Fees, Ethics, and When Insurers Try to Wedge

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Summary

This is the ethics portion of WSAJ's 2018 Insurance Law CLE on 5/11/18.

Presenters

Shannon Kilpatrick
Shannon M. Kilpatrick practices at DawsonBrownPS in Seattle. She focuses her practice on substantial personal injury claims, wrongful death, insurance coverage disputes, and claims involving insurer misconduct. She also consults on and handles appeals. She provides pro bono legal services to immigrants through the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Before joining DawsonBrownPS in 2014, she practiced with her father, Dick Kilpatrick, for five years. Prior to that, Shannon clerked for the...MoreShannon M. Kilpatrick practices at DawsonBrownPS in Seattle. She focuses her practice on substantial personal injury claims, wrongful death, insurance coverage disputes, and claims involving insurer misconduct. She also consults on and handles appeals. She provides pro bono legal services to immigrants through the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Before joining DawsonBrownPS in 2014, she practiced with her father, Dick Kilpatrick, for five years. Prior to that, Shannon clerked for the Honorable Debra L. Stephens at the Washington Supreme Court.

Shannon is a native of the Seattle area. She graduated from Newport High School in Bellevue and earned her BA in History from Whitman College. She graduated cum laude from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she externed for the Honorable John L. Coffey at the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Shannon is admitted to practice in all state courts in Washington. She is also admitted before the US District Court for the Western District of Washington and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She has served on the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Court Rules & Procedures Committee since 2011. In 2015 and 2016, the WSBA Board of Governors appointed her to serve as Chair of that Committee. From 2011-2012, she served on the WSBA Admission to Practice Rules Task Force. Shannon is also involved in the plaintiffs’ trial bar, the Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ). She serves on its Board of Governors and the Judicial Relations Committee.

Shannon has authored articles and been an invited speaker at numerous seminars on the topics of insurance law, tort law, ethics rules, civil procedure, and appellate issues. From 2012-2016, Washington Super Lawyers selected her as a Rising Star. She has a perfect 10.0 “Superb” rating on Avvo.com. In July 2014, Gonzaga Law Review published an article she wrote, entitled “Sounding the Alarm: Is Diversity Jurisdiction Interfering with Washington State's Development of Its Own Body of Law Related to the Insurance Fair Conduct Act?”

Like any good Northwest native, Shannon loves the outdoors and traveling, and enjoys rooting for Seattle sports teams – some years more than others. She and her husband, Dan, are Mariners’ season ticket holders and long-suffering fans. They live in Duvall with their cat, Hannah. Collapse

Originally Published

May 11, 2018

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Fees, Ethics, and When Insurers Try to Wedge - Video

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