Mark A. Kaiman, Esq.

Criminal Defense, Real Estate & Civil Litigation, Family Law

Attorney Mark A. Kaiman joined the Lustick Law Firm in 2006 and is presently a team supervisor and senior litigation associate. His practice focuses on criminal law, real-estate law, civil litigation, and family law.

Mark graduated with honors from Syracuse University College of Law in New York State in 2000. He attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash., but later transferred to Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997.

With deep roots in the Northwest, Mark began his legal career as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in San Juan County where for two and a half years, he prosecuted hundreds of misdemeanor and juvenile criminal cases in the San Juan County District and Superior Courts in Friday Harbor, Wash. Later he was appointed as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Bellingham and was assigned to prosecute DUIs, assaults, thefts, and other criminal matters in the Bellingham Municipal Court.

Upon leaving government service in 2003, Mark became a litigation associate attorney for the Law Offices of John O. Linde in Friday Harbor, Wash. and focused his practice on criminal defense, family law, and civil litigation. Mark worked in Mr. Linde's firm for three years before joining the Lustick Law Firm in February of 2006.

Mark has occasionally sat as Judge Pro Tempore in San Juan County District Court.

In addition to his prosecution and judicial experience, Mark has broad experience in various areas of civil law, including real estate, family law, and general litigation. Mark also has extensive trial experience as both plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsel in civil cases, and has successfully defended numerous individuals in litigated criminal jury trials.

Mark's is an avid tennis player and enjoys going to movies in the theater. He also enjoys sport flying, and is a military and space history enthusiast.

In 2009, Mark was honored as a “Rising Star” in criminal law by Washington Law and Politics magazine. In 2010, Mark was also rated as one of the top criminal defense lawyers in the nation according to the nationwide attorney rating website, AVVO.com.

Mark is admitted to practice in the following courts:
• The Washington State Supreme Court
• The Washington State Court of Appeals
• All Superior, District, & Municipal Courts in Washington State
• United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
• U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals

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