The Markam Group Legal Team
Mark Kamitomo, Attorney
Due to his long success in medical malpractice, nursing home negligence and product liability, Mr. Kamitomo was Washington State Association for Justice “2010 Trial Lawyer of the Year”, as well as being named to Washington Law & Politics “Super Lawyers” list for 2014 and each of the previous ten years. He also received the 2014 Washington State Association of Justice Professionalism Award, and was voted by his peers “Best Medical Malpractice Attorney” in Spokane/Coeur d’ Alene Living magazine. He has won numerous multi-million-dollar verdicts and settlements, many of which have prompted significant improvements in medical care and product design.
Mr. Kamitomo received his JD from Gonzaga University School of Law in 1989. He is admitted to practice in the United States Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii, and the courts of the State of Washington. He also practices in Federal and State Courts in Texas, Nevada, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Arizona, and is licensed to practice in the states of Washington, Hawaii, Arizona and Idaho.
Mr. Kamitomo is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, the Spokane County Bar Association, the Washington State Association for Justice, the Asian Bar Association, The American Board of Trial Advocates, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Damage Attorney's Round Table (DART), and The Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. In addition, he is currently on the Board of Governors for the Washington State Association for Justice (formerly WSTLA) and served as its president in 2011-2012. He has served on the Board of Advisors for the Gonzaga Law School, the Board of Trustees for the Litigation Section of the Washington State Bar Association, and is a current board member and past President of Spokane Youth Sports Association.
Justice Richard P. Guy, Of Counsel
As former Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice, and as a longtime Spokane County Superior Court judge, Richard Guy brings legal experience unsurpassed in the region. He received the American Judicature Society’s prestigious Herbert Harley Award—the highest honor given to state judges—and he was named the Washington State Bar Association’s Outstanding Judge, among numerous other honors.
A graduate of Gonzaga University and Gonzaga School of Law, Justice Guy went on to teach law at Gonzaga-in-Florence as well as to serve on the Gonzaga Law School Board of Advisors. He also served as Washington’s Assistant Attorney General, and he now arbitrates in Washington, California and Hawaii.
Justice Guy is particularly expert in bio-ethics and pharmaceutical patient protection law, presenting papers on the subject in conferences worldwide since 1999.
His long experience in the courtroom brings special depth to cases at The Markam Group, allowing us to more accurately gauge influence at trial and at appeal, significantly improving your prospects at each stage.
Larry Briney, Of Counsel
After 31 years with the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, first as an attorney and then as Spokane Division Chief and Senior Counsel, Mr. Briney brings deep experience in the workings of government law, particularly as it pertains to institutions such as hospitals. He ran a department of more than 100, including 39 attorneys.
Winner of the Attorney General’s Golden Gavel Award, he helped found the Attorney General Academy and chaired it for 26 years, training more than 900 new attorneys in the government practice of law. He is a graduate of Seattle University and Gonzaga Law School.
Jackie Breneman R.N., B.S.N.
For medical cases of all kinds, Ms. Breneman’s more than thirty years of experience in nursing and medical facilities proves invaluable. She has worked in five of Spokane’s major medical facilities, with extensive experience in emergency care, intensive care and internal medicine. At Rockwood Clinic she managed 22 employees across multiple departments, supervising everything from hiring and scheduling to staff evaluation and education. Since 1990 Ms. Breneman has been an expert legal consulting nurse, lending her considerable knowledge of hospital procedures, medical records and medical literature to numerous successful medical malpractice cases. She earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing, with honors, from the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, Spokane.