Mr. Macklin is a licensed Washington Attorney, MBA, experienced executive and business owner. For over a decade, Mr. Macklin has been leading teams in healthcare. Through a combination of agency relationship and reputation building, administrative navigation, and holding enforcement agencies accountable, he has guided teams to achieve previously unseen regulatory and administrative outcomes.
He supports organizations in avoiding compliance issues in health law areas like Stark, Anti-Kickback, and False Claims Act. Mr. Macklin’s practice helps organizations and providers avoid investigation and prosecution through effective process implementation and legal guidance. When necessary he represents clients in civil defense matters.
As a business owner and previous consultant, Mr. Macklin knows what it takes to operate a successful business. Whether building the foundation for a new launch, priming for expansion, merging or acquiring new operations, winding up, or resolving partner and member disputes, Mr. Macklin knows not only how to guide business to meet their legal obligations, but also how to maximize their business and personal interests in the process.
Settling for a less experience or no experience in actual business operations is selling yourself and your business short of the legal counsel it deserves. Contact Mr. Macklin to strike up a conversation and start a relationship that runs with your business from start to next…
Kimberley David represents clients on both sides of commercial real estate transactions. With experience across all asset types, she focuses her practice on leasing and acquisition/disposition of office, retail, industrial, warehouse, multi-family, mixed-use projects, and a full array of other operating concerns.
Passionate about helping clients achieve their business goals, Kimberley is known for her transparency and openness as a negotiator. Clients rely on her skillful problem solving and project management acumen to get deals done efficiently and on time.
Having advised clients at two AmLaw 100 firms, Kimberley has a broad background in commercial real estate transactions. She has represented private and institutional investors in complex individual and portfolio acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, financing and leasing transactions.
Her clients have included global retailers; global logistics companies; international, national, and regional financial institutions; pension funds; joint venturers; international, regional and local commercial real estate developers; REITs; nonprofit organizations; hospitality providers; gaming and leisure companies; healthcare companies; a global food services provider; a local museum; a private university; an international oil company; as well as other governmental and private owners, occupants, and operators of commercial real estate.
Education
- Gould School of Law, University of Southern California (J.D.)
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Kiara L. Graves serves as in-house counsel at SeekOut where she advises companies of all sizes on various corporate matters, including contracts, intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining SeekOut, Mrs. Graves worked as a Compliance Officer and Senior Policy Analyst at the Department of Defense. EDUCATION The University of the District of Columbia , David A. Clarke School of Law, cum laude, J.D. (2018) Associate Editor, UDC Law Review Dean's Fellow (2014) University of Maryland College Park, B.A. ADMISSIONS District of Columbia PRACTICE AREAS Contracts Law Corporate Governance Data Protection and Privacy Intellectual Property Regulatory Compliance
Dorianne Salmon is a patent litigation associate with experience in prior art analyses, market landscape evaluations, legal analysis, and pretrial briefing regarding invalidity and claim construction. Her matters include district court and U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) litigation. Dorianne is a graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, where she assisted inventors in the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic and served on the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) IP Section Legislative Committee. Prior to attending law school, Dorianne earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical-Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). She spent several years as a quality and product development engineer at Allergan, where she focused on design verification and validation testing. She then worked as a senior sustaining engineer at Johnson & Johnson, where she led manufacturing operations projects for several steerable, multielectrode signal mapping systems. Professional Recognition Recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property Law; Litigation - Patent Law, 2023 – 2024 PRACTICES Patent Litigation Intellectual Property Law Bar and Court Admissions Washington Education University of Connecticut School of Law, J.D., 2021 University of Southern California, B.S., Electrical & Biomedical Engineering, 2009
Dwight serves as an advocate and trusted advisor to his clients who span a broad range of sectors and business sizes. As an integral member of the CH& Business group, Dwight’s practice focuses on Mergers & Acquisitions, particularly in the area of cross-border mergers and acquisitions and divestitures. Dwight has extensive experience in representing multinational companies in connection with US transactions and operations and coordinating and managing multijurisdictional teams. As a strategic thinker, Dwight enables his clients to navigate the intricacies of each transaction while never losing sight of their overall goals. Dwight empowers his clients to make informed, objective decisions to quickly close transactions and provide the maximum value to all parties involved. In addition to M&A, Dwight’s multi-faceted practice also emphasizes corporate governance, federal and state tax, and commercial contracts. Representing multinational, privately held and emerging companies, Dwight thinks outside of the box to deliver creative solutions for complex contract negotiations. His commercial contract clients span a wide array of industries including manufacturing, retail, food and beverage, technology, advertising and marketing, and service-oriented sectors. Dwight provides counsel on organizational structure, day-to-day management and fiduciary duties. Dwight also helps non-profit organizations achieve tax-exempt status and establish approved governance. Defined by his willingness to go above and beyond for his clients, Dwight provides respectful and responsive legal counsel across all aspects of his practice. Experience & Results Represented the WaveDivision Capital management team in multiple acquisitions valued at over $1.3 billion Represented Wave Broadband in multiple acquisitions and its subsequent $2.36 billion sale to TPG Capital Represented multinational Japanese-based print manufacturing company in multiple cross-border acquisitions exceeding $1 billion Represented multinational software manufacturing company in multiple acquisitions exceeding $100 million Represented regional telecommunications company in multiple acquisitions valued at over $100 million Represented online security, privacy and e-Learning company in $61 million majority interest sale to private equity firm Represented client in sale of fish processing company for $56 million Represented client in sale of data analytics company in $39 million sale to multinational accounting services firm Regularly represents procurement department of international, publicly traded, coffee, food and beverage company in its commercial contracts Education University of Washington (B.A., 1994) University of Washington School of Law (J.D., 1997) Admissions Washington Honors & Recognition Ranked in Washington State by Chambers USA in the area of Corporate/M&A since 2021 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Corporate Law since 2021 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Tax Law since 2021 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Mergers and Acquisitions since 2024 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) since 2024 Listed in The National Black Lawyers Top 100 since 2022 Top Business Lawyer – Business Transaction, General Award Recipient, Seattle Business 40 Under 40 Honoree, Puget Sound Business Journal Named on the Washington Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers® Magazine Professional & Community Involvement Cross Cultural Health Care Program, President Orcas Open Arts (dba, Orcas Island Film Festival), Board Member Practice Areas Business Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Transactions Tax Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Employment Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions