Representative Experience
Ms. Kinkead has developed a practice involving complex, multi-party cases that require a team approach. Although she focuses on consumer and other class action disputes, she has a wide range of litigation experience in both state and federal courts nationwide in a wide variety of cases.

Representing companies in TCPA “fax blast” cases

Representing software developers in breach of contract claims

Representing companies with privacy and security issues

Representing lending and financial institutions in consumer class actions

Representing telecom clients in consumer class actions

Representing Rollerblade in a patent infringement suit brought by K2 relating to in-line skate boots

Representing Microsoft in a breach of contract/patent case against Timeline, Inc.

Representing the State of California in a breach of contract action against Lockheed Martin relating to a $100 million software development project

Litigation on behalf of software game developer in a breach of contract action against the game distributor

Trial and appellate work defending Boise Cascade in nuisance action relating to crop damage from discharges from pulp and paper mill

Litigation against the City of Edmonds relating to the discharges from the City’s wastewater treatment plant under takings law, negligence, nuisance, trespass and strict liability

Litigation defending Shell Oil Company in four separate lawsuits seeking damages from Shell under state and federal environmental laws and under negligence, nuisance, trespass, waste and strict liability

Litigation defending McCall Oil Company in private federal court environmental cost recovery action under state and federal environmental laws and under negligence, nuisance, trespass and strict liability theories

Litigation on behalf of Seafirst Bank in private cost recovery action seeking damages under state and federal environmental laws, negligence, nuisance and trespass

Briefing on behalf of plaintiff classes in federal trial and appellate court litigation in Alaska against the Exxon Corporation with respect to the Exxon Valdez oil spill (verdict of $5 billion for plaintiffs)

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

Seattle - King County Bar Association

1995 Trial Lawyer of the Year, Public Justice Foundation

American Bar Association, Litigation and Class Action Committees

Education
J.D., University of Iowa School of Law, 1992

Order of the Coif
Vice-Chairperson, Moot Court Board
Iowa Law Review
Recipient, several trial advocacy honors and five American Jurisprudence Awards