Kirstin S. Dodge

Background

Dodge, Kirstin S. was born on April 23, 1966 in New York, New York, United States.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1988). University of Fribourg, Switzerland, Institute for Political and Social Philosophy (Rotary International Graduate Fellow, 1988-1989). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1992).

Spoken languages: German, French.

Career

Worked at Perkins Coie (Bellevue, Washington) specializing in Corporation, Public Utility, Energy, Banking, Bankruptcy, Reorganization and Creditors" Rights, Corporate Financing, Taxation, Charitable Organizations, Guardianships, Estate Planning, Probate, Labor, Employment, Education, Real Estate, General Business and Commercial, Antitrust, Environmental, Natural Resources, Land Use, Hazardous Waste, Administrative, Aviation, Government Contract, Intellectual Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Product Liability and Tort Law. General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts and before various Federal and State Administrative Tribunals. International Commercial and Financial Transactions.

Admitted to the bar, 1992, Washington.

Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Women"s Law Journal, Volume 15, 1992. Guest Lecturer, Institute for Civil Law, University of Bern, Switzerland, December 1994.

Author: "Bashing Back: Gay and Lesbian Street Patrols and the Criminal Justice System," XI Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 295 (June 1993). "Countenancing Corruption: A Civic Republican Case Against Judicial Deference to the Military," 5 Yale Law Journal of Law and Feminism, (1992).

Company-author: (with Michelle Benecke), "Military Women in Nontraditional Fields: Casualties of the Armed Forces" War on Homosexuals," 13 Harvard Women"s Law Journal 215 (1990).

Law Clerk to Honorary Thomas South. Zilly, United States. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1992-1994. Member, Northwest Women"s Law Center, Outreach Committee, 1996.

Member: King County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, Young Lawyers Division).

Perkins Coie is the largest law firm headquartered in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1912 in Seattle, the firm has 330 lawyers with offices located in Asia, Europe and North America.

The firm opened the Bellevue office, just east of Seattle, in 1983 to establish a presence in Washington"s fourth largest city, which is the Eastside"s business center. Lawyers in the Bellevue office work closely with our network of Perkins Coie lawyers around the world to remain on the forefront of issues and policies that affect Washington State.

In addition to the legal capabilities available throughout the firm, our Bellevue full-service practice focuses specifically on litigation, labor and employment, corporate, high technology, energy and utilities, real estate and land use, education, and personal planning.

Achievements

• Kirstin S. Dodge has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Bashing Back: Gay and Lesbian Street Patrols and the Criminal Justice System," XI Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 295 (June 1993). "Countenancing Corruption: A Civic Republican Case Against Judicial Deference to the Military," 5 Yale Law Journal of Law and Feminism, (1992). Co-author: (with Michelle Benecke), "Military Women in Nontraditional Fields: Casualties of the Armed Forces' War on Homosexuals," 13 Harvard Women's Law Journal 215 (1990).
    
    Law Clerk to Honorary Thomas S. Zilly, United States. District Court, Western District of Washington, 1992-1994.

Membership

Member, Northwest Women"s Law Center, Outreach Committee, 1996. Member: King County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, Young Lawyers Division).