VerifiedLawFirms editorial: Focus and practice areas — Founded in 1999, this Seattle firm built itself around litigation. Corr Cronin LLP calls itself a boutique litigation practice, and the case for that label is in the work…
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About Corr Cronin
Corr Cronin LLP is a boutique litigation law firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It represents individuals, regional organizations, Fortune 500 corporations and other law firms.
Its lawyers handle trials and appeals in state and federal courts. The site says matters may also be resolved through settlement, discovery and motion practice.
The firm lists practices in appeals, aviation, blockchain and cryptocurrency, corporate and securities matters, antitrust, government investigations, class actions and mass torts, consumer protection, employment, financial services, health care, insurance coverage, intellectual property, personal injury, product liability, professional liability, real estate, environmental matters and white collar investigations. It also describes work in trade secret disputes, securities litigation defense and construction litigation.
The attorneys page identifies lawyers with backgrounds as a judge, prosecutors, federal government lawyers and law clerks. The firm's listed office is at 1015 Second Avenue, Floor 10, Seattle, Washington.
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Focus and practice areas
Founded in 1999, this Seattle firm built itself around litigation. Corr Cronin LLP calls itself a boutique litigation practice, and the case for that label is in the work: its lawyers spend their days on disputes, in court and in the lead-up to court. A litigation boutique keeps its attention on courtroom matters and stays smaller than the full-service firms that also handle deals, tax and day-to-day corporate advice. Clients include individuals, regional organizations, Fortune 500 corporations and other law firms.
The firm handles trials and appeals in state and federal courts. Its site notes that matters can also resolve through settlement, discovery and motion practice, the routes most civil cases travel well before a verdict. As a reviewer, I read that as a candid account of how litigation usually plays out.
The practice list is wide. It covers appeals, antitrust, class actions and mass torts, consumer protection, employment, financial services, health care, insurance coverage, intellectual property, personal injury, product liability, professional liability, real estate and environmental matters. Corr Cronin also names white collar investigations, government investigations, aviation, corporate and securities work, trade secret disputes, securities litigation defense, construction litigation, and blockchain and cryptocurrency.
How the team is built
The attorneys page points to a roster with courtroom backgrounds. The firm says its lawyers include a former judge, former prosecutors, former federal government lawyers and former law clerks. That mix carries weight in litigation, where knowing how a bench reads a motion is its own skill.
Courtroom backgrounds
Timothy Bradshaw joined the firm in 2019 after ten years as a King County Superior Court Judge, and his work now centers on commercial litigation and insurance-related litigation. Jeffrey B. Coopersmith is a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor who spent eight years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Washington; his practice covers white collar criminal matters, False Claims Act investigations, internal investigations and complex commercial litigation.
Steven Fogg, a partner, earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1994 and once worked as a senior homicide prosecutor in Seattle. He handles complex trial work, including product liability, commercial litigation, and the defense of securities and class action cases. Kevin C. Baumgardner took his J.D. from Columbia University in 1984 and works on commercial litigation, class actions, complex litigation and product liability. C. James Frush, a Columbia Law School graduate, handles white collar criminal defense, general litigation, and legislative and governmental affairs.
The wider roster
Kristen Barnhart, a 2016 graduate of the University of Idaho College of Law, works on business litigation, personal injury, construction litigation, environmental litigation and insurance coverage. Kristin Bateman finished at Seattle University School of Law in 2018 and handles general litigation, personal injury defense and commercial matters. Jeff Bone, a 2005 Boston University graduate, represents clients on the defense side of civil, business and employment disputes, along with class action, mass tort and product liability work. Emily Brubaker-Harris handles complex civil litigation, class action defense, products liability, real estate litigation and employment litigation.
The attorneys list also names Laurel Brown, Trinity Chhay and Colin George among the firm's lawyers. Taken together, the profiles show a group weighted toward defense work in business, product and insurance disputes.
The disputes the firm handles
Class actions and mass torts sit near the center of the practice, named by the firm and by several of its lawyers. These cases run on a track of their own. A court first decides whether a group of plaintiffs is similar enough to proceed together, a step called class certification, and only then does the matter move toward notice, discovery and possible resolution. Both sides spend heavily on that certification fight, because it often shapes everything that follows.
