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Kenneth S. Kagan, a principal, joined the firm in the spring of 1999. Mr. Kagan has extensive trial and appellate practice experience, in both the public and private sectors, in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as before state administrative agencies. His substantive areas of experience are professional licensing and discipline, criminal law, legal ethics and professional responsibility, appellate advocacy, complex civil litigation (including medical malpractice and wrongful death) and administrative procedure. He has been responsible for a number of published appellate court decisions, including the decision of the Washington State Supreme Court, Seattle v. Mesiani, wherein the Court ruled that DUI roadblocks were unconstitutional. After graduating from law school in 1982, Mr. Kagan spent the next 12 years practicing exclusively criminal defense at the trial and appellate levels in both state and federal courts, and frequently served as a judge pro tempore in various trial courts. In 1994 and 1995, he served as Disciplinary Counsel to the Washington State Bar Association. Since 1994, Mr. Kagan has developed expertise in additional practice areas, including legal ethics, professional licensing and discipline (representing, among others, doctors, lawyers, psychologists, therapists and counselors), and complex civil litigation, including medical malpractice and wrongful death. Bar Admissions State of Washington; United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; District of Columbia; State of New York; United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; United States Supreme Court. Associations Washington State Bar Association; King County Bar Association; Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Education University of Kentucky, Political Science, B.A., 1978; University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law), J.D., 1982. | 