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Kristin is a compassionate, skilled attorney who sets herself apart by providing her clients with excellent communication, transparency and quick response time. Adept at fighting for her client’s best interests, Kristin has a “work together” attitude to meet their needs and expectations.. From established technology companies, to nursing home organizations, to emerging start-ups, Kristin enjoys working with businesses in a variety of industries. She focuses her varied litigation practice in the following areas:. HEALTHCARE. Having defended healthcare clients in litigation, regulation and employment issues, Kristin counsels her healthcare clients on how they can best protect themselves from the complexities of regulation in the industry. Her long-term care, skilled nursing and assisted living facility, medical device and surgery center clients seek her advice about minimum wage, unionization and other employment issues, medical malpractice claims, and regulatory charges. Kristin’s understanding of her client’s business, combined with her knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework every provider must navigate, enables her to provide clarity in the midst of an ever changing healthcare world.. EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS, BENEFITS & LABOR. All employers must deal with the evolving web of federal and state employment laws. In addition to representing employers in state and federal court, Kristin defends clients in investigations by the EEOC, Department of Labor, and other state and local agencies. Kristin also works with companies on a wide array of employment matters, including hiring and termination, healthcare, wage and hour, discrimination and harassment, and retaliation. She assists clients in drafting employment agreements, severance packages, employee handbooks, employment policies and developing strategies for avoiding problems resulting in litigation.. FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SECURITIES REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT DEFENSE. Kristin represents investors, financial planners, wealth managers and other professionals in the financial services industry with various claims, including class actions, regulatory proceedings and customer claims. She also defends registered investment advisors, investment advisor representatives, investment bankers, broker-dealers and registered representatives in regulatory investigations and disciplinary actions brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and the State of Washington Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) Securities Division.. TRUST AND ESTATE LITIGATION. Kristin is a trusted advisor to family members, trustees and personal representatives in disputes ranging from Will contests to interpretations of trust provisions. Her experience includes representing charities to ensure appropriate distribution under a Will, challenges to a Trustee’s withholding of information and inaction, challenging a Will because of undue influence and cases alleging breach of fiduciary duty against a trustee and personal representative.

Jonah's practice focuses on employment litigation and business litigation.

Joe is the Chair of Ryan Swanson’s Corporate Bankruptcy, Restructuring and Finance Group. He has a lender and banking industry focused insolvency and bankruptcy litigation practice, representing creditors in both Oregon and Washington. For more than two decades Joe has provided common-sense advice and no-nonsense representation to financial institution clients. He represents lenders and secured creditors on matters ranging from workouts and state court receiverships to active participation in complex litigation and bankruptcy cases.. Joe has successfully represented clients in a full range of litigation settings including arbitrations, bench and jury trials. Over his 25-year career Joe has appeared as creditor counsel in over 500 bankruptcies up and down the West Coast and across the U.S. His cross-border insolvency work has spanned the globe associating with co-counsel in countries including Japan, China, United Arab Emirates, Portugal, Italy, the Netherlands, and the Cayman Islands.

Jo Flannery is a member of the Litigation and Real Estate departments at Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC. Raised by a real estate agent, and a former Realtor herself, Jo has a particular interest in real property law. With over a decade of broad litigation experience behind her, Jo's practice has focused, over the last seven years, primarily on representing condominium and homeowner associations in the pursuit and resolution of construction defect claims, risk management, and covenant governed disputes.. Since joining Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland in 2005, Jo’s practice has expanded to again include the prosecution of professional liability claims, insurance bad faith, products liability, construction disputes, real property disputes both commercial and residential including matters of fraudulent concealment, easements and other conveyance matters as well as environmental claims involving hazardous substances. Having practiced exclusively on the defense side in the early years and then exclusively on the plaintiff’s side for the next several years, Jo now splits the aisle. Still primarily a plaintiff’s lawyer, her practice once again includes representation and advice and counsel to developers, contractors and property owners in the development stage as well as in defense of litigation.

Jim specializes in the trial and creative resolution of substantial disputes for a diverse client base, including Fortune 500 companies and major e-commerce firms.  While much of his practice has focused on intellectual property, corporate, and commercial matters, Jim believes that knowing how to win a case – developing and executing a strategy to position a case for a win by motion if possible and by trial if not – is the most important skill of a lawyer handling complex litigation.. Jim teamed with David Bruce to establish Savitt Bruce & Willey LLP in 1999, after a nine-year tenure as a partner at Perkins Coie.  Jim began his career with the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City before finding his way to the Great Northwest.  He is a graduate, magna cum laude, of the Georgetown University Law Center.. Outside of the office, Jim recently completed service as the Chairperson of the Pike Place Market Preservation & Development Authority (which owns and operates Seattle’s famed Pike Place Market) and is a past President of the Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington.

