Brad R. Schlesinger

Brad R. Schlesinger is a Senior Associate in Williams Kastner’s Business Litigation Practice Group. His practice focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis on insurance defense. Brad represents clients in complex litigation matters, including high-value claims exceeding $1 million, and has extensive experience in trial advocacy, arbitration, and mediation.

Before joining Williams Kastner, Brad served as in-house counsel for State Farm, representing the company and its policyholders in litigation across multiple Washington counties. He managed complex insurance defense cases from inception to resolution, developing strategic litigation plans, conducting depositions of key witnesses, and securing favorable arbitration and mediation outcomes. Brad worked closely with insurance adjusters and expert witnesses to analyze case merits, mitigate risks, and achieve optimal results for clients.

Prior to moving to civil litigation, Brad spent over 9 years as a public defense attorney in West Palm Beach, FL, and Seattle, WA. As a trial and appellate attorney, Brad had a robust motions practice, filing hundreds of constitutional motions, tried over 50 jury trials to verdict, and briefed over 40 cases on appeal on charges ranging from petit theft to first-degree murder.

• King County Bar Association
• Washington Defense Trial Lawyers
• Washington State Bar Association

• St. Thomas University School of Law, J.D., 2013
• Florida International University, B.S., magna cum laude, 2009