In-Demand Media Celebrity Attorney
ANNE BREMNER
Committed to Educating the Public, Being a Role Model and
Heightening Respect for Criminal and Civil Justice System
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Seattle Based Legal Powerhouse, Who Provided Briefings
to International Press Pool During Michael Jackson Trial, Has Served As Legal Analyst on Kobe, Scott Peterson, Missing Teen In Aruba Cases for All Major Networks
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Member of Prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers Is Renowned Throughout Pacific Northwest For Defending Cops--including Seattle Police and Washington State Police Departments-Lawyers, Judges and Priests
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Litigation Shareholder at Stafford Frey Cooper Obtained Verdicts for the Police in High Profile "Mary Kay Letourneau" statutory rape case

            Currently one of the most high profile celebrity attorneys in America, Anne Bremner has since 2002 been one of the most sought after legal analysts of our time, commenting on the high profile cases that have transfixed the nation-Kobe Bryant, Michael Jackson, Scott Peterson, and most recently, the missing teenager in Aruba-for Court TV, MSNBC, Fox News, CNN, CNN Headline News, ABC's Good Morning America, the CBS Early Show, A&E, the E! News Channel and BBC World.

Offering a balanced perspective that only a veteran lawyer experienced as both a prosecutor and defense attorney could provide, the Seattle based legal powerhouse provided, during the Michael Jackson child molestation trial, regular morning appearances on CNN and daily spots on Court TV. Bremner also was chosen to provide briefings to the international press pool gathered outside the courthouse in Santa Maria.

            "In addition to being a role model for women who are interested in pursuing professional careers in law and other professional arenas, I view my work on television as educating the public on the issues that take place behind the scenes of these high profile cases," she says. "I talk about how evidence rules work and predict how certain motions might play out. With the Jackson case, I analyzed his right not to testify, the ramifications of the accuser's mother taking the 5th, and under what circumstances witnesses can do that. My job is to discuss how trials work, and I will take sides depending on the circumstances of the case. Sometimes, as in the Jackson case, things can turn around at the end, whereas in others, like Scott Peterson, you know the minute he walks into the courtroom the jury would find him guilty."

            Bremner has a very simple explanation for the phenomenon of TV legal punditry and the obsessions with crime and criminal trials that drive it: "All trials are morality plays, public forums in which to discuss big issues. In the Robert Blake trial, we asked, if the victim is an unsympathetic grifter, should the defendant get off? Do we know evil when we see it? Is the case of Martha Stewart, who is rich and female, different from the guys from Enron? Americans have been fascinated by trials forever, going back to the Lindbergh baby case and Leopold and Loeb. The press coverage has always been staggering. And morality plays are unpredictable. It's like a sporting event where we don't know the outcome. The fascination we have for disturbing human behavior has never changed, only the proliferation of media outlets to feed it."

            Aside from her charismatic personality, telegenic looks and forceful way with an argument (23 years as a litigator does wonders for one's power of persuasion), Bremner stands head and shoulders above many of today's other TV analysts by virtue of possessing one of the country's brightest legal minds, grounded in an incredibly diverse two decade plus resume.

            Her practice has long emphasized civil rights, employment litigation and criminal law. A shareholder in the Seattle law firm of Stafford Frey Cooper, she currently represents the Seattle Police Department, the Bellevue, Tacoma and Des Moines Police Departments, and the Washington State District and Municipal Judges Association. She has also been retained by other law enforcement agencies, the Catholic Archdiocese and judges and lawyers. Her successful defense of over 100 civil and criminal cases-she has won every civil case she was ever involved in-has earned her the distinction of being included in the Top 1% of Trial Lawyers in the U.S. and Canada who meet the rigid requirements for Fellowship in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers; she was elected as a National Representative in 2003.

            She is also a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has been a frequent lecturer for seminars throughout the U.S., St. Kitts and Costa Rica. Bremner-who worked for five years as prosecutor for King County prior to entering private practice--was named a "Superlawyer" (top 5% of lawyers in Washington State) by her peers from 1999-2005, one of the Top Ten women lawyers in Washington and chosen as the only lawyer in a list of the 25 most influential people in Seattle.

"This kind of notoriety," she says, "comes from trying a lot of high profile cases involving issues like police shootings, a civil action against our current governor (then attorney general) Chris Gregoire and the Mary Kay Letourneau case, in which I defended the Des Moines Police Department against Vili Fualaau, the 12 year old kid whose family sued the cops and the school district for not protecting him from having sex with his teacher.

            "I love being a lawyer because I get to use my head and have a great opportunity to help people," Bremner adds. "My first love is helping cops, because they have a really tough job, where they are always second guessed and criticized for their actions. I'm really hands on with my cop clients and friends, helping them and their families through various crises that come up. I won't take a case unless I believe in it."

            Over the years, she has contributed time and/or money to various social and charitable causes, from the Youth Suicide Prevention Program and Lawyers Helping Hungry Children to the Sexual Assault Research Center. She also enjoys occasional teaching gigs and participates in a YMCA mock trial competition for kids. Another passion is her participation in the Committee For a Two Newspaper Town, for which she is representing the public in a lawsuit to keep the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from folding.

            A Medieval History major at Stanford who went on to law school at Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), Bremner-whose extended family has been in Washington State since 1880-lives with her beloved cat in the Queen Ann Hill section of the Emerald  City, in a condo complex which was once an old grade school. An avid skiier, she owns a time share condo in a ski resort area in Central Oregon. Very comfortable near the water, she grew up in a family of avid boaters and enjoyed hiking the hills of Northwest Washington when she was a kid.

            When it's raining, which is often, Bremner-an active member of a book club--she can be found reading Dorothy Parker books and non fiction biographies (anything to do with F. Scott Fitzgerald fascinates her!) When the sun emerges, she puts the top of her convertible down and cranks up Jackson Browne and the music of a face very familiar to her, Michael Jackson.

            "My approach to the legal profession has always been, you can always do more to heighten respect for the criminal and civil justice system," she says. "When you're helping people get through hard times in their lives, the sky is really the limit. I love being their advocate, and I try to make it a positive experience. Some of the people who I've represented and got off will later return to court to watch other people's trials because they find the process so fascinating! I help them become better people, and that's very rewarding. I used to believe that for a lawyer to be successful, one had to be hard edged, mean and tough, but it's more disarming when you're nice. You get a lot farther. When people call me 'Barbie' or 'Gidget' in jest, I love it!"