Kevin J. Curtis

Kevin’s practice focuses primarily in the areas of criminal defense, complex civil litigation and professional negligence. He was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers, the legal profession’s most prestigious organization, in 2015.

Awards/Honors

Smithmoore P. Myers Professionalism Award, 2022, Spokane County Bar Association

Michael J. Hemovich Award, 2020, Eastern District of Washington Federal Court

Champion of Innocence Award – 2016 (Innocence Project Northwest)

WACDL President’s Award – 2016 (Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers)

AV Rated (Martindale Hubbell)

Spokane Top Lawyers (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Magazine)

SuperLawyer^TM 2008-2022 (Thomson Reuters)

Criminal Practice:  Kevin’s career has spanned four decades, in which he has successfully handled some of Eastern Washington’s highest profile cases including:

Joseph Andrews double- homicide death penalty case

Exoneration and release of Jeramie Davis, wrongfully convicted of First Degree Murder, in conjunction with the Innocence Project

Spokane’s first “mercy killing” case

Non-prosecution of Valley View fire suspect (over $50 million in damages)

Dismissal of federal drug charges in the Eight Trey Crips 62 defendant indictments

Dismissal of all federal charges in the CH2M Hanford fraud indictment (19 charges)

Non-prosecution in alleged assault of WSU professor

Kevin has served as the President of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Washington Defenders Association.  Kevin has been retained as an expert in criminal cases and civil actions involving criminal law.

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 and dismissals in multimillion dollar lawsuits including:

Defense verdict in 64 million dollar lawsuit against a Big Four accounting firm

Jury verdict of 1.7 million dollars in plaintiff sexual assault trial verdict

Dismissal of multimillion dollar wrongful death action

Class counsel in multiple class action cases obtaining multimillion dollar settlements

Defense counsel in dismissal of multimillion dollar class action settlements

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