• University of Washington, B.A. Law, Societies, and Justice, 2004

• Seattle University School of Law, J.D., 2008, cum laude; Lead Article Editor, Law Review

Prior to forming Knudsen Law Office, PLLC, Kayti was a partner at Ruiz & Smart L.L.P. and an associate at Keller Rohrback, L.L.P. in Seattle and at Halverson Law Group in Yakima where she also served as a Deputy Prosecutor for the City of Wapato. Before starting her career in private practice, she served as a Judicial Law Clerk in the Washington State Court of Appeals for the Honorable David Armstrong (Ret.). 

• Washington, 2009

• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, 2009

• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, 2009

• Gamble v. State Farm (U.S. District Court underinsured motorist insurance, bad faith, verdict in favor of client 19 times the policy limits)

• Bagley v. Travelers (U.S. District Court first party property insurance bad faith)

• Spaulding v. State Farm (U.S. District Court underinsured motorist insurance bad faith)

• Kaiser v. CSL Plasma (King County discrimination against transgender customer)

• Merriman v. American Guarantee (Yakima County first IFCA class action against insurer following fire at storage facility)

• Freeman v. Amtrak (U.S. District Court personal injury arising from Amtrak Derailment)

• Wang v. Comcast (Employment arbitration, race discrimination)

• Adams v. Walmart (U.S. District Court personal injury arising from sliding door incident)

• Schildbach v. City of Seattle (King County negligence and emotional distress claims arising from house fire)

• Speaker, Navigating Client Relationships in Insurance Recovery and Bad Faith Litigation, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice (May 2026)

• Speaker, Insurance Bad Faith: 50% Law, 50% Story, King Couty Bar Association, Seattle, WA (March 2026)

• Kathryn Knudsen, When My Client Lost Her Voice, I Found Mine, Bar Bulletin Vol. 44, Issue 7, King County Bar Association (March 2026)

• Speaker, IFCA on Trial, Washington State Association for Justice, Seattle, WA (December 2024)

• Speaker, “Social Inflation,” Limits-Demands, and Consent Judgment Settlements, The Seminar Group, Seattle, WA (November 2023)

• Speaker, Panel: Preparing Your Bad Faith Case from Start to Finish, American Association for Justice Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA (July 2023)

• Editor, Insurance Law Deskbook, Washington State Association for Justice (2022)

• Author, Chapter 11: Trial, Insurance Law Deskbook, Washington State Association for Justice (2022)

• Speaker, Public Adjusters, Friend or Foe?, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, Seattle, WA (May 2023)

• Speaker, IFCA Update, Washington State Association for Justice Annual Convention (September 2021)

• Speaker, Conflicts, Cash, and Coverage: Ethics in Insurance Litigation, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, Seattle, WA (May 2021)

• Speaker, The Floor is Lava! Insurer Bad Faith in Residential Environmental Claims, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, American Bar Association (March 2021)

• Kathryn M. Knudsen, How to Make the Most out of a Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition, The Woman Advocate Practice Points, American Bar Association (November 2020)

• Speaker, Insurance Broker Liability, Insurance Law Seminar, Washington State Association for Justice, Seattle, WA (May 2020).

• Kathryn M. Knudsen, Aggressive Discovery Produces Results in Employment Arbitration, Trial News, Washington State Association for Justice (2020)

• Speaker, Blast From the Past: Lost Policies and Long-Tail Environmental/Asbestos Claims from the Pre-Absolute Exclusion Era, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, American Bar Association (Tucson, AZ 2020)

• Author, Third-Party Adjuster Liability After Keodalah, Trial News, vol. 55, n. 3, Washington State Associate for Justice (November 2019).

• Speaker, 10 Things We Can All do to Help Insurance Policyholders, Building Industry Association of Whatcom County (Bellingham, WA) 2019

• Speaker, Personal Injury from A to Z, National Business Institute (Seattle, WA 2018).
  CLE Faculty, Effective Motion Practice in Civil Litigation, National Business Institute (Seattle, WA 2017)

• Speaker, 10 Things Every Lawyer Needs to Know about Washington Insurance Law, Construction Defect & Dispute Conference (Seattle, WA 2016)

• Author, Obtaining Benefits Under A Lapsed Life Insurance Policy, Trial News, vol. 52 n. 5, Washington State Association for Justice (January 2016)

• Speaker, Insurance Discovery Privileges: Views from the Offensive and Defensive Lines, The Women of the Section of Litigation Conference Networking Roundtable Luncheon, American Bar Association (Chicago, IL 2015)

• Author, The Dos and Don’ts of Beginning your Trial Practice, Trial News, vol. 50 n. 10, Washington State Association for Justice (June 2015)

• Author, Hidden Risks in Insurance Appraisal Clauses, Trial News, vol. 50 n. 9, Washington State Association for Justice (May 2015).

• Speaker, Duty or No Duty (Concerning the Duty to Defend in Liability Insurance Policies), Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee CLE Seminar, American Bar Association (Tucson, AZ 2015)

• Super Lawyers, 2022-2026

• Super Lawyers Rising Star, Washington, 2016–2021

• Washington State Bar Association Supreme Court Pro Bono Publico Honor Roll, 2016

• WSAJ Eagle Member

• Washington State Bar Association, Member

• King County Bar Association, Member

• American Association for Justice, Member

• Washington State Association for Justice, Board of Governors 2022–present

• University of Washington School of Law, Affiliate Instructor, Trial Advocacy

• Pacific ADR, Mediation Panel

• American Bar Association, The Woman Advocate Committee, Insurance Subcommittee Chair, 2020

• Washington State Association for Justice, Co-Chair Insurance Committee, 2019–2020 & 2021–2023

• Gerry Spence Method Trial Training, Graduate

• Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association, Member

• ArtsFund, Associate Board Member, Visionaries Culture Council, 2014–2022

• Friends of CASA, Board of Directors, 2015

• Allied Arts of Yakima, Board of Directors Nominating Committee, 2012–2013