Practice Areas
Political Law Litigation
Political Law
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Trade Secrets
Trial Practice
Retail & Consumer Products
Food & Beverage
Sports
Outdoor
Cannabis Law
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Digital media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports
Career
Kevin Hamilton is a highly seasoned trial lawyer with over 35 years of experience, specializing in election and political law and labor and employment issues. Kevin also founded and chairs the firm's nationally-recognized Band 1 Retail & Consumer Products industry group, for which he leads a team of over 250 lawyers focusing on issues facing the retail and consumer products sectors.
Kevin’s political law work centers on recounts, election contests, redistricting, Voting Rights Act litigation, campaign finance, and election administration. He represented the Harris-Walz campaign and the DNC in the 2024 presidential election and the Biden-Harris campaign in multiple states in the 2020 election. Kevin has managed some of the most significant statewide recounts of the last 25 years, including for North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Minnesota Senator Al Franken, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, and Washington Senator Maria Cantwell. His work in voting rights cases has addressed critical issues like drop boxes, voter registration, ballot deadlines, signature matches, voter ID requirements, and long lines, with appearances in courts across the country.
Complementing his political law expertise, Kevin is a top-rated labor and employment lawyer. He has advised a variety of national clients including Amazon.com, Starbucks, Microsoft, The Boeing Company, and the Seattle Seahawks, among many others, on critical workplace issues, including noncompetition, trade secret, discrimination, multiple-plaintiff, and wrongful discharge cases. His significant trial experience spans state and federal courts in 16 states, and his expertise has earned him election as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and membership in the American Law Institute.
