About John J. Kinney
John J. Kinney III educated first on the California Maritime Academy and went on to earn a law degree from Liberty University School of Law. He mixed a realistic, maritime-rooted undergraduate schooling with the doctrinal learn about of law. That mix indicates thru in the way he approaches cases: careful approximately details, deliberate approximately process.
Early in his legal life he joined Moseley Collins. He has remained there as he gained trial experience and broader federal admission. He is licensed to practice in California and Washington, and in the federal boards of the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Those admissions allow him to move instances among state and federal courts when strategy calls for it.
Kinney’s expert institutions reflect the arenas the place he concentrates his energies. He holds memberships within the American Association for Justice and the Washington State Association for Justice. He is a member of Consumer Lawyers of California and the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association. He also belongs to the State Bar of California, the Washington State Bar Association, and Christian Lawyers of America. Those memberships position him in regular touch with friends who manage shopper and civil trial things, as well as with statewide bar organizations.
At Moseley Collins he has handled matters that require familiarity with trial practice, consumer problems, and the interplay of state and federal process. Colleagues describe him as attentive to procedural detail and methodical in preparing instances for hearings and trials. He brings trial experience to settlement negotiations and pretrial pretrial motions. The career arc is steady: courtroom work complemented by steady professional engagement thru bar and trial lawyer institutions.
Outside court, Kinney’s background in maritime studies informs a realistic outlook. That undergraduate training teaches logistics, operations, and danger — elements that frequently topic in contentious instances that contain complex facts. His law school work provided the doctrinal grounding that helps legal proceedings strategy and appellate work within the federal boards where he's admitted.
He continues to practice at Moseley Collins, participating in trial preparations, motions practice, and client counseling throughout the jurisdictions the place he's admitted. He currently handles shopper and trial matters in California and Washington and in the federal courts where he's licensed to appear.
