Kellan Byrne Email & Phone Number

Seattle, Wa, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington

Handle multi-faceted, high-volume litigation practice with emphasis on professional liability (legal, medical, dental, architectural, real estate), premises liability, product defect, construction defect, environmental law, corporate law and contract law cases.Manage matters at all phases of litigation, including initial pleadings, client counseling, complex discovery, motions practice, alternative dispute resolutions, disciplinary hearings, arbitrations, civil trials, and appeals.Build rapport and maintain relationships with clients and claim representatives with varied working styles, leading to continued business opportunities. Versatile communicator, comfortable interacting professionally with a wide range of people and practices.Obtain favorable outcomes at all levels of case progression, including: briefing, arguing, and winning summary judgment dismissals; securing dismissals of layered bar grievances; garnering desired results at mandatory and private arbitrations and trials; and negotiating excellent results at multi-party mediations and settlement discussions.Lead many aspects of firm business, including hiring, training, mentoring, and coordinating social events for associate attorneys and staff.

Seattle

Extensively researched and briefed unique issues in state, federal, and appellate courts, demonstrating advanced legal reasoning and analysis, and consistently earning positive feedback from firm leadership, clients, and claim representatives. Routinely prepared for and led depositions of opposing parties, fact witnesses, and expert witnesses; regularly defended depositions of clients and defense expert witnesses.Drafted, opposed, and argued strategic procedural motions, discovery motions, dispositive motions, pre-trial submissions, motions in limine, trial motions, and post-trial motions for complex matters.Conducted real-time direct and cross-examinations of clients, opposing parties, lay witnesses, and expert witnesses.Served as lead defense counsel for two-week disciplinary hearing involving 13 counts of misconduct and 14 witnesses.

Greater Seattle Area

Reviewed and processed Family Medical Leave requests consistent with local, state, and federal law, as well as Seattle City Light's company policy. Worked with the Americans with Disabilities Act to process requests and bring employees back to work. Conducted investigations on workplace incidents and employee misconduct issues while maintaining strict confidentiality.

Seattle

Maintained and updated case files for more than 15 defense attorneys. Worked on several different types of cases, including construction defect, medical malpractice, and homeowner liability. Indexed pleadings and discovery, and maintained correspondence. Assisted paralegals with special projects such as compiling medical records and sorting witness files. Operated a multi-line phone system and provided backup front desk support.

Sports section editor in Spring 2011.Named Fall 2009 Sportswriter of the Semester.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Seattle Journal for Social Justice - Article Editor

B.A., English, Spanish, Magna Cum Laude