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Firm: Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC

401 Union Street, Suite 1500 Seattle, WA 98101 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Health Care & Hospitalization, Labor , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

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.

Firm: Foster Pepper PLLC

1111 3rd Avenue Suite 3400 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture

Firm: Jager Law Office PLLC

600 Stewart Street   1100  9810 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil ,Construction ,Contracts,Products Liability

Firm: Cable, Langenbach, Kinerk and Bauer, LLP

Second Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Civil ,General Practice,Real Estate

Firm: Harris, Mericle and Wakayama, P.L.L.C.

901 5th Ave Ste 4100 , Seattle , Washington 98164

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Corporate , Municipal , Real Estate , Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate

I enjoy assisting my clients with legal matters big or small, in the areas of real estate, municipal and commercial law, and related litigation. Working from our offices in Seattle and Port Townsend, I seek to remain available and responsive to clients' needs and their schedules. Having practiced law for 35 years, I believe that I have the experience and the judgment to devise a prompt and economical solution to almost any legal problem.

Firm: Lane Powell PC

1420 Fifth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation, Civil , Employment & Labor , Municipal , Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor

Firm: Summit Law Group, PLLC

315 Fifth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Civil ,Computers and Software,Intellectual Property

Firm: Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson

999 Third Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Securities , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Seattle City Attorney's Office

Columbia Center , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Civil , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Riddell Williams P.S.

1001 Fourth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98154

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Technology and Science, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

1201 Third Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil

Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Corporate , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial

Firm: Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP

1301 Fifth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil

Firm: McNaul Ebel Nawrot and Helgren PLLC

600 University Street , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil ,Criminal Defense

2001 Western Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98121

Practice Areas: Appellate ,Civil ,Criminal Defense ,Domestic Violence,Drug Crimes,Felonies,Juvenile ,Sexual Abuse,White Collar Crime

Firm: McIntyre & Barns, PLLC

1215 Fourth Avenue Suite 920 , Seattle , Washington 98161

Practice Areas: Civil , Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

Firm: Lowe Graham Jones, Intellectual Property Attorneys

701 Fifth Avenue Suite 4800 , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Civil , Contracts, Copyrights, Intellectual Property , Patents, Trademarks, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Graham and Dunn PC

Alaskan Way , Seattle , Washington 98121

Practice Areas: Civil ,Environmental ,Land Use & Zoning,Real Estate

Firm: Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S.

701 Pike Street, Suite 1400 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Transportation, Transportation, Transportation, Transportation

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.

Firm: Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson

601 Union St , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Debtor/Creditor, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

My legal practice is focused exclusively in litigation, with a primary area of emphasis in corporate ownership disputes and business dissolutions ("business divorce.") My clients are the owners, officers, and/or directors of privately held companies who need creative and aggressive representation for disputes arising out of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of loyalty, minority oppression, conversion, accounting, wage claims, unjust enrichment, and the business "divorce" often attendant thereto.