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My extensive litigation practice experience gives me the tools necessary to not only handle a wide array of complex cases, but also provide my clients with the counsel they need to identify the issues they face, come up with an effective plan to resolve them, and successfully achieve the goals we set together.  Whether my clients elect to reach a beneficial negotiated resolution, or instead choose to litigate in order to win a favorable jury verdict, court ruling, or arbitration result, I combine my experience and determination with the significant resources of my firm to obtain the best possible outcome for my clients.

My diverse practice focuses on representing plaintiffs in securities, investment fraud, antitrust, consumer fraud, employment, environmental, and intellectual property cases. I have substantial experience in managing multi-state and nationwide class actions through an organized, coordinated approach that implements an efficient and aggressive prosecutorial strategy in order to place maximum pressure on the defendant.

My Clients: I understand that for many of my clients the legal process can be daunting during one of the most difficult times of their lives. With that in mind, I have a tremendous amount of compassion for their situations and the struggles they are enduring. To serve them best I listen to their stories carefully, use my experiences and knowledge of the law, and I fight for their justice.. My Caseload: To ensure personal and thorough legal representation for my clients, I keep my caseload at a level that allows me to spend the necessary time to give each client the individual attention that each individual case requires. Working hard on client cases results in extremely beneficial resolutions.. My Practice: I limit my practice to only criminal defense and personal injury cases. That focus has enabled me to acquire in-depth knowledge and extensive experiences in both areas of the law.  Armed with those legal skills I can provide exceptional legal representation for the cases I handle.. My Experience:  As an attorney with many years of experience in both criminal law and personal injury, I have successfully represented clients charged with misdemeanor and felony crimes in Federal, Superior, District, and Municipal courts throughout the Puget Sound area.  To my clients, I promise and then make sure that they get the best possible resolution for their cases.. My many years of experience trying cases and working on behalf of big insurance companies have provided me with immeasurable knowledge of personal injury cases and insurance law. That knowledge and experience enables me to provide my clients with the legal expertise they deserve, and in turn, results in higher settlements from insurance companies.. For more information, see

My belief is that people should neither suffer injustice nor be defined by their missteps.   As a result, I strive to form relationships with my clients based on the mutual respect, honesty and trust that will allow us to effectively and confidently confront the challenges ahead.. I understand the personal toll that a criminal allegation can take on individuals and their families, so I treat my clients with the concern and respect they deserve while working diligently to protect their rights and interests.  I consider all potential impacts to my clients and effectively pursue the best possible outcome in each of their cases.. My breadth of experience as a criminal defense attorney, my depth of knowledge of the law, my skill as a negotiator and a litigator, and my compassion for people caught up in the criminal justice system are the considerable strengths I bring to my representation of every client.

Ms. Zundel devotes much of her practice to family law. She routinely handles matters of parenting plans, dissolutions, child support matters, adoptions, estate planning, third party custody actions, paternity and other domestic relationship issues.. Ms. Zundel has wide-ranging experience in mediation and arbitration on a variety of matters, including probate ligitation, construction disputes and employment law issues. She also has extensive litigation experience in the above areas. Ms. Zundel is able to handle business-related matters from start-up through dissolution of the business. She routinely advises Officers and Directors on corporate governance and compliance issues.

Ms. Pruett is an associate with Betts, Patterson & Mines. Her primary practice focus involves complex first-party property and liability insurance coverage disputes and extracontractual litigation.

Ms. Murray concentrates her practice on complex civil litigation with a focus on prosecuting collective and class actions, has been involved in virtually every class and collective action prosecuted by the firm. Ms. Murray is an expert in all aspects of the class action process, including investigation of class allegations, class certification, trial preparation, and negotiation and settlement. Ms. Murray has also represented individual clients in a wide variety of commercial actions, including breach of contract, land use, employment discrimination, personal injury and debtor/creditor disputes.. Prior to founding TMLG, Ms. Murray served as an associate at Tousley Brain Stephens, PLLC and an extern at the Washington State Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. Ms. Murray is licensed to practice in both Washington and Oregon.

