About Shannon
Today, I felt inspired to write a haiku about my colleague Shannon Kilpatrick, whose partnership and expertise helped us secure over $80,000 in attorneys' fee sanctions for discovery violations against Amazon.
Yin and Yang
Bulldog’s fierce pursuit,
Wisdom’s calm shapes every move—
Balance wins the case.
Navigating the Challenges of TBI Recovery
Almost nothing can change a person's life like a traumatic brain injury. These significant injuries can cause physical disability, behavioral and cognitive changes, learning problems, and developmental delays. Often, TBI recovery can be a long, expensive, and complicated process as patients re-learn the basics and come to understand how to cope...
The Importance of Talking to an Attorney After a Catastrophic Injury in Seattle
When you're facing a catastrophic injury in Seattle, getting legal support early helps protect your rights, preserve evidence, and set the foundation for a strong recovery strategy. These injuries often involve long-term medical care, significant financial losses, and difficult questions about what your future will look like. Speaking with an attorney shortly...
What Kind of Pole Do You Like Dancing On?” — And Other Questions That Have Nothing to Do With Justice
As civil plaintiff attorneys, we’re taught a basic rule:
Don’t ask your own client questions during their deposition.
It’s not the time. Save it for trial, when it matters.
Let the defense ask.
Let them posture.
Let them try to score points.
But lately, I’ve stopped playing by that rule...
Law Rocks
The practice of law can be time-consuming, tedious, nerve-wracking and worse. The practice of law can also rock, especially when the wheels of justice turn as they should.
Law Rocks Global is a charitable organization that...
Let Amazon be Amazon, Let the Others Be Themselves
Let the run bring you to your knees
Let the Sun dry your eyes
Let the dew mix your cries
Let the drop sink it all
Let the wind carry your call
Let them whisper in the shade
Let them brew their lemonade
Let the Blatherskites be Twattle-baskets
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Who’s Liable for Your TBI? Understanding Fault and Negligence
A sudden jolt or impact to the head can cause a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can change your life forever. Symptoms might start out subtle, or they may worsen over time, making recovery unpredictable. When someone’s irresponsible actions cause a TBI, it makes an already tragic situation much more difficult.
Dreams and Fears
Even when fears try to hold us back.
Each journey is unique,
And through sharing our stories,
We find strength together.
I had an amazing chance to speak to a few hundred students at DECA recently. If you’re not familiar, DECA is a program for high school...
So You’re Gonna Be a Juror
Many of us have experienced it: being summoned for jury duty. The first feeling is usually anxiety, but then I see the dates. It turns out our firm has a trial set for that same court during that time. I think I’ll be excused since I work with the attorneys on the...
How We Become Bigger Than Ourselves
Our clients teach us many lessons.
And through them, we are humbled.
Humbled by their strength. Their resilience. Their power.
Their ability to make more from tragedy than tragedy.
My client Brian B. continues to teach me that you can become bigger than yourself or your tragedy.
He just...