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Kenneth G. Kieffer

Partner
kkieffer@gth-law.com
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Phone: 253.620.6425
 Fax: 253.620.6565

Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100
Tacoma, Washington 98402

Primary Areas of Practice

Antitrust; Securities, Corporate and Tort Litigation; Municipal Law; Environmental Law

Education

J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1974

B.A., Georgetown University, 1971
cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

Washington State Courts
Illinois State Courts
District of Columbia Courts
U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
United States Court of Appeals – Ninth Circuit
United States Supreme Court

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

Washington State Bar Association
Member, Section on Trial Practice

Illinois State Bar Association

District of Columbia Bar Association

Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington
Treasurer (1984-85)

American Bar Association
Member, Section on Consumer Protection and Unfair Business Practices,br>Member, Environmental and Land Use Law Section
Member, Litigation Section

Professional History

  • Joined firm, 1980
  • Administrative Attorney, Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, 1976-80

Representative Cases/Transactions

  • Counsel for Public Utilities in WPPSS securities and related cost sharing litigation, 1982-95, one of the largest securities case ever filed.
  • Represented a fish-processor defendant in In re Bristol Bay Sockeye Antitrust Litigation. After a four month trial in Anchorage, Alaska, the jury returned a unanimous defense verdict.
  • Represented classes of property owners in Washington State in several multi-million dollar actions against landfills, a composting facility and a water treatment plant.
  • Represented a former Veterans’ Administration physician in a ten-year long series of actions against the VA and OWCP, resulting in a large award of back pay and benefits.
  • Currently represents a large class of investors who lost hundreds of millions of dollars in In re Metropolitan Mortgage, pending in Federal Court in Spokane, Washington.

Community Activities

  • Volunteer and past member of the Board of Directors, Make-A-Wish Foundation of Washington State
  • Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer
  • Volunteer, Washington State and National Special Olympics events

Honors, Publications & Presentations

  • Elected Partner of the Year in 2000 by firm associates
  • Editor, GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL, 1973-74
  • Author, Excluding the Exclusionary Rule: Congressional Assault on Mapp v. Ohio, GEORGETOWN LAW JOURNAL, 1973
  • AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell