
Lynne Wilson
Lynne Wilson Attorney at LawLynne Wilson is a civil litigator who has practiced in Seattle for over 25 years. She focuses on civil rights, personal injury and appellate law in state and federal courts. She also performs litigation services for solo practitioners and law firms in a wide variety of other practice areas such as family, criminal, real estate, commercial, workers compensation, unlawful detainer, and employment. She graduated cum laude from Seattle University Law School in 1987 after previously working as a journalist for The Seattle Weekly. Since 1994, she has published numerous articles about police accountability and misconduct litigation in the Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report, a bi-monthly Thomson Reuters publication. Long involved in community affairs, Ms. Wilson served on the ACLU-WA Legal Committee for ten years and most recently served on the Seattle City Council’s Police Accountability Panel. She serves as appointed counsel in federal prisoner civil rights cases and helps individuals clear criminal convictions to enable them to obtain housing and employment. Since 2004, she has performed as a neutral arbitrator for King County and Snohomish County Superior Courts.
- Civil Rights
- Police Misconduct
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents, Premises Liability
- Free Consultation
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
$300 per hour
- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- French: Written
- Solo Practice
- Lynne Wilson Attorney at Law
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- Represent individual clients in personal injury and civil rights cases as well as appeals. Contract work includes employment, real estate, construction defects, workers compensation, family law, criminal, commercial, and insurance defense. Long-term litigation work for Michael B. Tierney & Associates included a successful Ninth Circuit appeal in a First Amendment case.
- Litigation Associate
- Reaugh, Fischnaller, Oettinger, Merker & Luppert
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- Full responsibility for all aspects of plaintiff tort, employment and real estate litigation, including intake, discovery, depositions, motions, arbitrations, settlement and appeals
- Solo Practice/Contract Lawyer
- Lynne Wilson Legal Services
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- Represented individual clients in personal injury, employment and civil rights cases. Long-term contract litigation work included: (1) Sinsheimer & Meltzer: Successfully represented plaintiff in civil rights lawsuit arising out of Wenatchee child sexual abuse prosecutions; and (2) Northcraft & Tierney: Complex civil rights litigation on behalf of individuals, municipalities and school districts.
- Litigation Associate
- Sinsheimer & Meltzer
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- Plaintiffs' litigation with emphasis on police misconduct, personal injury, premises liability, civil rights, employment, product liability and intentional torts. All aspects of litigation including depositions, discovery, motions, mediations, arbitrations, trials and appeals.
- Seattle University School of Law
- J.D. | Law
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- Honors: Cum Laude
- Activities: Law Review Lead Articles Editor
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- University of Washington - Seattle
- B.A. | Comparative Literature
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- Volunteer of the Month
- King County Bar Association
- Lawyer of the Year
- Mothers for Police Accountability
- World Peace Through Law Section of Washington State Bar Assciation
- Secretary-Treasurer
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- Federal Bar Association Western Dist. of Washington
- Pro Bono Litigation Committee
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- National Lawyers Guild - Seattle Chapter
- Executive Board
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- Mothers for Police Accountability
- Executive Board
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- Center for Constitutional Rights
- Pro Bono "Wall of Lawyers"
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- Activities: Cuba Travel Defense
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- Police Body Camera Policies, Privacy and Community Trust
- Thomson Reuters
- Human Rights Treaties in Civil Rights Cases, Using International Law in Domestic Practice, Seattle, WA
- Washington State Bar Association
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