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Dan

Daniel A. Kittle
ShareholderChair, Business Dispute Resolution
Seattle
D 206.223.7074
kittled@lanepowell.com

Dan Kittle works tirelessly in advocating fiercely for his clients, representing businesses and individuals in highly contentious business disputes. For more than a decade, Dan has helped clients navigate complex business litigation matters with integrity, while minimizing the disruption to their business and fighting for favorable resolutions.   

Dan’s business litigation and dispute resolution practice focuses primarily on:

  • Corporate governance and ownership disputes in closely held companies;
  • Complex contract disputes;
  • Fiduciary duty litigation;
  • Franchise and dealership matters; and
  • State and local tax litigation.

He is certified through the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in taking and defending depositions, trial advocacy, and oral advocacy. He has also successfully completed a 40-hour Mediation Training course through the King County Dispute Resolution Center.

Dan is a recognized leader in his field and has been named a “Washington Rising Star” by Super Lawyers® magazine every year since 2016. He was also selected as one of eleven state-wide future business leaders in the 2015-16 class of Leadership Washington through the Association of Washington Business Institute.

Dan’s passion for problem-solving extends beyond his law practice to his community as well, where he and his wife, Rachel Kittle, co-founded Leadership Launch, a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering students to become future community leaders. Dan and Rachel were named 2021 Mukilteo Citizens of the Year for their community impact efforts. Dan was also honored as a finalist for the Herald Business Journal's Emerging Leader Award in 2019.

Dan facilitates leadership training and mentors Leadership Launch students weekly while also serving on the organization’s Advisory Council. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Mukilteo Family YMCA and the American Red Cross (King County and Kitsap County). He also previously served as an attorney for the Nonprofit Assistance Center Legal Clinic.  

At Lane Powell, Dan serves as the Co-Chair of Lane Powell’s Talent Development Committee, which is part of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. In that role, he participated in a task force to develop Lane Powell’s Associate Core Competencies. He is also actively involved in the firm’s E-Discovery Team and mentors many associates.  

Prior to law school, Dan served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), where he lived in a small rural village and worked as a teacher, basketball coach, and grant writer. Dan earned his undergraduate degree in journalism from Michigan State University and wrote for various newspapers, magazines, and online publications, including the Roanoke Times, Oakland Press, Lansing State Journal, Washington Post, Michigan College Hockey Online, and U.S. College Hockey Online. He also spent a brief stint as a server at the Olive Garden, which he once described as his “dream job.”

Dan lives in Mukilteo with Rachel and their two young children. When he is not busy helping clients resolve disputes or serving his community, Dan loves writing, running, and coaching youth sports, especially basketball. He has run several half-marathons, one full marathon (never again), and other road races and trail races. He is currently working on the second draft of a book for his children about his Peace Corps experiences.

Professional Experience

Oregon Supreme Court, Judicial Extern to Chief Justice Paul J. De Muniz (2009)

Oregon Department of Justice, Law Clerk to the Special Litigation Unit (2008-2009)

United States Peace Corps, Kyrgyz Republic, Peace Corps Volunteer (2004-2006)

Lansing State Journal, Reporting Intern and Sports Stringer (2001-2003)

Roanoke Times, Reporting Intern (2002)

Oakland Press, Sports Intern (2001)

Community Involvement

Association of Washington Business Institute, Leadership Washington Member, Class of 2015-16

 American Bar Association

  • Chair, Financial Services Subcommittee, State and Local Tax Committee (2015-2017) 
  • Member, Dispute Resolution Section
  • Member, Litigation Section

Leadership Launch, Co-Founder, Advisory Council, and Program Facilitator (2014-Present)

Mukilteo YMCA, Board of Directors (2016-2019)

Washington State Bar Association

  • Litigation Section
  • Dispute Resolution Section

Snohomish County Bar Association, Member

King County Bar Association, Member

Youth Sports Coach

Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, Assistant Editor and “Shop Talk” Columnist (2014-2016)

American Red Cross, King County, Board of Directors (2015-2016)

Nonprofit Assistance Center, Volunteer Attorney (2011-2014)

 

Thought Leadership

  • January 4, 2023News
    Kittle’s Youth Development Organization Leadership Launch Named 2022 Nonprofit of the Year
    Awards & Honors
  • July 14, 2022News

