King County Bar Association profiles David J. Seeley

From Courtrooms to Coral Reefs: The Remarkable Career of David J. Seeley

By Helen Boyer

Originally published in the October 2025 issue of the Bar Bulletin of the King County Bar Association. Reprinted with permission of the King County Bar Association.

David J. Seeley admits he never imagined having the life and legal career he’s had. How does a young man from Bellevue end up prosecuting a murderer with cutting-edge forensic techniques, being general counsel to Marlon Brando and Brando Enterprises, practicing international law, and helping to establish an environmental science research nonprofit based in French Polynesia, while maintaining an active public school law practice?

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