Kevin James Curtis

Kevins practice focuses primarily in criminal defense, complex civil litigation, and professional negligence.

Awards/Honors: Kevin has been named one of Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Washington State by the National Trial Lawyers. He is AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell, has been consistently named a SuperLawyer by Washington Law & Politics Magazine and one of Spokanes Top Lawyers by Spokane/Coeur DAlene Magazine. Kevin has consistently received AVVOs top rating.

Criminal Practice: Kevins 34 years of criminal defense experience includes some of Spokanes highest profile cases, including the successful defenses of Joseph Andrews in a double homicide death penalty case; Wallace Jones, Spokanes first mercy killing case; the Valley View fire; the 8 Trey Crips indictments; WSU professor assault and many others. Kevin is the former President of both the Washington Defenders Association and the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers.

Civil Practice: Kevin has represented clients, including Fortune 500 companies in broad areas of commercial and business litigation, professional negligence and discipline, and class action lawsuits. He has obtained jury verdicts and settlements in excess of a million dollars on plaintiff cases and has obtained defense verdicts in multimillion dollar lawsuits.

Background: A firm principal since 1997, Kevin joined Winston & Cashatt in 1996. Prior to this he was at Spokane County where he was a Senior Attorney.

Professional and Civic Activities

American College of Trial Lawyers
Washington Defender Association – former President and current Board Member
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys – former President
Washington State Bar Association
Spokane County Bar Association
Reported Decisions

Micro Enhancement Int’l. v. Coopers & Lybrand, 110 Wn. App. 412, 40 P.3d 1206 (2002)
Johnson v. Camp Automotive, Inc., 199 P.3d 491 (Wash. App. Div. 3 Jan 08, 2009)
Unpublished Decisions

Sager v. County of Spokane, 2005 WL 429521 (Wash. App. Div. 3 Feb 24, 2005)