 toward financial success.)
Kristi O'Brien
Practice Emphasis and Experience:
Health Care, Employment, Municipal, Real Estate, Business, Construction
Kristi O’Brien is a leading Seattle business attorney and health care lawyer. Kristi’s practice is primarily in the area of business transactions and real estate transactions involving corporations and medical practitioners. Kristi represents business clients and medical practice groups in real estate, commercial, corporate planning, partnership, asset and stock purchase and sale, employment, and health law.
Professional Recognition & Awards
- Puget Sound Business Journal “40 Under 40” award.
The annual “40 Under 40” award recognizes 40 professionals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the business community. - Rising Star Attorney, “Washington Law & Politics,” 2001 – 2012
- Order of the Coif, 1999
- On-line Editor, Washington Law Review, 1997 – 1999
- Delta Theta Phi Award, University of Washington School of Law, 1998
- Judge James J. Lawless Award, University of Washington School of Law, 1997
Education
- University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, WA
Juris Doctor, 1999 - Columbia University, New York, NY
Master of Arts, 1996, Political Science - Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
Bachelor of Arts, 1995, International Relations
Professional and Community Associations
- American Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- King County Bar Association
- United States Court of Appeals For the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
Publications and Presentations
Kristi educates fellow attorneys, business leaders and medical professionals throughout the year at various conferences and assorted speaking engagements. Below is a growing collection of her appearances and authored materials.
- Speaker, Employment Law Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them, Washington Radiology Business Management Association (2007)
- Author, Planning Ahead to Avoid Tenant Problems, Lorman Education Services (2005)
- Speaker, The Dirty Dozen: Employment Law Pitfalls, Pacific Northwest Credit Conference (2005)
- Author, Drafting and Negotiating Washington Commercial Real Estate Leases, National Business Institute (2004)
- Author, Operational Issues in Commercial Lease Drafting, Sterling Education Services (2003)
- Speaker, Commercial Lease Drafting, Commercial Leases (2003)
- Author, Economic and Financing Issues in Commercial Leases, Sterling Educational Services publication (2003)
- Speaker, Requirements under the IDEA, Special Education and the Law (2002)
- Author, A Bird’s Eye View of the Requirements of the IDEA, National Business Institute CLE (2002)
- Author, Discipline of Special Needs Students under the IDEA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, National Business Institute CLE (2002)
- Speaker, Business Entities: How to Select the Right One For Your Deal, CCIM Washington Chapter Meeting (2001)
- Author, Citizen or Civil Servant: Drawing the Line Between School Employees’ Private Interests as Citizens and the Public Interest in Their Roles as Educators, WA Special Education Seminar (2000)
