From the Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business

2007 Client’s Guide

Corr Cronin Michelson Baumgardner & Preece LLP

The Firm:  This petite but highly thought-of boutique firm is home to several of the top individual litigators in the state, and their reputation helps them attract a high percentage of the really big deals.  One source echoed the sentiments of many when he said that “they can always be trusted to do a first-class job on a wide range of issues; they are always at the top of my list for firms to consider in the event of a conflict.”  Clients use the team for a broad selection of cases, including commercial work and particularly nasty pieces of employment litigation, sometimes involving international issues.  Sources commented: “They are very efficient across the board and their written product is very good.”

 

The Lawyers:  Knocking on the door of the top tier, Kelly Corr was summed up by one interviewee: “He has a very pleasant outward demeanor and is easy to get along with.  When you scratch the surface you find an individual who has both a superb trial instinct and a tough courtroom personality.  He is a first-class lawyer through and through.”  Corr has a broad practice, which predominantly consists of business commercial litigation.  Recently he has been working on the dispute between the Seattle Times and the Hearst Corporation, owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper.  In addition he has worked on products liability and employment issues. 

 

ThoughfulWilliam Cronin is a “straight shooter whose word you can rely upon.”  His workload consists primarily of legal malpractice and insurance defense case.

 

Randy Squires has spent the past twelve months handling a range of cases including a real estate issue and a toxic tort case.  One source in particular was full of praise for his skills as a litigator: “He has an excellent trial technique; he knows the judges and their clerks and has a good rapport with them.  He is persuasive and won’t prolong a matter if he thinks that it’s in the best interest of his clients to settle it.”

 

 

 

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Chamber USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2007 Client’s Guide

Copyright © 2007 Michael Chambers and Orbach and Chambers Ltd.

 

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