Kevin J Yanasak | Puyallup Accident Lawyer

Kevin J. Yanasak has been a trial lawyer in Washington State since 1985.  He represents clients throughout Washington, including municipal, district, superior, appellate, federal, tribal, and the circuit court of Oregon.  Kevin practices (bench & jury trials) in the areas of personal injury, criminal (traffic, misdemeanor, DUI, felonies - adult & juvenile), family law (complex dissolution proceedings - past GAL / parenting investigator), probate & estate planning and civil lawsuits.  He believes the highest compliment his clients can give him is to refer their family and friends.


     Kevin graduated from Gonzaga Law School, where he was selected to be on Law Review.  He clerked at the Spokane City Attorneys office (defended city in negligence trial).  He is a past deputy prosecuting attorney for Pierce County (handled thousands of cases, and trials), and served as a pro-tem judge in Eatonville Municipal Court.

     Prior to law school, Kevin grew up and worked on a 40 acre farm, in Orting, WA.  He also picked berries 3 summers (starting at age 9). Worked chicken farm, milked cows, daffodil bulbs & corn fields, produce farms, hay fields, collected tree cones, Christmas boughs, grocery store & gas station. He spent 6 summers logging near Mt. Rainier & S.E. Alaska, 3 more summers on seafood barges in Alaska (crab & salmon in Bering Sea - Aleutian Islands to Nome).  Thinned apples alongside migrant workers in Wenatchee.  Fought forest fires, commercial painter, hod carrier & Laborers Union in Spokane. While in high school, he backpacked 2 1/2 months Europe & North Africa; official Taps bugler Soldiers Home.  Paid own way through college & law school.  Also traveled throughout United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, West Indies & South Pacific (hitch-hiked across USA).  1/2 subject 1957 world wide news "twins lost in woods".  Provided legal services to Tacoma's low-income Hilltop area.  

     Kevin was a 4-year varsity letter winner at WSU, where he was captain of the wrestling team.  He received an NCAA Division 1 scholarship, graduated with two degrees, and was awarded the Pacific-10 Conference Medal (1979 outstanding student-athlete award).

     At Orting High School, Kevin was a 4-year varsity letter winner in football and wrestling, and was the student body president - 1st NCAA Division 1 wrestler from the town of Orting.  After college, he coached in Spokane and in 1990, was named head wrestling coach at Orting high school.  He also did internships at Spokane City Hall, and in Washington, D.C.

     Kevin is involved in the community, and was chair of the Edgewood Planning Commission.  He enjoys reading, traveling, splitting wood, mushroom picking, crabbing - Shaw Island property, gardening (featured in Puyallup Herald, 5/08), mountain climbing (solo Mt. Rainier '94; summited 10 times), running (8 Marathons 2015-16, age 59-60), reading the paper & watching the news shows on Sunday morning.

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Solo Practitioner & Notary Public	Yanasak Law Offices	Puyallup, WA	1987 - Present
Judge Pro-tem	Eatonville Municipal Court		2008 - 2008
Staff Attorney	Hyatt Legal Services		1986 - 1987
Legal Clerk	Private Law Firms		1983 - 1985
Legal Clerk	Spokane City Attorneys Office		1983 - 1983

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Gonzaga University School of Law	J.D.	Law School	1984
Washington State University	BA		1979

State / Court	Date
Washington	1985

• Puyallup Tribal Court | Member | 2001 - Present
  Family Law Section - TPCBA | Member | 1994 - Present
  U.S. District Court Eastern Division | Member | 1993 - Present
  U.S. District Court Western Division | Member | 1986 - Present
  U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit | Member | 1986 - Present
  Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association | Member | 1985 - Present
  Washington State Bar Association | Member | 1985 - Present
  Puyallup Fraternal Order of Eagles, Aerie 2308 | Member | 1985 - Present
  Planning Commission - Edgewood | Chair | 2003 - 2005
  Association of Trial Lawyers of America | Member | 1985 - 1986
  American Bar Association | Member | 1985 - 1986
  Washington State Trial Lawyers Association | Member | 1983 - 1986
  Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International | Member | 1981 - 1982

• Law Review | Gonzaga Law School | 1984
  "Mr. Spokane" (1st runner up) | City of Spokane | 1981
  Pacific-10 Conference Medal (outstanding student-athlete award) | Washington State University | 1979
  Phi Alpha Theta (History) | Washington State University | 1979

• 19:3 Gonzaga Law Review | Lyon v. Lyon | 1984
  Rogers High School | Justice System in Washington | 2003
  Alternative School in Tacoma | Justice System in Washington | 1997
  Orting High School | Justice System in Washington | 1991
  

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