Kinnon William Williams

“I have asked their attorney to see if the neighbors would agree to leave at least 30 inches of space between where the masonry wall would "bow" northward and your exterior staircase. He is checking with them and will get back to me as soon as they decide.” Conclusion At each point the attorne...y and his assistant came to an agreement with the neighbors based on their e-nails and then back down and appear to agree to something else. At no point in his e-mails to us of July 29, 31 and August 1 and August 2 does he or his assistant Mr. Stillwell indicate that there is little chance of success. I would certainly never have given him my credit card number on July 25th if he had stated he had little chance of success. I am not inclined to spend money recklessly. Each of his e-mails until the last correspondence from Mr. Stillwell and his associate indicates that they were pursing negotiations and at no point did they say it was hopeless. Mr. Kinnon may have concluded that in August after I returned from France but certainly did not tell me that prior to my departure on August 2. His e-mails to us are evidence of that. We heard nothing more until the week on August 21. It appears that no agreement was reached with the neighbors or with their attorney. It was not clear why the negotiations failed or if other options should have been pursued or other compromises attempted. Although the early communications from the attorneys were optimistic about a successful outcome a long period went by with no communication and then we were informed that no agreement was possible. This failure took us by surprize and was accompanied by a large billing charge. The fee billed by the attorney is quite substantial despite the absence of any positive outcome.

Kinnon has been the Fire District’s attorney for several years. During this time he has walked the agency through many issues where his experience, expertise, common sense approach kept our agency ahead of the pitfalls in many areas, including educating us through our first collective bargaining agr...eement, as well as working through a successful arbitration case which was a 10-month process. We truly value his professional relationship and advice.

I worked with Kinnon Williams for years when I was an elected official and Kinnon was the Fire District's legal counsel. Kinnon is exceptionally knowledgable and provided outstanding guidance. Kinnon was expecially valuable as he guided the District through a period of great change as the size of t...he District was cut in half due to annexation. Kinnon led negotiations between the District and the annexing city to create a partnership between the two. Kinnon gets my highest recommendation.