Rachel Tallon Reynolds

Associate, Seattle
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Professional Experience

Rachel handles a broad scope of civil matters, and she began her legal career with a large insurance defense firm in Orange County, California. She was then appointed a Deputy District Attorney for one of the largest counties in California. Rachel has conducted jury trials in California and Washington state courts, where she has won favorable verdicts for her clients as a result of her passionate service.

Rachel takes pride in her efforts to educate her clients, ensuring that she is available to answer any questions they may have and to make them comfortable with the direction and status of their case, especially when it is their first experience with the legal system. This is only one example of the excellence in client relations that motivates Rachel in her practice.

Rachel currently lives on Mercer Island.

Education

  • Rachel graduated cum laude from Chapman University School of Law in 2005. She served as an Executive Editor for the Chapman University Law Review, Chairperson of the Nexus Law Journal and Student Bar Association President.
  • Rachel graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 2001, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations.

Admitted to Practice

Washington State Courts (WSBA #38750)
California State Courts (SBN #240299)
United States District Court, Western District of Washington
United States District Court, Central District of California

Professional & Community Activities

  • King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Board of Trustees
  • Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Committee Chairperson
  • King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinician
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society Legal Task Force
  • Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars

Publications & Presentations

  • Too Many Riches: The Efficacy of Monolithic Class Actions, 82 Detroit Mercy L. Rev. 71 (2006).
  • The Robin Hood Taking and the Court of Standards, 4 Appalachian J. L. 145 (2005).

Honors

  • WSBA Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation
  • Riverside County Misdemeanor Prosecutor of the Year
  • American Bar Association Silver Key Award
  • Phi Delta Phi International Graduate of the Year
  • Balfour Scholar
  • Arthur R. Adams Fellow in International Strategic Studies