Jeffrey B. Coopersmith represents clients in white collar criminal matters, in related civil, administrative, and regulatory matters, and in complex commercial litigation matters.

Jaime Drozd Allen’s practice focuses on a variety of complex commercial litigation, with a focus on consumer class actions (with a particular focus on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act and state law counterparts), business disputes (including partnership and post-sale disputes), healthcare litigation, product liability, and breaches of contract. She has been selected as a “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters for each year since 2009

I was born in Seattle, Washington. Due to my father’s employment with the United Nations, I grew up living and traveling throughout Africa and Latin America. I earned my undergraduate and graduate degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. where I studied international human rights. I earned my Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law in 2013. During law school, I worked for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica as a law clerk, Columbia Legal Services as a farmworker advocate, and for the American Civil Liberties Union. During my free time, I enjoy photography, traveling, exploring the outdoors, fitness, cooking, and good wine. Growing up a witness to extreme poverty and civil war, I have an enormous passion for social justice and civil rights. I look forward to serving and empowering the Latino community in the Seattle area and beyond.

I specialize in working with clients to resolve their litigation problems using a combination of zealous advocacy and practical solutions. My general litigation practice includes a focus on employment, contract and appellate litigation. I enjoy working with my clients and value the trust that they place in me to help solve their legal problems.

I represent individuals and corporations in federal and state courts, as well as in regulatory enforcement actions. I defend clients in white collar criminal prosecutions and complex civil litigation, with an emphasis on parallel proceedings and internal investigations. A skilled and successful litigator and effective problem solver, I have substantial experience handling federal and state cases from initial investigation through appeal. I have served as a prosecuting attorney, defense counsel, appellate attorney, internal investigative counsel, government ethics adviser, and trial advocacy instructor. Prior to joining McKay Chadwell in 2006, I represented the State of Washington in civil and criminal matters as an Assistant Attorney General, where I served on the Washington Bar Association’s Committee on Public Defense. Prior to moving to Washington State, I served on active duty with the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.

I have more than 30 years of experience advising, litigating and advocating on behalf of large, mid-range and small companies, including start-ups, as well as corporate executives and other individuals. I am committed to cost effective, results-driven advice and advocacy. I try and help my clients avoid and fix problems before they spin out of control and if they are in disputes, to manage those disputes to the best conclusion. In negotiation and litigation, my approach is to identify each client’s leverage and use it for maximum impact.. Practice Areas. ·       General Business Litigation and Advice. ·        Employment Litigation and Advice. ·        Injunctive Litigation including Non-Competition, Intellectual Property and Trade Secret Claims. ·        Business and Partnership Dissolutions. ·        Complex Tort Litigation. Personal. I grew up on the Connecticut coast in a small town called Madison. My mother gave me a lifelong love of mountains and skiing.  My father was a lawyer on Wall Street and I followed in his footsteps. In 1984, I moved to Seattle. Three National Parks within a day’s drive felt like paradise to me and still does.. I am lucky to be married to a great person and Ruth and I will celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary in 2017. We have two grown kids, a son and daughter.. I have a commitment to hunger relief. My involvement with Food Lifeline has informed me on the complexity of poverty and economic insecurity and showed me that people of all political philosophies can come together for common good.. I love to hike and ski, both in the resorts and ski mountaineering.  Most of all, I love what I do. Helping people and businesses by practicing law, most recently for 17 years with my business partner Jeff, continues to be the most rewarding and fulfilling thing I do. I’d be honored to help you too.

I have been happily married to Mary Stamper Lynam for 24 years and I am blessed with two great daughters, Kaeli and Natalie.  My interests and hobbies include golfing, coaching basketball, playing guitar, and other fun activities.  Two of my favorite authors are John Grisham and Carl Hiaasen.

I greatly enjoy and cultivate a general business and personal injury practice, with long term client relationships going back to 1979, when I relocated from New York City to Seattle (where I am a native).  I purposefully maintain a small law firm practice, with an emphasis on providing excellent service, so that we can hopefully continue a mutually profitable relationship in the future.

