Brown, Richard A.

Daniel Brown is an equity member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner and Chair of the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution and is a member of the firm's Product Liability and Mass Torts, and Tribal Law Practice Groups. Mr. Brown has extensive experience as a trial lawyer and all phases of state and federal civil litigation, including discovery, motion practice, trials/arbitration's, and appeals. He has independently handled, or significantly assisted in, more than 25 trials and arbitration's on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants; and litigated and settled hundreds of cases, including claims for product liability, premises and construction liability, violation of trade secrets, noncompete agreements, employment cases, copyright infringement, all manner of real estate disputes, credit and banking issues, and condemnation actions. Mr. Brown has served as an arbitrator for the King County Superior Court for the last ten years. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in 2010 and Washington Super Lawyers for 2010 - 2012. He has and continues to be Martindale-Hubbell "AV" top-rated by his peers in the legal community.

Mr. Brown grew up and lived on the Yakama Indian Reservation in Eastern Washington. His family still lives there, where his father was (and his father was before him) a cattle rancher and farmer. They did business in a time where contracts were made with handshakes, not notarized signatures and contracts and your word was your bond, and you never, ever considered reneging on a deal. Though the world no longer seems to operate that way, it is how Mr. Brown chooses to conduct himself nonetheless. In his relationships with his clients, opposing counsel, and the bench, he holds himself-and them-to the highest standard of honor and integrity. It's just how he was taught by his dad.

It is in this spirit that Mr. Brown has served hundreds and hundreds of clients, whether their issues are multimillion-dollar disputes or merely one "just for the principle of it." It is in this spirit that he has tried and arbitrated many cases, and mediated and negotiated many more, that he has represented big business, corporations, the banks and financial institutions, highly compensated individuals, land owners, land buyers, land renters, individuals, not-for-profit entities, both as defendant and plaintiff. And it is in this spirit that he conducts his personal life, be it with his civic duties or traveling and camping with his family.

Mr. Brown's wife, a descendant of the Yakama Nation herself, and he raise their children to revere the worth of a promise made and kept. He often times finds himself echoing the words of his father to his young son and daughter often, especially when one is blaming the other for the broken dish, for the mess in the playroom, or for starting the fight: "You are only as good as your word." That is how Mr. Brown practices the law.

After 18 plus years of serving hundreds and hundreds of clients in their litigation and other business disputes, Mr. Brown's job has been and continues to be helping his clients solve a specific problem presented. Sometimes that means simply negotiating a fair resolution. Sometimes it means fighting tooth and nail for the client's best interests. He loves doing it all. He enjoys learning about his clients' businesses and understanding the clients' needs in both the dispute before him and the overall impact the dispute (or others like it) might have on the future of their business. Mr. Brown believes clients get great value when they hire him to help them. There are plenty of great lawyers in this city, but in choosing legal representation the lawyer needs to give the client everything he has in working the problems and getting the best resolution possible. That's what he does and he has built his legal reputation on these principles.