Professional Experience

Kevin is a Partner with the firm who practices in the trust and estate litigation practice group and who also specializes in civil appeals for a number of different legal practice areas.

Kevin assists clients in matters involving probate disputes, will contests, trust account discrepancies, fiduciary abuse, guardianships, and committed intimate relationships. He has extensive training in domestic violence investigation and vulnerable victim protection and has handled countless motions, hearings, and trials before the District and Superior Court benches.

In addition to his trial court practice, Kevin has also expanded into appellate litigation practice where he has authored numerous appellate briefs and argued appeals for subject matters such as trusts, estates, guardianships, medical malpractice, breach of contract, and receiverships.

Prior to joining Helsell Fetterman, Kevin spent three years as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. During his time as a prosecutor, he handled over 30 bench and jury trials for matters ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies. He also handled an inquest ordered by the County Executive investigating a police involved shooting. Kevin has transitioned his litigation expertise into civil practice and successfully litigated multiple favorable outcomes for clients in hearings, summary judgments, and trial.

In addition to his legal practice, Kevin teaches trial and appellate advocacy as part of the capstone legal writing II course at the Seattle University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor.

Kevin graduated Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2013, where he was a member of the Asian Pacific Islander Law Society and teaching assistant for Criminal Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts and Property. While in law school, he was a legal extern to Washington State Supreme Court Justice Steven Gonzalez and was both an intern and extern with King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Prior to attending law school, he graduated from the University of Utah in 2009 with Cum Laude honors, receiving an Honors Bachelors of Science degree in Political Science and Bachelors of Science degree in Sociology.

Professional Affiliations

• Washington State Bar Association
• King County Bar Association – Board member
• Washington Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – Director
• National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
• Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee

Admitted to Practice

• Washington State Bar Association
• U.S. Western District of Washington
• U.S. Eastern District of Washington
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Languages

• Conversational Cantonese

Appeals

Anderson v. Swedish Medical Center – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 82780-4-I

Glymph v. Overlake Hospital Medical Center  – Washington State Court of Appeals No.85539-5-I

Hosseinzadeh v. Swedish Health Services – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 85474-7-I

In re the Estate of Michael A Petelle – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 82788-0-I

In re the Estate of Gary M. Rusing – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 80719-6-I & No. 80718-8-I

In re JDH Investment Group, LLC, Receivership Debtor – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 82720-1-I

Mezzanine v. BKCO – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 85064-4-I

Owen v. Gwinn – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 81650-1-I

National General Insurance Company v. Hamblin (PUBLISHED) – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 82788-0-I

Tang Real Estate Investments Corp. v. Escrow Services of Washington (PUBLISHED) – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 84620-5-I

Williams v. West Coast Autoworks, Inc. – Washington State Court of Appeals No. 85584-1-I