    Forty-four Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2022

    Awards & Honors
  • September 1, 2021News
    Kittle Named 2021 City of Mukilteo ‘Citizen of the Year’
    Awards & Honors
  • August 19, 2021News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2022 Recognizes 90 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • July 15, 2021News
    Forty-Three Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers for 2021
    Awards & Honors
  • August 20, 2020News
    The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 Recognizes 92 Lane Powell Attorneys
    Awards & Honors
  • July 16, 2020News
    Thirty-Two Lane Powell Attorneys Recognized by Super Lawyers in Washington for 2020
    Awards & Honors
  • June 10, 2019News
    Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and Nine Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • May 31, 2019News
    Kittle Featured in Herald Business Journal Article ‘We Are Culture Brings Food, Fun and Frank Talk to Mukilteo’
    In the News
  • April 8, 2019News
    Kittle Named a Finalist for Herald Business Journal’s Emerging Leaders Award
    Awards & Honors
  • June 18, 2018News
    Thirty-two Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 14 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • January 3, 2018News
    Congratulations to Lane Powell’s Newest Shareholders
    Firm Announcement
  • June 9, 2017News
    Thirty-one Lane Powell Attorneys Named ‘Washington Super Lawyers’ and 16 Named ‘Washington Rising Stars’
    Awards & Honors
  • Oct 2016Publication
    Take-and-Bake Pizza Is Not a “Necessity”
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • Aug 2016Publication
    Taxation of Nonresident’s Capital Gains from Sale of Ohio Company Violates Due Process
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • June 21, 2016News
    Kittle Graduates from Association of Washington Business Institute’s Leadership Washington Program
    Awards & Honors
  • Jun 2016Publication
    Mass. High Court Upholds Use Tax on Full Price of Vehicles Used in Interstate Commerce
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • Mar/Apr 2016Publication
    Insurance Company AIG Is Not Unitary with Wholly Owned Ski Resort
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • Jan 2016Publication
    AMC’s Movie Showings Are Sale of TPP for COGS Deduction
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • Oct 2015Publication
    At Long Last, DIRECTV Prevails in Commerce Clause Discrimination Challenge
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • September 22, 2015News
    Kittle Selected as Participant for Leadership Washington’s Class of 2016
  • August 19, 2015News
    Kittle Elected to Board of Directors for the American Red Cross
  • August 3, 2015Publication
    Be Aware: Washington DOR Forming Unit to Enforce New B&O Tax on Out-of-State Wholesalers
    Tax Legal Update
  • Aug 2015Publication
    NFL Players Prevail in Pair of Ohio Supreme Court “Jock Tax” Cases
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • Jun 2015Publication
    South Carolina Supreme Court Sets Burden on Alternate Apportionment Formula
    Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives
  • January 20, 2015Publication
    Governor Inslee Proposes $1.5 Billion of New Revenue, Including a 7 Percent Personal Tax on Capital Gains
    Tax Legal Update
  • December 29, 2014Publication
    State Supreme Court Rules on Scope of B&O Tax Mortgage Interest Deduction
    Issues and Answers
  • November 4, 2014Event / CLE
    Current Trends and State Initiatives: Their Impact on Sales and Use Tax Audits; Discovery Issues in Tax Disputes
    Sales and Use | Vancouver, Washington
  • August 5, 2014Publication
    Senseless (in) Seattle: Confusing Application of City’s B&O Tax Leaves Services Businesses in a Quandary
    Seattle Business
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Practices & Industries

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate, Securities, and M&A
  • Electronic Discovery, Technology & Strategy
  • Tax
  • COVID-19 Landlord/Tenant Response Team
  • Business Dispute Resolution

Education

  • Willamette University College of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2010
    • Willamette Law Review, Executive Editor
    • Moot Court Board
    • Dean’s High Paper Award: Torts, Contracts II, Criminal Procedure, Immigration
    • Research Assistant to Dean Symeon Symeonides and Prof. Jeffrey Dobbins
  • Michigan State University, B.A., with high honors, 2004
    • Member of Honors College
    • University of New South Wales, Political Science and Economics, Studied Abroad (2001)
    • Resident Mentor (2002-2003)
    • Theatre Department, Actor (2003-2004)

Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington

Language

  • Kyrgyz

Honors

"Ones to Watch," Best Lawyers®, Commercial Litigation (2021-2022)

"Washington Rising Star," Thomson Reuters, Business Litigation and Tax (2016-2022)

“Citizen of the Year,” City of Mukilteo (2021)

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