Timothy Emery

Susannah C. Carr is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law and Litigation - Insurance. Susannah C., who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Susannah C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Nicole MacKenzie is a Member in Williams Kastner’s Seattle office and serves on the firm’s board of directors. Her practice focuses on product liability and mass torts. Ms. MacKenzie manages several accounts, serves as local trial counsel for multiple clients and is a lead member of the National Coordinating Counsel team for several clients. She served as Vice Chair/Chair of the firm’s Products Liability and Mass Torts group from July 2015 through December 2020. Ms. MacKenzi...

Melissa M. Harwood is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice and Patent Law. Melissa M., who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Melissa M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ms. Ricke is a member of the firm's litigation group. She is lead counsel and responsible for her own book of business and litigation docket, including investigation of claims and defenses, discovery, depositions, motion practice, alternative dispute resolution, trial and appeal. Ricke has successfully litigated a wide variety of matters, including products liability, electrical contact and professional liability cases. She has successfully defended hundreds of cases involving claimed medical...

BACKGROUND Tim Boller's practice focuses on electrical patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1986) and received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1994). EXPERIENCE After receiving his J.D., Tim was a judicial clerk to U.S. District Court Judge J. Thomas Marten and was a research attorney for the Kansas Court of Appeals. He has extensive research and legislative assistant experience...

BACKGROUND Jessica is an experienced IP attorney with a broad technical background in both the physical and life sciences. She is experienced in all phases of patent portfolio management with particular expertise in the assessment of patent portfolio strengths and weaknesses, technology transactions, and patent disputes within the pharmaceutical industry. Jessica received an M.S. in Biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2006, and a B.S. in Physics from University of Utah in 20...

For nearly forty years, Randy Squires has tried lawsuits in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere. His experience base is broad: a five year apprenticeship with a pioneer construction litigation boutique (where, among other things, he built the firm’s construction labor practice); twenty years with Davis Wright Tremaine, a large regional, now national firm, the last ten as chair of the firm’s Litigation Group; and nearly ten years as a founding member, including two years as CEO, of...

Gwendolyn C. Payton is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Gwendolyn C., who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Gwendolyn C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Rebecca Roe is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Individuals and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Rebecca, who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2021. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Rebecca is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Stewart Landefeld, partner and Chair of the firm's Business practice, has 30 years of experience counseling companies and boards in the areas of corporate governance, securities compliance, mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, private equity investments and venture capital. Stewart has provided corporate governance and other general corporate counsel to dozens of leading companies, including Microsoft Corporation, Costco Wholesale Corporation, T-Mobile, PetSmart Inc., Orbitz (Audit Com...