I founded the Nolan Lim Law Firm because I grew frustrated seeing companies oppress and exploit ethical workers who work hard, stand up for equality, and legal rights in the workplace.  In my many years as an employment attorney I witnessed many times both personally and professionally where “anti-harassment policies”, and “diversity and inclusion”, are just words that corporations and government institutions use to mask discrimination and retaliation against those who stand up for compliance with workplace laws.. My clients drive me forward every day. It’s an honor to help victims of illegal workplace activity to move past their trauma and have their dignity and self-worth restored, while holding the offending employer accountable.”. -Nolan Lim, Firm Founder and Lead Attorney

I focus my trial practice on complex, commercial, health care and regulatory disputes. I am the Director of the Lane Powell Litigation Department firm-wide. I am Chair of the Lane Powell Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team and also chair one of the Lane Powell Litigation practice groups

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 the Managing Principal and co-founder of Beveridge & Diamond’s Seattle, Washington office.  I also serve as the co-chair of the Firm’s Air and Climate Change Practice Group.. My practice is focused on environmental, energy, and natural resources law.  I am an active member of the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER), serving as an EPA Region 10 Reporter for the Air Quality Committee Newsletter.  I also recently served as a Vice-Chair of the ABA's SEER Environmental Litigation and Toxic Torts Committee.. I assist clients with permitting, compliance, and regulatory matters under federal and state laws, including the Clean Air Act (CAA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and National and State Environmental Policy Acts (NEPA, SEPA, and CEQA).  I also represent clients in a wide variety of environmental litigation matters, including CERCLA and state Superfund actions and multiparty allocation proceedings.. Away from my law practice, I enjoy rooting for my Oregon Ducks and spending time with my wife Courtney and our two lively daughters.

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 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 member in the Seattle office where I chair the firm’s Business Litigation Practice Group. My practice emphasizes environmental remedial actions and sediment cleanups, environmental contribution litigation, and toxic tort litigation. I also have substantial experience in the areas of product liability and landslide/geologic movement litigation. I have represented clients in federal and state courts throughout the state of Washington. I was named by Seattle Magazine as one of Seattle’s “Top Lawyers” in Environmental Law, 2003. I have also been recognized by the Seattle Met magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in Environmental Law for 2010, a designation based upon Martindale-Hubbell's ranking of those practitioners in King County who have been judged by their peers to be “AV Preeminent”—the highest peer-review rating available.. In 2007, I was lead counsel in two lengthy trials involving CERCLA and MTCA liability and remediation issues, including the unique question of whether wood waste in a marine environment constituted a CERCLA or MTCA “hazardous substance.”. I am currently lead counsel on two sites that are some of the first to be pursued by Washington State under the Puget Sound Initiative.. I have represented clients in seven environmental and toxic tort class action lawsuits.. I have represented national and international corporations in environmental regulatory and contribution/cost recovery lawsuits. I have handled a wide variety of environmental cases involving PCBs, dioxin, petroleum distillates, wood preservatives, solvents, arsenic, pesticides, and heavy metals.  I also have significant experience in environmental dredging and precision dredging environmental remedial actions, and served as common counsel for a large group of companies who are remediating a hazardous waste site in Eastern Washington.. I have represented clients in environmental regulatory matters, including the investigation and remediation of soil, groundwater and sediment contamination, handling and disposal of hazardous substances, regulatory penalties and appeals.. I have represented clients in negotiations with the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington Department of Ecology and Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.. I have represented various businesses and manufacturers in toxic tort and product liability litigation.  Recently, my toxic tort work has focused on the subject of airborne contaminant (fume) claims and lawsuits relating to claimed exposure to commercial cleaning products.. I have represented clients in landslide and geologic movement lawsuits.. Provided reservation-of-rights defense, with respect to toxic tort and a variety of environmental claims, to many different clients on behalf of several insurance carriers.

I am a Member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner. I have trial andarbitration experience in personal/bodily injury and toxic tort defense. My practice emphasizes the defense of tort claims, involving both personal injury and property damage claims. I was named to Rising Stars in 2007 by Washington Law & Politics magazine.

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

Hana is a member of the Ryan Swanson's litigation group, with experience in contract and construction law, complex litigation and employment disputes.

Gulliver focuses the majority of his practice in litigation. The remainder of Gulliver's work involves providing advice as general counsel for mid-sized businesses and formation and capitalization of new businesses. His experience includes advising clients in sports and entertainment, banking, insurance, healthcare, real estate and employment matters.. Gulliver is accustomed to the rigors of appearing in court to argue his client's position. He has participated in multiple trials and has an active motions practice including obtaining multiple emergency temporary restraining orders protecting his clients interests.. Recently, Gulliver obtained a defense verdict after a lengthy bench trial. He was also instrumental in a very successful settlement for an orthopedic spine surgeon group that had been wrongfully terminated by its managed-care organization.. Gulliver's general counsel work includes representing Efinancial LLC, Integrity Networks, and the One World Now Organizing Committee in qualifying as a 501(c)(3) and in preparing for its event: One World 2011.