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RANDALL P. BEIGHLE is a shareholder with Lane Powell PC, where he focuses on business and commercial litigation. He has handled matters ranging from franchising, dealership and sales contracts to energy and software disputes. Mr. Beighle is a frequent lecturer on complex civil litigation topics. His most recent speaking engagement was "Hot Topics and Trends in Damages" for the Washington State Bar Association. Mr. Beighle earned his A.B. degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his J.D. degree from the University of Los Angeles. He is on the Board of Directors for Issaquah Soccer Club; the Trustee for The Children's Museum in Seattle; on the Committee of Bar Examiners for the Washington State Bar Association; and a member of the Litigation, Business and Corporations sections of the Franchise Forum American Bar Association. HEATHER L. CARR is a shareholder with Stafford Frey Cooper. She represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex cases and streamlined litigation at state and federal trial and appellate court levels as well as in arbitrations and early mediation. She has obtained significant damage awards and settlements for plaintiffs, as we as de minimis settlements and defense verdicts for defendants. For more than a decade, Ms. Carr has efficiently and aggressively represented local and national companies in a wide variety of business, construction, employment, product liability, toxic tort, civil rights and other disputes. Her clients benefit from her innovative efforts to obtain resolution in the initial stages of conflict. They also rely on her aggressive and creative approaches to litigation when litigation is unavoidable. Ms. Carr takes pride in long-standing client relationships, her cost-effective problem-solving, and successful advocacy. She knows that to resolve complex situations, special skills and experience, creativity and the right balance of diplomacy, co-operation and aggression are required. She knows that economical and efficient solutions are a top priority for her clients. RAYMOND J. DEARIE is the principal lawyer in the Dearie Law Group, P.S., in Seattle. He earned his B.A. degree from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1990 (with Honors). During and following college, Mr. Dearie left New York City where he was born and raised, and found his way out West where he worked in some of our Nation's glorious national parks, including Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska, Mount Rainier National Park, Death Valley National Park and Yellowstone National Park where he worked for six years. Through his westerly journeys, he earned his J.D. degree from the University of Montana in 1997 (Law Review). Following law school, Mr. Dearie clerked for Chief Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr., in United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. After his clerkship, he moved to Seattle with his soon-to-be wife, Natalie. Following his clerkship, Mr. Dearie worked as a deputy prosecuting attorney for the Snohomish County Prosecuting Attorney's Office for five years. He was named Prosecutor of the Year in 2002-2003. After leaving the Prosecutor's Office, Mr. Dearie commenced private practice as an insurance defense attorney. Gradually, he transitioned his practice away from defending corporations and insurance companies to representing plaintiffs. In 2008, Mr. Dearie founded the Dearie Law Group, P.S., where he exclusively represents injured persons in a variety of different personal injury claims. He was selected as a Rising Star from 2006-2009 and a Super Lawyer from 2010-2011. He has tried numerous cases in both State and Federal Court, including one of the largest sexual abuse jury verdicts in the State of Washington (C.M.J. v. Kleinfelder). Mr. Dearie has also settled several recent cases in excess of $1,000,000 shortly before trial, including Brewster v. Doe, et al., (Dram Shop), Jacobson v. Doe, et al., (Premises Liability), and Newman v. King County (the largest multi-million dollar settlement against King County Metro in its history ($7,000,000 settlement in January 2010). Recently, he was hired as co-counsel in Harris v. King County Sheriff's Office, which resulted in a $10,000,000 settlement during the third week of trial in Pierce County Superior Court (January 2011). TYLER K. FIRKINS is a partner in the law firm Van Siclen, Stocks & Firkins where his practice emphasizes representation of individuals against corporations and governmental entities in the areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, civil rights, employment law, and criminal defense. As a Washington Education Association contract attorney, Mr. Firkins frequently represents public school teachers in criminal, discharge and licensing proceedings. He has handled many high profile cases. Most recently, he won a major Supreme Court case involving the Public Record Act in Bellevue John Does 1-11 v. Bellevue School Dist. #405, 164 Wash.2d 199, 189 P.3d 139 (2008). He also successfully prosecuted a case in which the largest award of sanctions in Washington state history was affirmed on appeal in Roberson v. Perez , 123 Wash.App. 320, 96 P.3d 420 (2004). Mr. Firkins also works as a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, and recently filed an Amicus Brief in the voting rights case of State v. Johnson, 148 Wash.App. 33, 197 P.3d 1221 (2008 ). He is admitted to the Washington bar and also is admitted to practice in the state of Oregon. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Washington and his J.D. degree from Seattle University Law School. Mr. Firkins is a member of WSAJ, and has served on the WSAJ Legislative Committee and currently serves on the WSAJ Judicial Relations Committee. DAVID J. LENCI is a partner in the Seattle office of K&L Gates LLP. He is an experienced litigator who has represented clients from both the public sector and the private sector in complex civil litigation and appeals for more than 30 years in state and federal court. Mr. Lenci's practice emphasizes business litigation, including intellectual property, unfair competition and other business torts and securities litigation. He was a federal prosecutor with the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice for more than five years and served three years as the chief civil litigator for the Snohomish County Prosecutor's Office. Mr. Lenci has served as a mediator, an arbitrator and pro tem judge. He also has volunteered as a fee dispute arbitrator with the Washington State Bar Association. Mr. Lenci earned his B.A. degree from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree, with high honors, from the University of Washington School of Law.
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