Kevin Trombold, an experienced Seattle
DUI attorney, ready to fight for you.

Experience, Service, and Success – Resolving your DUI case

If you have been charged with a DUI, you likely are searching for a qualified, aggressive attorney to handle your case. Over the last 15 years, as a Seattle public defender and in private practice, Kevin Trombold has successfully defended thousands of people charged with DUIs and other crimes.

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While private DUI attorneys in Washington typically go to trial just a few times a year, Kevin took several hundred DUI cases to trial in his nine years as a public defender in Seattle. That experience molded him into a seasoned attorney who is completely at ease before jurors and judges and also skilled at vigorously cross-examining police officers and expert witnesses. Because he has won so many not guilty verdicts before juries, prosecutors in Washington know he is not bluffing when he says he will take a DUI case to trial if he can’t get the deal his client deserves.

Over his years of practice, Kevin has also forged strong, cordial relationships with prosecutors and court staff. Kevin has great success in negotiating good settlements for his clients – an asset in a criminal justice system in which just a fraction of cases go to trial. Today, as a thriving and well-respected private defense attorney focusing on DUI defense in Seattle, Bellevue, Issaquah, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Lake Forest Park, Renton, Tukwila, Shoreline, Vashon Island, Mercer Island, Kenmore, Des Moines, Enumclaw, Clyde Hill, Kent, Aukeen, Burien, and Federal Way, Kevin takes a small number of cases and fights each as if it is his last.

Facing the accusation of a DUI is possibly the most stressful and terrifying event of a lifetime. Being arrested and accused of a DUI can bring humiliation on the roadside, at the police precinct, and in the courtroom. Without a driver’s license, some people lose their jobs. The threat of a jail or prison sentence raises nightmarish concerns about personal safety. And a conviction for crimes such as Driving Under the Influence (DUI) can create a permanent criminal record following a person for the rest of his or her life.

Kevin has seen many people wrongly accused and also knows that good people sometimes make mistakes. He understands how overwhelming the potential penalties for driving under the influence may seem when you are first charged with a DUI. When he takes a case, he always invests the time to fully understand his client’s goals and interests so that he can lead them through the maze of the Washington criminal courts to a successful resolution. Sometimes that has meant winning a Not Guilty verdict from a jury and other times that has meant a plea to a lesser charge. In some cases, his expert negotiations outside the courtroom have led prosecutors to drop DUI charges altogether. Whatever the course of your case, Kevin Trombold will make sure that you are informed and in control of all decisions made in your case.

With experience in courts throughout Washington State including King County, Pierce County and Snohomish County you will have the benefit of an experienced dui attorney familiar with the court where your case will be tried.

DUI Victories—Reduced Charges

Kevin has helped numerous people in the Greater Seattle area fight, and beat, the DUI charges brought against them. Eighty-eight percent of Kevin’s clients have won reduced charges, with the majority being reduced to lesser charges. The following chart outlines the results of Kevin’s DUI cases over the last two years.

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A Highly Qualified DUI Attorney

Many people have chosen Kevin Trombold to stand between them and the prosecutor when facing criminal allegations because of his strong track record defending thousands of accused persons in the State of Washington. A Seattle native and University of Washington graduate, he has dedicated over a decade to defending the rights of people charged with crimes ranging from homicide to truancy. He was nominated last year as a “Rising Star” lawyer by Washington Law and Politics. He makes it a priority to stay on the cutting edge of changes in the law. He is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, The Public Defender Trial Training, and The National College for DUI Defense. He has led seminars for fellow attorneys on DUI law, contempt of court issues, and family law. Kevin has handled more than 600 DUI cases in his career. He knows the law, the prosecutors, the judges, and the court staff. He knows exactly what it takes to get good results.

Graduate:
National Institute for Trial Advocacy
The Public Defender Trial School
The National College for DUI Defense

Member:

The National College for DUI Defense

Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association

National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys

Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice

King County Bar Association

Pierce County Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

Education:

JD, New College of California, San Francisco

BA, Univeristy of Washington

Speaking Engagements:

WFCJ, Defending DUI’s Seminar – 12/2009

WACDL, Challenging Bad Science: Putting the NAS Report to Work 10/2010 (cohosted with Attorney Mark Prothero)

WFCJ, Defending DUI’s Seminar – 12/2010

Blair Russ, intellectually driven and motivated by working with clients, Blair has obtained unexpected results.

Here’s what Blair says about his job: ”Criminal defense is the best job there is – I just love what I do. Every day I get to stand in the way of the government’s destruction of people’s lives.”

“My people start out confused and scared. But by the time we finish their case, they have put their lives back in order so they don’t return to the halls of the criminal courts.”

Blair, a psychology major from the University of Washington (cum laude), who then went to New York to obtain a law degree at the esteemed Benjamin Cardozo Law School, obviously loves what he does. He enjoys helping people and is thrives on the intellectual challenge of courtroom law. Just look at his results: