PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kaleigh dedicates her class practice to holding corporations accountable for harms they cause to their customers and to the public at large.
She represents plaintiffs in consumer protection class actions around the country, serving as lead counsel, co-lead counsel, or as a member of the plaintiffs executive committee in numerous data breach and consumer class actions. Unlike many of her peers, Kaleigh has tried a class action lawsuit to verdict: she served as co-lead trial counsel in Larsen v. PTT, LLC, Case No. 3:18-cv-05275 (W.D. Wash.), in which a federal jury awarded $17.7 million in actual damages and over $7 million in enhanced damages under Washington’s Consumer Protection Act for a certified class of individuals who had spent money on the defendant’s illegal gambling games.
Kaleigh also represents individual clients in cases involving commercial, contract, and partnership disputes, as well as securities arbitrations. She works with clients on finding a practical approach to meeting their needs in litigation, including trial if necessary; Kaleigh has served as lead or co-lead trial counsel in both state and federal court, and for both jury and bench trials.
Before she joined Tousley Brain Stephens, Kaleigh completed a federal clerkship with the Honorable Robert H. Cleland in the Eastern District of Michigan.
Education
- J.D., University of Washington School of Law, with high honors
- Order of the Coif
- Order of the Barristers
- Managing Editor, Washington Law Review
- President, Moot Court Honor Board
- Judge John C. Coughenour Award in Trial Advocacy for Best Oral Advocate
- B.A., Political Science and Communications, University of Washington, magna cum laude
- College Honors in Political Science
- Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
- Washington State Bar
- Oregon State Bar
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Professional Involvement and Recognition
Publications and Presentations
“A Nuanced Approach”: How Washington Courts Should Apply the Filed Rate Doctrine, 92 Wash. L. Rev. 481 (2017)
Panelist, Sedona Conference Working Group 1 Online Midyear Meeting (April 2020)
Panelist, Sedona Conference Working Group 11: The Sedona Conference Draft Commentary on Quantifying Violations Under U.S. Privacy Laws (June 2020)
Co-Presenter, Practical & Ethical Considerations for Social Media Discovery, WSBA Webinar on Technology and Licensing Law: Legal Challenges with Evolving Technologies (July 2020)
Panelist, Sedona Conference Working Group 11: Data Privacy Security Litigation Update (October 2021)
Professional Recognition
- Selected as a 2022-2025 Washington Rising Star by Super Lawyers®
- 2024 Pro Bono Service Award from the Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington
Professional and Community Involvement
- King County Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- William L. Dwyer American Inn of Court
- Young Lawyer Liaison – Washington State Bar Association Litigation Section (2020-2022)
- Western District of Washington Pro Bono Panel