negotiating partnership and employment agreements, business contracts and commercial leases. Brock has also established himself as a Seattle restaurant lawyer who has represented numerous Washington restaurants in all stages of development and operations - from choosing the location, negotiating the lease, obtaining licenses, permits and financing to serving your first dish.  Brock is tireless in his pursuit to protect his clients’ interests as they build and grow successful businesses.  On a personal level, Brock enjoys playing music, spending time with family and friends and enjoying the great Northwest. He is also an accomplished outdoor endurance and adventure athlete who was named one of America’s fittest athletes in America by Outside Magazine.

Britenae is a full-time litigator in the firm's Litigation and Employment groups. She handles a wide range of general litigation matters from inception through arbitration, trial, and any state or federal appeal process. Britenae litigates general contract disputes, complex commercial disputes, and title insurance matters. She also works on a variety of real estate cases, intellectual property matters, and banking litigation. As part of her employment law expertise, Britenae has worked on matters regarding discrimination, harassment, termination issues, responding to agency complaints, and advising clients on handbooks and policies. Britenae enjoys being a "counselor" and not simply a litigator, and advising clients on how to handle the many issues confronting their businesses.

Bridget Schuster has over nine years of experience, including business litigation, insurance coverage, and environmental cleanups.  She was named Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2016, 2017, and 2018.  Prior to entering private practice, she clerked for the Washington State Court of Appeals - Division Two.  Bridget spent five years on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Girlchoir from 2013 to 2018, and now leads a local Girl Scout troop.  She has been a volunteer attorney for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project since 2015.

Brian's practice focuses on environment and natural resource matters, including regulation and litigation arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Washington's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), and the Clean Water Act (CWA). He represents Indian Tribes in environmental related issues, including prosecuting CERCLA claims on behalf of Tribes.. Brian also represents municipal and private clients in a range of land use and real estate matters, including condemnation proceedings, project permitting, and real estate transactions. In addition to his environmental and land use practice, Brian has litigated other cases including employment and business disputes.

Brian Wright | MANAGING ATTORNEY, OWNER - Causey Wright. Brian grew up in the greater Seattle area and worked various jobs in the construction industry until he returned to school, earning degrees in Japanese Studies and Political Science from the University of Washington. He obtained his law degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law, and served on the editorial board of the Seattle University Law Review. Brian is licensed to practice before the Washington State Supreme Court, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.. Brian represents injured and disabled workers with workers’ compensation claims before the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries and those covered by the federal Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act which includes waterfront workers, overseas defense contractors (Defense Base Act), and domestic non-appropriated fund employees at U.S. military installations (Nonappropriated Fund Instrumentalities Act).. Brian also collaborates with other law firms filing lawsuits in Washington State on behalf of victims of asbestos-related diseases, and he litigates the occasional Jones Act/maritime case.. In addition to his busy litigation practice, Brian is active with several organizations which help preserve the rights of injured workers. He is an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ), and for 2017-2018 he served as the Chair of its Workers’ Compensation Section. Brian is also a member of the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG), a national non-profit organization dedicated to representing the interests of injured workers and their families. He has written and filed “friend of the court” briefs in Washington State on behalf of WILG in significant workers’ compensation cases.. Brian has been named to the Super Lawyers list of Rising Stars since 2016. We hope this trend continues until he reaches the age where he is eligible to be rated as a Super Lawyer. Brian was also recognized as a Rising Star by WILG in 2014.. Outside the office Brian enjoys spending time with his daughter. He can often be found working on his house, cycling, hiking, fly fishing, or playing the drums.

Brian works extensively with rapidly-growing, private companies as part of Graham & Dunn’s Emerging Companies and Entrepreneur's team. He counsels clients on general corporate and transactional matters, including corporate formation and governance issues, private equity and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions and other business transactions.. Brian also works regularly with clients in a variety of industries to draft and negotiate contracts related to their core business.  These include agreements related to technology and intellectual property licensing and acquisition, partnering or other revenue sharing relationships, sales and distribution, manufacturing, OEM and outsourcing.  He began his practice in Silicon Valley as a corporate associate in the Palo Alto office of a large, international law firm.

