Keith Scully

Bar Memberships

• Washington State Bar admitted 1998
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Legal Practice

• Legal Director, Futurewise, 2006-2008
• Candidate, King County Prosecuting Attorney, 2007
• Associate Legal Officer, United Nations, Office of the Prosecutor, International
• Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 2005-2006
• Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, 1999-2005
• Litigation Associate, Perkins Coie, LLC, 1998-1999

His practice focuses on environmental and land use matters, complex commercial litigation, civil rights litigation, and appeals from both administrative decisions and trial. He has worked as the Legal Director of Futurewise, where he litigated Growth Management Act, Shoreline Management Act, and SEPA appeals to all levels of the Washington State court system and Growth Boards. He has also prosecuted war criminals for the United Nations, and served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County, where he focused his career on appeals and complex crimes. He started his legal career with a large Northwest law firm, practicing energy and telecommunications regulation and general commercial litigation.

Community Service

University of Washington and Seattle University, 2000-present. Volunteer judge for various competitions, attorney-advisor for Seattle University real estate/land use association, mentor, and guest lecturer to the International Law Students Association on opportunities for employment with the United Nations.

King County Conservation Voters, Dec. 2007- present. Board member for environmental community’s political arm.

Initiative Campaigns, 2005-present. Volunteered on the No on I-933, No on 960, Yes on Roads&Transit campaigns, including public speaking, debates, organizing, and direct voter contact.

Habitat for Humanity Family Selection Committee, 1999-2002. Interviewed families seeking Habitat for Humanity housing. Participated in selection meetings wherein families were selected. Approximately 150 hours of volunteer work per year.

Legal Education

New York University, Juris Doctor, awarded May, 1998
Activities: Federal Defender clinic

Publications

“Salmon and Farming: Spawning Sound Cooperation,” King County Bar Association Bulletin, April, 2007.

“Physician-Patient Privilege and the Emergency Responder,” Journal of Emergency Medical Services, October, 2000.

“Defining Murder: Limiting Irregularities in Death Investigation,” Law and Order, August, 1999.

Other Education

• Post-graduate: Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts M.A.
  Middle Eastern History awarded November, 1997
• College: University of California, Los Angeles, California
  B.A. in History awarded September, 1993
• Walter S. Graf Paramedic School, Inglewood, California
  Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic awarded February, 1994

Interests

My children, Katie and Finn; painting (badly); rock climbing; kayaking.

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