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Lynne Wilson
Biography
Lynne Wilson is a civil rights attorney who has practiced in Seattle for more than thirty years. She focuses on police misconduct, prisoner civil rights, and personal injury law in state and federal courts. She graduated cum laude from Seattle University Law School after previously working as a journalist for The Seattle Weekly. Lynne has published articles about police accountability in the Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report [PMCRLR] a bi-monthly Thomson Reuters publication. These illuminate the legal aspects of policing issues such as body cameras, Tasers, pepper spray, police collective bargaining agreements, deadly force and de-escalation policies, racial profiling, disciplinary records, private prisons and less-lethal weapons. Since 2004, she has served as a neutral arbitrator for King County and Snohomish County Superior Courts.
Long involved in community affairs, Ms. Wilson served on the board of Mothers for Police Accountability for 27 years and continues to volunteer as a legal and policy advisor to Mothers. She served on the ACLU Legal Committee for ten years in the 1990s and was also an active board member of the National Coalition on Police Accountability during that time. In 1999, she was a founding member of the National Lawyers Guild's Police Accountability Project. In 2013, she helped launch the Northwest Police Misconduct Attorneys group and currently serves as its Co-Chair. The Seattle City Council appointed her to two community police task forces (1993 and 2007). She also provided expert testimony on police collective bargaining and community conflict at the Amnesty International Hearings held in 2000 on the 1999 WTO Seattle protests. She recently spoke to the Washington Association of Justice on the qualified immunity defense in federal civil rights cases and to the Washington State Bar Association regarding the use of the United Nation’s Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment.
Practice Areas
Civil Rights
Police Misconduct
Personal Injury
Car Accidents, Premises Liability
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Languages
Professional Experience
Litigation Associate Reaugh, Fischnaller, Oettinger, Merker & Luppert
Year: 1999 - 2000
Description: Fullresponsibility for all aspects of plaintiff tort, employment and real estate litigation, including intake, discovery, depositions, motions, arbitrations, settlement and appeals
Solo Practice/Contract Lawyer Lynne Wilson Legal Services
Year: 1995 - 1999
Description: Represented individual clients in personal injury, employment and civil rights cases. Long-term contract litigation work included: (1) Sinsheimer & Meltzer: Successfully represented plaintiff in civil rights lawsuit arising out of Wenatchee child sexual abuse prosecutions; and (2) Northcraft & Tierney: Complex civil rights litigation on behalf of individuals, municipalities and school districts.
Litigation Associate Sinsheimer & Meltzer
Year: 1991 - 1995
Description: Plaintiffs' litigation with emphasis on police misconduct, personal injury, premises liability, civil rights, employment, product liability and intentional torts. All aspects of litigation including depositions, discovery, motions, mediations, arbitrations, trials and appeals.
Solo Practice Lynne Wilson Attorney at Law
Year: 2000 - Current
Description: Represent individual clients in personal injury and civil rights cases as well as appeals. Contract work includes employment, real estate, construction defects, workers compensation, family law, criminal, commercial, and insurance defense. Long-term litigation work for Michael B. Tierney & Associates included a successful Ninth Circuit appeal in a First Amendment case.
Professional Associations
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Legal Committee Member (1994 - 2005)
World Peace Through Law Section of Washington State Bar Assciation Secretary-Treasurer (2015 - Current)
Federal Bar Association Western Dist. of Washington Pro Bono Litigation Committee (2009 - Current)
National Lawyers Guild - Seattle Chapter Executive Board (1995 - Current)
Mothers for Police Accountability Executive Board (1995 - Current)
Center for Constitutional Rights Pro Bono "Wall of Lawyers" (1995 - Current)
King County Bar Association Solo/Small Practice Section Member (2012 - 2014)
National Police Accountability Project Advisory Board (1997 - 2004)
Publications
Police Body Camera Policies, Privacy and Community Trust Thomson Reuters (April 1, 2016)
Awards
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Lawyer of the Year
Mothers for Police Accountability 2002.0
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Volunteer of the Month
King County Bar Association 2013.0
Education
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Seattle University School of Law J.D. | Law
Year: 1985 - 1987
Honors: Cum Laude Activities: Law Review Lead Articles Editor
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University of Washington - Seattle B.A. | Comparative Literature
Year: 1966 - 1971
Speaking Engagements
Human Rights Treaties in Civil Rights Cases, Using International Law in Domestic Practice, Seattle, WA, April 15, 2019, Washington State Bar Association
Human Rights Treaties in Civil Rights Cases, Using International Law in Domestic Practice, Seattle, WA, April 15, 2019, Washington State Bar Association
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