Brian W. Grimm represents clients in a diverse range of litigated and non-litigated disputes, with an emphasis on representation of health care providers.

Brian Scott was born in Spokane, Washington in 1946. He obtained his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1972. He was admitted to the bar in both Washington and Wisconsin in 1972. Brian is a member of the King County and Washington State Bar Associations, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice and the State Bar of Wisconsin. Mr. Scott's practice emphasizes personal injury, products liability and worker's compensation law.

Brian P. Lundgren is a Seattle labor and employment attorney representing employers, companies and businesses.. Mr. Lundgren is a principle at Jackson Lewis P.C., one of the largest firms in the country devoted to advice and litigation in areas such as labor, employment, civil rights and many others on behalf of both public and private companies in virtually every industry.. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Lundgren served as an infantry squad leader in the United States Army. During law school, Mr. Lundgren participated in Law Review. He graduated second in his class, summa cum laude in 2000.. Mr. Lundgren's traditional labor law practice includes significant National Labor Relations Board experience, labor arbitration, union elections, collective bargaining, strikes, and advising employers on an array of complex labor issues.. Mr. Lundgren also frequently defends employers and management against charges, government investigations, and complaints in government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, State Human Rights Department, United States Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Washington Department of Labor and Industries. He likewise acts as lead trial attorney in the defense of employers against state and federal lawsuits, including whistleblower claims, wage/hour disputes, discrimination and harassment claims, retaliation claims, and wrongful discharge allegations.. Throughout his career, Mr. Lundgren has been admitted to a number of courts across the country, including the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, United States District Court, Eastern District of Washington, the State of Minnesota, and the State of Washington.

Brian J. Danzig. Partner and Chair of the Firm's Seattle Real Estate Group. Brian Danzig advises institutions, investors and key decision makers in negotiating, conducting due diligence and documenting and closing diverse and complex real estate, finance and business transactions. Mr. Danzig regularly handles acquisitions, dispositions, commercial mortgage and other financings, leasing, investment, development and related business transactions for institutional, private, and individual clients, from the largest financial institutions and institutional investors in the United States to local developers and investors and regional and community banks. He has noteworthy experience representing institutions and investors with single asset and on portfolio note purchase and sale transactions and with multi-state and multi-party transactions. Mr. Danzig is a frequent lecturer and author on a wide range of subjects concerning real estate transactions, finance and creative deal structuring. And he also handles a variety of related business transactions, often related to his real estate practice. Practice Areas:. Real estate acquisitions, dispositions, development and mortgage finance transactionsCommercial secured and unsecured loan transactionsGround leases, space leases and property use agreementsLoan asset/note purchase and sale transactionsLoan and lease workouts and restructuringMulti-property and multi-jurisdiction transactionsBusiness, joint venture and public/private transactions. Committees, Papers & Presentations:. Representative Transactions:

Brian is an in-house counsel with The Nature Conservancy, a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.  His practice focuses on real estate transactions, contracts, and other projects relating to the conservation, stewardship, and restoration of these important lands and waters in Washington and Oregon.  Before working for the Conservancy, Brian's practice focused on land use and related litigation.  He has lived and practiced law in Seattle since 1997.

Brian is a member of the Washington State Bar Association and is licensed to practice law in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.

Brian D. Ives – (Stanford University, AB, Seattle University, JD cum laude, University of Washington School of Law, LL.M. (Taxation)). Brian is a member of the Estate Planning Council of Seattle and is the President of the Greater University Chamber of Commerce for 2008. Brian is an elder at Bethany Presbyterian Church, serves on the board of the Northeast Seattle Little League, and coaches Little League baseball.