Andrea R. Kim
As the Owner of ARK Law, PLLC, I am passionate about representing juveniles and adults charged with crimes in Washington State. Juvenile Defense is where my heart truly lies. I have a great deal of experience defending adults against Domestic Violence and DUI cases. I tell my clients' stories so that the prosecutor and Court see who they are, not just what they did.
I studied Political Science and Criminal Justice at Washington State University. I then attended Seattle University School of Law to fulfill my dreams of becoming a criminal defense attorney. During law school I interned with the Associated Counsel for the Accused, a public defender agency in King County. I then interned with the Honorable Wesley St. Clair in the King County Juvenile Court as a clerk. I finished my final year as an intern with the Federal Public Defenders office in the Western District of Washington. I also received the highest grade in the class for Evidence at Seattle University School of Law and am an expert on evidence issues in trial.
I have been practicing criminal defense since I graduated from law school. I am committed to practicing in this area forever because I thoroughly enjoy helping my clients and their families navigate the complicated and scary charges against them. In my first job as a lawyer, I worked for Feldman and Lee primarily handling municipal public defense contracts. I have also taken private cases ranging in severity from as a simple shoplifting case to a felony drug case and everything in between. I gained invaluable experience as a public defender handling thousands of cases and taking many cases to trial. I have handled hundreds of domestic violence cases and DUI’s. My expertise on these cases caused me to become the trial trainer for all of the new associates hired by the firm. I then gained invaluable experience as an Associate with Gause Law Offices handling the misdemeanors for the firm and working on high profile felony cases with Ms. Gause.
- Seattle University School of Law
- J.D. (2013)
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- Honors: Order of the Barristers CALI Award for Excellence in Evidence
- Activities: Street Youth Legal Advocates of Washington Moot Court Board Externship with the Honorable Judge St. Clair Externship with Associated Counsel for the Accused Externship with the Federal Defenders for the Western District of Washington
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- Washington State University- Pullman
- B.A. (2009) | Criminal Justice
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- Minor in French
- Honors: Criminal Justice Honors Society
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- Washington State University- Pullman
- B.A. (2009) | Political Science
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- Honors: Political Science National Honors Society
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- Associate Attorney
- Gause Law Offices
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- Lead Partner of the Criminal Law Department
- Choi Capital Law
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- I was the Partner in charge of created a Criminal Law Department within Choi Capital Law.
- Associate Attorney
- Feldman and Lee
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- I was an associate assigned to work on the municipal public defense contracts for the Cities of Marysville, Arlington, Lake Stevens, Lynnwood, Mill Creek, and Mountlake Terrace. I also assisted with and handled privately retained misdemeanors and felonies.
- Extern
- Federal Defender
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- I was a 3L extern with Paula Deutsch at the Federal Defenders office of the Western District of Washington.
- Judicial Extern
- The Honorable Wesley St. Clair
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- I was the Judicial Extern with Judge St. Clair while he was in King County Juvenile Court.
- Intern
- Associated Counsel for the Accused
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- I interned with Martha Walton in the King County Juvenile Court while she was the juvenile court supervisor. I interned with her before starting law school as well as during my first summer of law school.
- Order of the Barristers
- Moot Court Board
- CALI Excellence for the Future Award
- The Center for Computer Assisted Legal Instruction
- Highest grade in Evidence Course
- Washington State Bar Association # 46339
- Member
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- Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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- Washington Defender Association
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- King County Bar Association
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- Snohomish County Bar Association
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- Washington
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Most criminal cases are handled in a flat fee structure.
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Juvenile Law
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense, Domestic Violence Restraining Orders
- DUI & DWI
- White Collar Crime
- French: Spoken, Written