Kim M. Tran Stafford Frey Cooper, PC 3100 Two Union Square 601 Union Street Seattle, WA 98101-1374 206.667.8219 Direct 206.624.6885 Fax Email: Kim M. Tran Kim is a shareholder at Stafford Frey Cooper. She provides consultation and representation to both businesses and individuals, with a focus on employment law. She has litigated employment law issues in state and federal court, successfully recovered substantial awards to plaintiffs in wage, discrimination and harassment cases, conducted numerous mediations, successfully defended employers in discrimination cases, and conducted all phases of discovery and pleadings practice. Kim also consults clients to avoid the costs of litigation. She regularly reviews employment law manuals, conducts various training workshops, and reviews employment-related contracts. In addition to her employment law practice, Kim maintains an active litigation practice involving civil rights, construction defects, attorney malpractice, commercial torts and general litigation. She served as a mediator in a commercial dispute. She has taken cases to verdict state and in federal court and argued at the appellate level in state and federal court. Kim clerked for the National Labor Relations Board in Washington D.C. before she joined Stafford Frey Cooper. She currently serves as chair of Stafford Frey Cooper's attorney recruiting committee, and is the first Vietnamese American female shareholder in Seattle's top 50 law firms. In 2007 Kim attended a trade mission to Vietnam with Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed.Education • Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College, J.D. 1999, Portland, Oregon     >National Moot Court Team, Pro-Bono Honors Certificate • Tufts University, B.A. English and Political Science, 1996 Medford, Massachusetts • University of Washington Certificate in Human Resources, 2004 Recent Representative Cases • Gibson v. Kirkland (W.D. Wash. 2009) (Jury Verdict in favor of Kirkland police officers in Section 1983 claims and in favor of police officers’ counterclaim for malicious prosecution and summary judgment in favor of City of Kirkland) • Holscher v. City of Union Gap (E.D. Wash. 2008) (Summary judgment in favor of City of Union Gap on First and Fourteenth Amendment Claims) • Northwest Technical Resources v. Bechtel Hanford, Inc. (E.D. Wash. 2004) (Defense of contract and tort claims brought by subcontractor against DOE prime Hanford Environmental Restoration contractor) • Dupree v. Texaco (W.D. Wash. 2004) (Represented plaintiff in breach of franchise agreement and contract case) • Ingram v. ConocoPhilips (Represented plaintiff in employment law case) • Miller v. Jacoby (Washington Supreme Court)(medical malpractice case) Memberships and Service • National Asian Pacific American Bar Foundation, Board of Directors, 2008-present • King County Bar Association, Board of  Trustees, 2008–present (Secretary, 2008) • Asian Counseling Referral Service, Board of Directors, 2006-present (President, 2007-2009) (ACRS is the largest nonprofit in Washington dedicated to serving the Asian Pacific American population. While Ms. Tran served as board president, ACRS completed a $19.1M capital campaign) Volunteer, Naturalization Instructor, 1999-2009 • Asian Bar Association of Washington, Board of Directors, 2002-present (President, 2006); Joint Asian Judicial Evaluations Committee, Chair, 2009; Trade Mission to Vietnam with Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed, 2007; International District Legal Clinic, Volunteer 2002-2009 (Coordinator, 2002-2004) • Seattle Women's Commission, Mayoral Appointee, 2006–2008 • Washington State Bar Association, Pro-Bono Legal Aid Committee 2004-2006; Special Disciplinary Counsel 2000 • Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington, Board of Directors, 2007 • Washington Minority Bar Associations Collaboration Project, Co-founder (Statewide Diversity Conference Co-Chair, 2006, 2008) Honors and Awards • Excellence in Diversity, Washington State Bar Association, 2009 • Trailblazers Award, Organization of Chinese Americans, Seattle, 2009 • Best Lawyers Under 40, 2008, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (In 2008, NAPABA recognized 18 attorneys for the Best Under 40 Award, and Ms. Tran was the only recipient from Seattle.) • Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics Magazine, 2002-2009 • Asian Bar Association of Washington, Community Service Award, 2002; “Tanks to Da Max” Award, 2004 • American Bar Foundation, Fellow 2006-present • WSBA Leadership Institute 2005 Publications and Presentations • WSBA Employment Law Institute, 2010, 2008 • Employment Law Updates, Federal and State law, December 2009 • International Public Management Ass’n for Human Resources, Western Washington Chapter, 2009 • Developing Employment Policies for Email, Cell Phones, IMs and Text Messaging, December 2008 • Common Legal Issues for Small Businesses, Minority and Women's Small Business Conference • Employment Law Legislative and Case Updates for Washington and Spotlight: Projected Speech in the Workplace during an Election Season, September 2008 • What Not to do at the Holiday Party and other Employment Law Updates, December 2007 • King County Fire Chiefs, Annual Convention, Torts Liability Instructor, February 2007 • Various Employment Law Workshops & Sexual Harassment Trainings   • Employment Law • Business & Commercial Litigation     All Washington State Courts United States Court of Appeals: Ninth Circuit