Disclaimer - Copyright Byrnes Keller Cromwell 2007
(1938-2007)
Peter Byrnes, one of Byrnes Keller Cromwell’s founding partners, passed away in June
2007. He was an accomplished trial lawyer with a national reputation who in
recent years had become a sage advisor to his many law firm and business
clients. He is fondly remembered.
Peter joined the firm of Bogle & Gates in 1962, where he was a partner until
1984, when he left to form Byrnes Keller Cromwell. He tried scores of cases, primarily
to juries, over a period of more than 40 years. His trial experience included
antitrust, securities, legal malpractice, white collar crime, intellectual
property, and personal injury cases.
Peter was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the
International Society of Barristers, serving as first vice president of the
latter at the time of his death. He served a four-year term as a member of the
Council of the Antitrust Section of the ABA. Peter was also an Associate of the
American Board of Trial Advocates, was listed in Best Lawyers in America each
year since its first publication, and was repeatedly listed in various
publications as Seattle’s leading commercial litigator.