Rob Williamson

Our firm consists of Kim Williams and Rob Williamson, attorneys, and Lisa Hanlon, our secretary.
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ABOUT ROB WILLIAMSONRob was born and raised in California.He attended Princeton University, University College London and Harvard Law School.After graduating from law school, Rob returned to California and joined Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, an entertainment law firm in Century City.He then joined the Western Center on Law and Poverty, and from there became the Director of Clinical Studies at Southwestern University School of Law, where he was a fully tenured professor teaching lawyering skills, family law and community property.

Rob moved to Seattle in 1979 and initially worked for the Legal Services Corporation as the Regional Training Coordinator, and then for Evergreen Legal Services as a senior litigator.Rob has been in private practice since 1981.He has brought class actions on behalf of consumers and employees, won the largest verdict in the nation for migrant farm workers' damages for wrongful termination, and represents injured persons, especially men and women injured in the maritime industry or who work for railroads.

Coincidentally in January, former center director Rob Williamson chose to return to full-time ministry in the Presbyterian Church, United States of America denomination, and the mediation center position came open for Davis-Lay.

Reaching out

Now she is expanding the scope of how mediation is used to resolve disputes before they become court cases.

"We're working with the Maryville Housing Authority to bring mediation into resident communities within each campus.That's another initiative we're looking at in Blount County."

Davis-Lay said the center is still very involved in Blount County Juvenile Court, where they work with first-time offenders.The center also works with General Sessions Court and with the truancy board.