Kevin B. Hansen

Kevin Hansen’s practice focuses on employment law, public hospital districts, school districts, real estate law, construction law, business and transactional matters. He also represents clients in appellate proceedings.

Employment Law

Kevin advises employers in a variety of employment law issues.  His focus is on implementing best practice approaches and systems to avoid disputes and exposure to claims or litigation. When disputes do arise, Kevin works diligently towards early resolution outside of the courtroom.  As part of his best employment practices services, he assists clients with developing employee handbooks, employment policies, and other important initiatives.  He also provides counseling in response to matters relating to employment contracts, hiring and firing, wage and hour issues, trade secret protection, and discrimination issues.

Public Hospital District Matters

Kevin is the Designated Legal Counsel for a prominent local public hospital district, where he advises the district in governance, employment and other matters.

Real Estate and Business Transactions

Kevin’s real estate practice emphasizes serving the legal needs of developers, construction companies, property owners, and other clients regarding land acquisitions and divestitures, leases, easements, boundary disputes, and other real property matters.

Kevin’s business work is devoted to serving the transaction and general business legal needs of a wide range of companies. He frequently represents businesses in confidentiality, non-compete, and purchase and sale agreements, and provides counsel on a wide variety of other transactional and business matters.

Appellate Advocacy

Kevin began his legal career as a law clerk for Judge Paul J. Kelly of the U.S. Court of Appeals.  Since then, Kevin has always maintained an appellate advocacy practice, including appeals before the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9^th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington Supreme Court, and all three divisions of Washington’s Court of Appeals.

Personal

When not practicing law, Kevin enjoys biking, hiking, skiing, camping, and enjoying time with his wife and four kids.