ANDREW W. MARON
SHORT CRESSMAN & BURGESS
PLLC
999 Third Avenue
Suite 3000
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-515-2247
Fax: 206-340-8856
amaron@scblaw.com
www.scblaw.com
GOVERNMENT/CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
BUSINESS LITIGATION
CONSTRUC TION LI TIGATION
Andy Maron’s practice focuses on construction, commercial, and
real estate litigation, and local government law. He has experience
in all types of civil litigation: state and federal, local and regional,
trial and appeal. In the construction industry, he represents
owners, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in public and
private projects. Mr. Maron also has a long-standing practice
representing special-purpose districts and is frequently retained
by local governments as special counsel for litigation matters. He
also regularly serves as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Maron has
a B.S. from the U.S. Military Academy, a J.D. from the University
of South Carolina, and an LL.M. from the University of Virginia.
He served as an infantry and JAG officer in the U.S. Army. He has
substantial experience in local governments, having served as a
city council member and mayor pro tem.
ROBERT FLENNAUGH II
LAW OFFICE OF
ROBERT FLENNAUGH II, PLLC
810 3rd Avenue, Suite 500
Central Building
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 866-373-0523
Fax: 206-447-7534
robert@flennaughlaw.com
www.flennaughlaw.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Robert Flennaugh II represents clients accused of crimes in
Washington state and federal courts. He has successfully
represented clients in a wide variety of criminal matters ranging
from serious felonies (homicides) to misdemeanors. His private
practice encompasses all misdemeanor and felony charges,
emphasizing cases involving juveniles, domestic violence,
misdemeanor, and serious felony charges. Voted to both the
Washington Rising Stars and Washington Super Lawyers lists
multiple times, Robert has also been named to teach both civil
and criminal attorneys trial skills as a National Institute for Trial
Advocacy (NITA) instructor. In 2011, the National Trial Lawyers, an
exclusive organization, honored Robert as one of the top 100 trial
attorneys in the state.
RALPH HURVITZ
ATTORNEY AT LAW
PO Box 25642
Seattle, WA 98165
Tel: 206-223-1747
ralph@hurvitz.com
www.lawyers.com/hurvitz
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Ralph Hurvitz focuses his
practice on criminal defense in federal, state, and municipal
courts. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers and the Washington Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers. He has been included on panels of defense
counsel for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former
Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Mr. Hurvitz’ experience in the defense
of criminal cases is diverse. Since 1988, he has instructed both
attorneys and law students in trial practice. Mr. Hurvitz serves as
president of the board of directors of the Society of Counsel for the
Representation of Accused Persons. Admitted to practice in 1974,
he is a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971)
and Northwestern University School of Law (1974).
MARK F. O’DONNELL
PREG O’DONNELL & GILLET T,
PLLC
1800 Ninth Avenue
Suite 1500
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-287-1775
Fax: 206-287-9113
modonnell@pregodonnell.com
www.pregodonnell.com
Mark F. O’Donnell is a founding member of Preg O’Donnell &
Gillett with offices in Seattle, Portland, and Anchorage. Under
the leadership of Mark and co-founder, Eric Gillett (also named
to the Super Lawyers list), the firm has grown to 25 lawyers. Mark
has extensive knowledge in construction litigation and school
law. Over the past 28 years he has acquired vast experience in
defending cases with as many as 20 parties and damages in
excess of $30 million. Mark is AV-rated and regularly speaks
on school and construction defect law. He has co-authored law
review articles and construction and school law materials.
WAYNE C. FRICKE
HESTER LAW GROUP, INC., P. S.
1008 South Yakima Avenue
Suite 302
Tacoma, WA 98405
Tel: 253-272-2157
Fax: 253-572-1441
wayne@hesterlawgroup.com
www.hesterlawgroup.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Wayne Fricke received his law degree from the University of
Puget Sound in 1986. Since that time he has been in private
practice with the Hester Law Group in Tacoma. Mr. Fricke’s
emphasis is criminal defense and plaintiffs’ personal injury. He
has represented clients throughout Washington and Alaska and
federal courts in California and Montana. His clients have included
judges, lawyers, doctors, and CEOs. Professional activities include
Past-President, Tacoma Pierce County Young Lawyers and Board
of Directors, Pierce County DAC. Mr. Fricke served as President
of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association in 2008-2009.