Ms. Muir focuses on corporate finance and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, formation and general corporate advice, as well as licensing.  She is a partner in the Seattle office of DLA Piper and serves as the regional chair of DLA Piper's Corporate and Securities Group.  She works with companies from the start-up stage through public offerings and acquisitions.  Ms. Muir has worked on hundreds of venture capital financings; mergers and acquisitions on behalf of both sellers and buyers; numerous initial public offerings; and has helped a variety of clients with their corporate partnering and licensing needs.  She also counsels boards of directors regarding fiduciary duty issues and frequently speaks on emerging company and venture capital related topics.. I am an editor and write for a blog for startups and venture capitalists,  as well as a quarterly publication, Emerging Company and Venture Capital News.. Recent Publication:. 2013. “Minimizing Risks of Misuse of Confidential Information," Global Corporate Venturing. Recent Speaking Engagements Include:. 2013. "Changes in Term Sheets and Deal Structures," 14th Annual Venture Capital Financing Conference, The Seminar Group. 2012. "What's New in the Wireless Startup World," 4th Annual New Wireless Ecosystem Conference, Law Seminars International“How the JOBS Act Eases Access to Capital” webinar“Legal Issues for Startups,” University of Washington Foster School of Business“Term Sheets & Deal Structures”, 13th Annual Venture Capital Financing Conference"Fiduciary Duties in Private Companies", Securities Law for Emerging Companies seminar2011“Key Term Sheet Issues”, University of Washington Foster School of Business, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship2010“How You (as In-House Counsel) & Your Company Can Survive and Thrive During Times of Transition,” Association of Corporate Counsel“Recent Changes in Term Sheets and Deal Structures”, 11th Annual Venture Capital Financing Conference2009“Advising the Board: Your Responsibilities as In-House Counsel - Common Issues that Arise in Public and Private Companies,” Association of Corporate Counsel. 2007“Working with and Advising High-Tech Companies,” Washington State Bar Association

Ms. Miller is a litigation attorney in the Seattle office of Miller Olsen PLLC. Amy focuses her practice on injury cases, including medical malpractice and bad faith actions.. Amy’s approach to each case is to truly get to know her clients from the perspective of friend, confidant, as well as advocate. Amy believes that every person dealing with an injury, whether big or small, is greatly impacted and deserves justice; whether that be through settlement, mediation, arbitration or trial. Amy has compassion for each unique client situation she is presented, and represents them zealously.. Prior to forming Miller Olsen PLLC,  Amy worked as a professional malpractice and negligence defense attorney in the Seattle area. Having represented plaintiffs as well as working on behalf of insurance companies, Amy brings extensive trial experience, from multiple perspectives, to her clients.. Amy’s compassion spreads outside of the office where she serves as a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate for young children in dependency disputes, as well as provides pro bono work for legal clinics in King County.. Ms. Miller has taken on the role of litigation mentor to other attorneys in the firm, and will work alongside them prior to and at the time of trial.

Ms. Machler represents injured people in auto accident, products liability, medical malpractice, and premises liability cases. In 2010, King County paid Osborn Machler a record 10,000,000 for an excessive force case that Ms. Machler worked on. She has significant appellate experience, including Armantrout v. Cascade Orthopaedics, affecting wrongful death claims in Washington. In addition to her other work, Ms. Machler performs pro bono work in the areas of family and administrative law, serves as an MAR arbitrator, and is a settlement guardian at litem in King County. Ms. Machler is governor-elect from the Ninth District for the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors and also served on the Washington State Association for Justice Board of Governors for several years. Ms. Machler is a member of the King County Bar Association, the State Bar of Montana, and Montana Trial Lawyers Association. She currently serves as a City of Kent arts commissioner and is an oblate at St. Placid Priory in Lacey.

Ms. Kruse is a Director at Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S. and is a member of the firm’s Complex Litigation Group.  She concentrates her practice on the defense of product liability claims against leading medical, pharmaceutical and chemical companies; the defense of corporate entities in commercial disputes involving complex contractual issues and the Uniform Commercial Code; the defense of insured and self-insured entities in employment related disputes, alleged copyright infringement and trademark disputes; and in the defense of real estate brokers in various real estate transactions.

Ms. Kingston is an intellectual property attorney with a special interest in international and domestic copyright law and enforcement as well as entertainment law issues. Ms. Kingston has advised various clients on the protection and pursuit of their intellectual property rights. In addition to her legal experience, she also has practical experience creating intellectual property in the television industry. Accordingly, she recognizes a client’s concerns about their idea from inception to protection. Ms. Kingston also has conducted research on various constitutional issues affecting intellectual property, such as free speech.. Ms. Kingston received her Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Later, she received her Juris Doctorate from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California where she was a member of Law Review and obtained several awards. After living in Southern California for eight years, Ms. Kingston relocated to Seattle, Washington to pursue a career in intellectual property law. Ms. Kingston is admitted to the State Bar of Washington. Her professional affiliations include the American Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association, and King County Bar Association.

