Ian Cairns is our Latest Featured Speaker!

Our latest featured speaker is Ian Cairns of Smith Goodfriend, P.S.!

Ian is speaking at our upcoming 9th Annual Advanced Appellate Practice program on November 19th and 20th, 2024. He will be co-teaching Discretionary Review (Ian is speaking on the 19th). You can sign up to attend live, order OnDemand Streaming, or get the recorded package here. This program has been so popular we have brought it back for 9 years!

We have again gathered a fantastic group of attorneys, appellate judges and commissioners for our 9th Annual Advanced Appellate Practice two-part webinar for Washington state, on November 19 & 20, 2024. As a faculty member, Ian is joined by former Washington Supreme Court Justice Philip Talmadge (in private practice), 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Hon. Kim McLane Wardlaw, Appellate Judges Hon. Linda Coburn, Hon. Leonard Felman, Hon. Lori Smith, appellate Commissioners Hailey Landrus and Jennifer Koh, and top-notch practitioners, like Ian, who have spoken at our programs on many occasions and received excellent reviews every time!

Ian previously spoke at our 2022 version of this program, the 7th Annual Advanced Appellate Practice two-part webinar for Washington state, and received rave reviews from our attendees.You can find the recorded packages of all of our annual Advanced Appellate program for Washington, via download or OnDemand Streaming, here.

Ian Cairns is a principal of Smith Goodfriend. Ian focuses on civil appellate practice in state and federal courts across a broad range of subject areas including business disputes, trust and estate litigation, and family law.

Ian is the Vice-Chair of the Washington State Bar Association Judicial Recommendation Committee, co-author of the Appellate Practice chapter of the King County Bar Association Young Lawyer Division’s Washington Lawyers Practice Manual, and a former Chair of the King County Bar Association’s Appellate Section. Ian lives in Seattle with his wife Michelle and their two sons, and in his free time coaches and plays lacrosse.

We are so excited to have you back Ian!