In 2009 he was nominated as a Fellow of the American Bar
Foundation, and in 2010 he was named in the Top 100 Trial
Lawyers by the American Trial Lawyers Association.
MICHAEL P. IARIA
LAW OFFICE OF
MICHAEL IARIA, PLLC
111 Third Avenue
Suite 2220
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-235-4101
Fax: 206-274-4939
mpi@iaria-law.com
www.iaria-law.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
For almost 30 years, Michael Iaria has defended clients accused
of serious crimes. His current practice emphasizes the defense
of white collar, death penalty, homicide, and other serious state
and federal matters. He regularly works on behalf of the Mexican
Foreign Ministry to provide assistance to Mexican nationals facing
the death penalty in this country. An accomplished advocate, he
has received the Washington Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers President’s Award for distinguished service in the highest
traditions of the criminal defense bar, and has been named in the
Super Lawyers list each year since 1999. He teaches trial advocacy
to other lawyers and has taught advanced criminal procedure at
the University of Washington Law School.
ROBYNNE THAXTON
PARKINSON
LAW OFFICES OF
ROBYNNE THAXTON
PARKINSON PLLC
PO Box 1340
Mercer Island, WA 98040
Tel: 206-909-5290
Fax: 888-698-6975
rparkinson@rtp-law.com
www.rtp-law.com
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
Robynne provides legal and consulting services to a full range of
clients performing construction, including owners, contractors,
design builders, engineers, and architects. In addition to
construction law, Robynne counsels employers in employment
law issues such as discrimination, wrongful discharge, and
contracts. Robynne serves on the National Board of Directors for
the Design Build Institute of America and is the Past President of
the Northwest Region of DBIA. She is also on DBIA’s Contracts
Task Force, the DBIA Policy and Standards Committee, and the
DBIA National Convention Planning Committee. She is a frequent
speaker across the United States to such varied audiences as the
National Institutes of Health, the GSA, the Bureau of Reclamation,
the Washington General Administration Department, UW, CalPoly
University, George Mason University, and Seattle University.
MONTE E. HESTER
HESTER LAW GROUP, INC., P.S.
1008 South Yakima Avenue
Suite 302
Tacoma, WA 98405
Tel: 253-272-2157
Fax: 253-572-1441
monte@hesterlawgroup.com
www.hesterlawgroup.com
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Monte Hester and his firm are involved in the trial of civil and
criminal cases in state and federal courts. Criminal practice
includes white collar crime. The Hester Law Group has achieved
many acquittals, multimillion-dollar verdicts, and settlements.
Mr. Hester’s activities include Lawyer Representative for the Ninth
Circuit, WSTLA, ABA, Federal Bar Association, NACDL, WACDL,
Inns of Court Emeritus Master, Board of Governors of the WSBA
(1990-1993), and Past-President of the Tacoma-Pierce County
Bar Association. Selected to The Best Lawyers in America, elected
Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers, and named on
ATLA’s Top 100 Lawyers 2007, Mr. Hester was presented with the
2000 Gideon’s Trumpet Award by Pierce County DAC. The firm’s
quarterly newsletter can be accessed at the firm’s website.
JEFFREY L. KRADEL
KRADEL DEFENSE PLLC
One Union Square, Suite 1928
600 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-397-3102
Fax: 206-992-5547
jeff@kradeldefense.com
www.kradeldefense.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/D WI
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Mr. Kradel is a 1995 graduate of Northeastern University School
of Law, in Boston. His legal career, from law school through
the present, has focused exclusively on criminal law. After ten
years as an associate and partner at Cohen & Iaria, he opened
his own practice, Kradel Defense PLLC, in 2010. Prior to joining
Cohen & Iaria he was a staff attorney at the Snohomish County
Public Defender Association. Mr. Kradel handles felony and
misdemeanor cases, in both state and federal court. His practice
emphasizes serious drug felonies and driving offenses. He is
admitted to practice in Washington, Alaska, and the United
States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
During law school he worked in the Public Corruption Unit of the
U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston and as a clerk for Judge Morris
Sheppard Arnold of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
