Straus Institute for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Certificate
Moriarity First Year Moot Court Competition, Quarter Finalist
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Animal Law & Sports Law
Dispute Resolution Law Journal, Executive Editor
Seattle University
B.A. Political Science (2012)
magna cum laude
Political Science Departmental Honors
Dean's List
President's List
Seattle University Law Scholar
Korematsu Undergraduate Fellow
Chardin Academic Scholarship
Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society
Biography
Publications & Speaking
Memberships
Kyla A. Parrino is an Associate in our Corporate and Trust & Estate Planning Practice Groups.
Previously, she served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Victoria S. Kaufman in United States Bankruptcy Court, and also worked for the King County Prosecutor’s Office in Seattle as an administrative intern for the district court unit.
Ms. Parrino earned her Juris Doctor in 2015 and a Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law. While in law school she served as Executive Editor for the Dispute Resolution Law Journal, won two CALI Excellence for the Future awards in Animal Law and Sports Law, and was named a Quarter Finalist in the Moriarity First Year Moot Court Competition. She was a student mentor, and a member of the Women’s Legal Society, Federalist Law Society, and the Student Animal Defense Fund.
Ms. Parrino earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science with a legal specialization as well as a minor in philosophy from Seattle University, where she graduated magna cum laude in 2012. She received Political Science Departmental Honors, and was named a Seattle University Law Scholar, a Korematsu Undergraduate Fellow, and to the Dean’s List and President’s List. Ms. Parrino also won a Chardin Academic Scholarship and was a member of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honors Society.
She is licensed to practice in both California and Washington.
Author, Acquiring a Business: Ins-and-Outs - Valley Lawyer Magazine, a publication of the San Fernando Valley Bar Association, September 2017