Consumer protection work also appears on the list. In Washington, these claims often run through the state Consumer Protection Act, which lets private parties and the attorney general pursue unfair or deceptive business practices. A private plaintiff generally has to show an unfair or deceptive act, in trade or commerce, that touches the public interest and causes injury. Insurance coverage appears across several profiles, and coverage disputes turn on close reading of policy language and the insurer's duty to defend.
White collar and government investigations form a second cluster. Coopersmith's False Claims Act and internal investigation work fits here, as does Frush's white collar defense. Matters like these often begin quietly, with a subpoena or a regulator's letter, and much of the lawyering happens before any charge is filed. A good deal of it stays out of court entirely, in talks with a regulator or a United States Attorney's office that can close without a public filing. In my opinion, that early, low-visibility stage is where a former prosecutor's experience counts most.
Trials, appeals and how matters resolve
Trial work and appellate work call for different habits, and the firm keeps both in house. A trial lawyer builds a record in front of a jury, while an appeals lawyer argues over that record to a panel of judges. An appeal turns on that written record, on briefs, and on a short oral argument, where no new evidence comes in and the question is whether the trial court applied the law correctly. Holding both skills under one roof means a client can keep the same firm as a case moves up to a higher court.
Corr Cronin also represents other law firms, which is a telling detail. Lawyers tend to hire lawyers they would want across the table, so that kind of referral work says something about how peers see the firm's litigators. The client list spans individuals, regional organizations and Fortune 500 companies, which suggests the firm sizes its effort to the matter in front of it.
What the listing confirms
Corr Cronin publishes its office details, an email address and a phone number on its contact page, and it names Facebook and LinkedIn as its social channels. The site keeps attorney titles and admission years off a single uniform table, so a reader builds the picture from individual profiles. The founding year, 1999, and the Seattle base appear plainly.
The named lawyers hold degrees from Columbia, the University of Virginia, Boston University, Seattle University, Loyola and the University of Idaho, and several came to the firm after years as judges or prosecutors. Corr Cronin has worked from its Seattle office since 1999, and it handles trials and appeals for clients that include Fortune 500 companies and other law firms.
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BMBlake Marks-Dias
Blake Marks-Dias is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He earned a juris doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1998. His practice focuses on business and commercial litigation, and he handles matters involving civil litigation defense, employment litigation defense, environmental litigation, and product liability litigation.
BABrittany A. Madderra
CMCaroline Marks
Colin George
DYDalvin Yarbrough
Dalvin Kingsely Williams-Yarbrough is a lawyer at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. His practice focuses on antitrust and trade law and criminal defense.
EBEmily Brubaker Harris
Emily Brubaker-Harris practices at Corr Cronin in Seattle, where her work focuses on complex civil litigation, class action defense, products liability, real estate litigation, and employment litigation. She earned her JD from Loyola Law School at Loyola Marymount University, and she holds an MA from the University of Southern California and a BA from the University of California. Before joining Corr Cronin in 2004, she was a litigation associate at O'Melveny & Myers LLP in Los Angeles, and she clerked for the Honorable Thomas G. Nelson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
ELEric Lindberg
Eric Lindberg is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law and graduated in 2010. His practice focuses on intellectual property and patent litigation, as well as civil litigation on both the defense and plaintiff sides.
JLJack Lovejoy
Jack Lovejoy is an attorney at Corr Cronin in Seattle, Washington, where he serves as Of Counsel. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 2001 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2005. Before joining Corr Cronin, he worked as a partner and then an associate at Cable, Langenbach, Kinerk & Bauer, LLP. His practice focuses on business litigation, employment litigation, securities litigation, and arbitration, including matters involving trade secrets and noncompetition agreements.
JBJeff Bone
Jeff Bone is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He received his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 2005. His practice covers civil, business, and commercial litigation, along with employment litigation, insurance litigation, class action and mass tort matters, and product liability defense. He represents clients primarily on the defense side of these disputes.
JBJeffrey B. Coopersmith
Jeffrey B. Coopersmith is a trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. His practice focuses on white collar criminal matters, False Claims Act investigations and litigation, internal investigations, and complex commercial litigation. During an eight-year tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Washington, he served as Deputy Supervisor of Complex Crimes and Coordinator for Corporate and Securities Fraud. He earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1990.
