Athan Papailiou | Yakima Personal Injury Lawyer

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About Athanasios

Athan Papailiou provides trial, appellate, and general counseling solutions to injured individuals throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Athan Papailiou helps individuals and small businesses obtain recovery for personal injuries and economic losses.  Athan also provides general counseling solutions to professionals navigating a wide array of legal problems, including employer separation and non-disclosure agreements, workplace investigations and complaints, and professional licensing disputes

Raised in Oregon by his Greek family who own and operate a small restaurant, Athan takes pride in delivering smart, practical advice to clients throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

In addition to practicing law, Athan is also committed to public service and community engagement.  From 2016-2019, Athan served as a member of the Board of Governors for the Washington State Bar Association.  He has also spent hundreds of hours doing pro bono work.

Before launching his own law practice, Athan was a litigator at Pacifica Law Group, a spin-off of the international law firm K&L Gates.  While at Pacifica, Athan represented public, private, and non-profit clients in constitutional, appellate, and governmental litigation.  Athan joined Pacifica following his judicial clerkships with Justice Debra Stephens at the Washington Supreme Court and Judge Randall Howe at the Arizona Court of Appeals.  As an appellate clerk, Athan drafted over seventy memorandum decisions and opinions on a wide array of legal issues, including the scope of the attorney-client privilege, shareholder and contract disputes, and constitutional challenges.   

As a first-generation college student, Athan studied political science and biology at the University of Oregon, where was awarded the Dean’s Award for Leadership and Service and served as the Student Senate President.  He then earned his law degree from the University of Arizona, where he was named a Dan B. Dobbs Scholar for his aptitude in tort law and he served as a Writing Fellow and member of the Arizona Law Review.

Outside of work, Athan enjoys traveling, Scandinavian design, and spending summers visiting his family in Greece.  He has an exotic short-haired cat named Tomtako.   

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Experience

Attorney

Law Offices of Athan P. Papailiou

Present

Yakima, WA

Litigation Associate

Pacifica Law Group LLP

09/2016-1/2020

Seattle

Admission

Verified Alaska

2020

Verified Oregon

 

Verified Arizona

 

Verified Washington

2014

Education

University of Oregon

B.S. (Biology, Political Science)

2009

Recognitions & Achievements

Associations
  • Board of Governors Washington State Bar Association
    2016 - 2019
  • Member | Washington State Bar Association
  • Member | Arizona State Bar Association
  • Member | Oregon State Bar Association
  • Member | Alaska State Bar Association
Honors / Awards
  • Dan B. Dobbs Scholar

Notable Work

Publications

Athan P. Papailiou, David V. Yokum, Christopher T. Robertson, “The Novel New Jersey Eyewitness Instruction Induces Skepticism but not Sensitivity,” 10 PLoS ONE 12 ()

2015



Athan P. Papailiou, “Making Sense of the Linchpin to Medical Malpractice Litigation: Expert Medical Witness Qualification,” 55 Ariz. L. Rev. 2 ()

2013

Law Offices of Athan P. Papailiou Highlights

Accident & Injury, Employment, Medical Malpractice, State and Local, US Courts, ; Appeals

Firm Size: 1
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Languages: English, Greek