Ms. Hurt was admitted to practice in the State of Washington in 2013. She earned her Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2013 and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Political Science from the University of Washington in 2010.. As an associate with Brothers & Henderson, P.S., Ms. Hurt’s practice focuses on the areas of developmental disability law including: capacity; estate and trust planning; trust administration; establishment of and reporting on guardianship; benefits management and advocacy; independent living; and special education.. Ms. Hurt grew up in the disability community. From a young age when her brother was diagnosed with Autism she honed her advocacy skills on behalf of her brother and their friends from the playground to the classroom to school board meetings and now with the Social Security Administration and the Courthouse. She attended the Experimental Education Unit (EEU) with her brother as students in the preschool classroom and later returned in 2006 to be a teacher’s assistant. She understands first-hand the struggles and needs of families impacted by disabilities. She pursued a profession in law to meet some of the more complex and lesser understood needs of these families.. Ms. Hurt has had the good fortune to work with and learn from the two foremost authorities on disability law in Washington State. During law school, Ms. Hurt began her practice of disability law as an intern with attorney and disability advocate Larry Jones. She worked with Larry Jones until his retirement in 2013. She then began working with Brothers & Henderson, P.S. and continues to hone her advocacy skills through presentations and client representation.. In her spare time, Ms. Hurt hikes, camps, and runs ½ marathons with her friends and large extended family. She also coaches skiing with the Ski Hawks Special Olympics ski racing team and in the off-season, is an active member of the board of directors. She volunteers with her dad as an assistant coach for Special Olympic bowling, basketball, and track and field. Ms. Hurt also serves on the Board for the Arc of Washington.

Ms. Holburn is a director with Betts, Patterson & Mines, her practice focuses on commercial and complex litigation. In addition to commercial litigation disputes, she has successfully handled a wide range of litigation for both insured and self-insured clients, including premises liability, breach of warranty, contractor liability, and product claims against manufacturers and retail sellers.

Ms. Henderson brings more than ten years of trial and appellate experience to the firm’s Complex Litigation Group. Ms. Henderson’s areas of practice include: insurance coverage, products liability, bad faith litigation and transportation law. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation and defense of international and national transportation and logistics companies, local business owners, national product manufacturers and sellers, and insurance carriers.

Ms. Heard is an attorney who practices exclusively family law in Seattle, Washington, where she has served clients for over 20 years. Her family law practice includes cases involving high-conflict parenting/custody, international custody disputes, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, relocation, complex financial issues, restraining orders, and child support. Stacy is trained in cross-border mediation, arbitration, mediation, collaborative law, and as a Guardian ad Litem. She is a member of the American Bar Association Family Law Section and serves on council and as Chair of the International Law Committee. She is also a member of the Association of Family and Conciliatory Courts (“AFCC”) U.S. and Australian chapters. She is a past president of the Washington State AFCC chapter. Stacy is the is the author of Washington Family Law (LexisNexis Practice Guide 2019). She is currently co-authoring a book for the ABA Family Law Section on Attorneys working with Parenting Evaluators. Stacy is a frequent speaker on parenting plans in the state of Washington, nationally, and internationally.

Ms. Goetz' practice focuses on employment law (including the drafting, negotiating and enforcement of confidentiality and non-competition agreements) as well as real estate and construction law. Additionally, Ms. Goetz counsels women and minority owned businesses seeking certification under the state's Minority/Women Business Enterprise Program and the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program, as well as certifications from national organizations such as the Women's Business Enterprise National Council. Ms. Goetz has been a speaker at various continuing legal education seminars regarding commercial landlord tenant issues, as well as to various trade organizations, such as the local chapters of the American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers (ASHRAE) on her "Top Ten Tips to Avoid Lawyers." A competitive swimmer in college, Theresa maintains the desire to win and uses this to obtain the best results for her clients.. A former record holder in the 200 backstroke at Washington State University, Ms. Goetz is still an avid (albeit slower) swimmer, and enjoys gardening, gourmet cooking and downhill skiing in her spare time.

Ms. Dunlap is a 1981 graduate of the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Work. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), graduating in December 1984. Ms. Dunlap is a past officer of the King County Young Lawyers Association and a committee member and co-chair of its Trial Practice Group. Ms. Dunlap's practice is in personal injury losses with a focus on motor vehicle collisions involving minor to catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death.  She also handles other injury losses, insurance coverage and bad faith, and private defense. Ms. Dunlap is AV rated in the Martindale-Hubbell Attorneys Directory and has litigated in both state and federal courts throughout western  and eastern Washington and has appeared before appellate courts, including Division I and II of the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Washington.

Ms. Divine provides advice and litigates cases for individuals, businesses, non-profits and school districts in a wide range of employment matters, including employment contracts and policy manuals; severance packages and non-competition agreements; state and federal discrimination laws; disability accommodation; FMLA and other leave issues; drug-testing and employee privacy issues; harassment and misconduct investigations; wage and hour claims; and wrongful termination actions.

