Overview

Tim Shea is a partner in WSHB’s Seattle office, where he practices primarily in the areas of product liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, complex commercial litigation, cybersecurity/data privacy, and insurance coverage. As a member of the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Team, Tim’s practice includes breach response, defense of state and federal enforcement actions of data privacy statutes, and defending high exposure class action litigation.

Tim's honors include being selected as a “Rising Star” lawyer in Washington by Washington Law & Politics magazine and being selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation - Defense. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and Gonzaga University School of Law. Tim is admitted in Washington and Idaho.

Experience

  • Dewar v. Traner Smith & Co., 185 Wn. App. 544 (2015)
  • Cox v. Oasis Physical Therapy, 153 Wn. App. 176 (2009)

Credentials

Education

  • Gonzaga University School of Law (J.D., 2007)
  • University of Washington (B.A., 2003)

Licensed to Practice in

  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington
  • Idaho

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Events, Seminars & Speaking Engagements

  • 2019 CLM Cyber Management and Professional Liability Conference, Boston, MA - Professional Liability: The New Frontier for Accountant Liability in the Age of Cyber Crimes
  • August 2015 presentation for The National Society of Accountants re: CPA/Accountant liability arising from the Affordable Care Act, Form 3115 and state and federal subpoena response

Publications

  • Successor Liability in Section 363 Bankruptcy Sales and UCC Foreclosures (Co-Author), ABA Section of Business Law, Spring Meeting, April 10-12, 2008

Honors & Recognitions

  • Selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America® for Personal Injury Litigation-Defendants in Kirkland, WA  (2024 - 2025)
  • Named a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics magazine (2010, 2017 - 2021)
  • Completed the CLM Litigation Management Institute and earned the designation of Certified Litigation Management Professional, 2017

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