JFJim Frush
C. James Frush earned a B.A. from the University of Denver in 1972 and a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1975. He practices with Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. His work includes white collar criminal defense, general litigation, and legislative and governmental affairs matters.
JKJoseph Kingerski
KJKathryn Joy
KSKelly Sheridan
Kelly Sheridan is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington, which he joined in 2012. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, products liability matters, personal injury defense, and insurance coverage and indemnity disputes, representing both policyholders and insurance carriers. Before joining the firm, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward F. Shea in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and the University of Washington School of Law, where he served as an Executive Editor on the Washington Law Review.
KBKevin Baumgardner
Kevin C. Baumgardner is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He earned his J.D. from Columbia University in 1984. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, including class actions, complex litigation, product liability, and matters involving international and sports issues.
KBKristen Barnhart
Kristen Barnhart is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. She earned her J.D. from the University of Idaho College of Law, graduating in 2016. Her practice covers business litigation, personal injury, construction litigation, environmental litigation, and insurance coverage. She has also been recognized for her work in commercial litigation.
KBKristin Bateman
Kristin Bateman is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. She attended Seattle University School of Law and graduated in 2018. Her practice covers general litigation, personal injury defense, and commercial litigation matters.
LBLaurel Brown
LMLucio Maldonado
Lucio Maldonado is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He earned his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law in 2018. His practice covers business litigation, appellate practice, commercial litigation, insurance law, intellectual property litigation, and mass tort litigation and class actions on the defense side. He speaks English and Spanish.
MRMaia Robbins
Maia R. Robbins is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. She earned her J.D. from the University of Washington in 2018. Her practice focuses on commercial litigation and corporate law.
MRMark Rutherford
MMMichael Moore
Michael A. Moore is a litigation attorney and partner at Corr Cronin in Seattle, Washington. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Iowa and a Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. Before joining Corr Cronin in 1998, he worked as an attorney at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. His practice focuses on litigation, insurance coverage disputes, and class action matters, and he has handled complex insurance coverage cases and dealer disputes for corporate clients.
RHRenee Howard
Renee Howard is a partner in the litigation practice at Corr Cronin in Seattle, Washington. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and a Juris Doctor from Notre Dame Law School. Her practice focuses on representing health care providers and suppliers, including hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers, physicians, and medical suppliers, in litigation and government investigations involving the federal False Claims Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and physician self-referral (Stark) laws. She also advises clients on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, internal investigations, and health care regulatory compliance matters.
SFSteven Fogg
Steven Fogg is a partner at Corr Cronin in Seattle, Washington. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1994. His practice focuses on complex trial work, including product liability lawsuits, commercial litigation, and the defense of securities and class action lawsuits. He previously served as a senior homicide prosecutor in Seattle and began his career as a staff attorney for the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement in Washington, D.C.
TBTimothy Bradshaw
Timothy Bradshaw is an attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle, Washington. He joined the firm in 2019 after serving ten years as a King County Superior Court Judge. His practice focuses on commercial litigation and insurance-related litigation.
TWTodd Williams
Todd Williams is a litigation attorney at Corr Cronin LLP in Seattle. He received his legal training at the University of Washington School of Law and graduated from law school in 2010. His practice covers matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts, as well as arbitration and mediation, and includes securities litigation, trademark infringement, regulatory compliance, employment litigation, product liability, fraud, and business contract disputes, along with representing individuals and companies in government investigations and enforcement actions. Before joining Corr Cronin, he was an associate at Paul Hastings LLP in New York, and he previously worked as an investigator for the New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board and taught a masters-level course at the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies.
TCTrinity Chhay
WPWhitney Passmore
Whitney Ann Passmore is an attorney based in Seattle, Washington. She practices at the law firm Corr Cronin, located at 1015 2nd Avenue in Seattle.
W“William “Randy” Squires III
William Randolph Squires III earned a Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. He is Of Counsel at Corr Cronin in Seattle, and previously served as a founding member and CEO of Summit Law Group and as chair of the litigation group at Davis Wright Tremaine. His practice covers business and construction law, litigation, employment matters, government contracts, and general contract disputes.
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