Ms. Dewar is an experienced lawyer focusing on labor & employment and business litigation. She has litigated complex cases in the state, federal and appellate courts for individuals to Fortune 500 companies, involving employment claims and disputes, unfair business practices, fraud, corporate disputes, and director and officer liability.. She represents employers and employees in complex employment law matters and is PHR certified, Professional in Human Resources.  She is skilled in wage and hour disputes, wrongful termination, retaliation, discrimination based on age, race, sex, disability, pregnancy, harassment, hostile work environment, Family Medical Leave Act, employment and severance agreements.. She was named a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine for three consecutive years. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the B. Dubrienski International Masters of Law Scholarship, the Neil J. MacDonald Award in Criminal Law, the highest grade point average in Pretrial Process (Civil Procedure), the Law Book Company Prize in Family Law, and the Solomon Greenberg Advocacy Honor List.. Ms. Dewar has written extensively on business and employment law issues. She was also a contributing author for Advising and Defending Corporate Directors and Officers, California Treatise Continuing Education of the Bar.  She was the featured presenter for the Intellectual Property, Entertainment and Internet Law Section of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association on the topic of "Idea Protection Under Implied Contract Theory." She has lectured on business and advertising law to other attorneys and was the guest speaker for Branding Basics Trademark Seminar Los Angeles MCLE Marathon.

Ms. Beckmann is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association and Snohomich County Bar Association, including the Family Law Sections of each of these associations, and she is a WSBA certified Guardian ad Litem. She is a third-generation female attorney in her family and is of counsel at Michael Bugni & Associates.. Ms. Beckmann serves as a Volunteer Attorney at the King County Domestic Violence Clinic and for the King County Bar Association Pro Bono Advice. She is also an officer with local non-profit organizations that support local and national charitable organizations.

Ms. Bamberger is a director with over 18 years' litigation experience, primarily in the areas of product liability, complex litigation, and insurance coverage. Her litigation experience spans the breadth of defending medical drug and device manufacturers in class actions and in multidistrict litigation to defending motor vehicle drivers to providing coverage analyses to insurers.

Mr. Osborn’s practice focuses on plaintiffs’ personal injury, auto accidents, products liability, medical malpractice, and professional negligence, with recent settlements over $13.5 million. In 2010, King County paid Mr. Osborn a record 10,000,000 for an excessive force case. In 2009, the Washington Supreme Court upheld the $1.35 million jury verdict Mr. Osborn and his firm obtained in Armantrout v. Cascade Orthopaedics, affecting wrongful death claims in Washington. Mr. Osborn’s representation of children injured by magnet-containing toys brought toy safety to national attention and led to the recall of magnetic toys and the scrutiny and recall of toys with lead paint and other dangers. Mr. Osborn recently represented pro bono Stella Stansfield, a young girl whose life-saving medication was denied by DSHS. As well as being a member, Mr. Osborn also serves on the executive committe of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Osborn is a member of WSAJ, KCBA, and AAJ. He serves on the boards of several area youth programs and coached his Kirkland JV football team to a 10-1 record in the 2009 season.

Mr. Woods focuses his practice in the areas of civil litigation, including personal injury, product liability, construction defect, employment law, commercial litigation, subrogation and appeals. Mr. Woods also serves as an arbitrator for King County, Snohomish County and Pierce County Superior Courts.Mr. Woods is licensed to practice in the state of Washington and Oregon. He is also licensed to practice in Federal Court, including the Eastern District of Washington, the Western District of Washington and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Woods has successfully tried cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, product liability, property rights and discrimination. He also is an experienced appellate lawyer, having successfully argued cases in both state and federal court. From 2003 – 2008, by a vote of his peers, Mr. Woods was named a "Rising Star" in the Washington Law & Politics magazine.Mr. Woods has frequently spoken to various insurers, businesses, trade groups and professional associations on a variety of topics including, construction defect litigation, employment law, premises liability, product defect, damages and resolution of liens. Mr. Woods was a featured speaker at the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers first annual Construction Defect Academy where he spoke about trial tactics concerning expert depositions, cross-examination and related motion practice..Mr. Woods received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History/American literature from Miami University, Ohio in 1995. In 1998, he received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Denver where he also was a member of the Law Review. Mr. Woods is a member of the International Association of Defense Counsel; Oregon and Washington State Bars; the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; the King County Bar Association (where he is a member of the ADR Committee); the American Bar Association; Multnomah Bar Association; and the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (where he is a member of the Judicial Liaison Committee). Mr. Woods’ personal interests include backpacking, sailing and sea kayaking. He has pursued these interests in Mexico, Africa, Canada, Europe, South America and throughout the United States. His travels have been featured in the New York Times and Washington Law & Politics magazine. Mr. Woods has also volunteered his time with such organizations as the YMCA and Habitat for Humanity.

Mr. Wolfe has been in private practice since June 1978. During those 27 years, he has represented clients in cases involving allegations of commercial fraud, violations of environmental laws, securities and tax law, food, drug and health care and antitrust law.