Kenneth E. Brewe Profile
Ken is the founder of Brewe Layman and has been in private practice since 1979. Ken focuses his practice on complex domestic matters, cohabitation (meretricious) disputes, injury claims and civil litigation. He also advises clients regularly on business and estate planning matters and frequently drafts/reviews various sorts of marital agreements. Ken also provides private family law mediation services on a regular basis. He has earned an AV rating (very high to preeminent legal ability rating, and very high ethical rating) from Martindale-Hubbell. Since 2001, Ken has been annually selected as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics Magazine. He was also selected as one of The Best Lawyers in America in family law in 2012. Ken is a frequent speaker at CLE seminars for attorneys in Washington State and author of updates for several chapters of the Washington Practice on family law topics. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association.
Admitted To Practice
Washington State Bar (1979); United States Federal District Court (1981)
Recognition and Membership
- Top 100 Trial Lawyer - Washington State - American Trial Lawyers Association (2009-2011)
- "Super Lawyer" - Washington Law and Politics magazine (2001-2010)
- Selected to The Best Lawyers in America for the area of Family Law (2012)
- Fellow - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- AV (very high to preeminent) rating by Martindale-Hubbell
- Member - Snohomish County, Island County and Washington State Bar Associations
- Member - American Trial Lawyers Association
- Member - Washington State Association for Justice (formerly the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association)
Education
J.D., University of Puget Sound Law School (now Seattle University School of Law), 1979
B.A., University of Washington 1976
Published Cases
In Re the Marriage of Bulicek v. Bulicek, 59 Wn.App. 630, 800 P.2d 394 (1990)
In Re the Marriage of Harrington v. Harrington, 85 Wn.App. 613, 929 P.2d 1159 (1997)
Talley v. Talley, 97 Wn.App. 1077, 991 P.2d 94 (1999)
In Re the Marriage of Grigsby v. Grigsby, 110 Wn.App. 1026 (2002)