“Dedicated, tireless, and passionate about client success.”
Our Attorneys
Steven M. Malek
Attorney at Law
Steve Malek has practiced law for more than 23 years. For the last eight years he has exclusively practiced in the area of plaintiff’s personal injury law. After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto in 1982, Mr. Malek practiced as a barrister before the Canadian courts in Ontario and Quebec, including appearances as counsel before the Supreme Court of Canada. He honed his trial practice and advocacy skills in personal injury and criminal defense cases, as well as in representing physicians in disciplinary matters. Since establishing his practice in Seattle in 1999, Mr. Malek has focused his entire attention on personal injury litigation in order to provide individuals who have been injured through the fault of others with exceptional legal representation that never loses sight of the priorities and needs of the individual client.
Mr. Malek is dedicated to the preservation of the rights of all injured persons in Washington State and he is an Eagle member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association and the national trial lawyers’ organization, the American Association for Justice. He is also a member of the Northwest group of the Trial Lawyers College. He works aggressively and passionately to obtain full compensation for injured persons and from the moment the client chooses to retain the Firm and we accept the engagement, the client’s case is developed with a view that it will go to trial. Our case management procedures are designed to ensure that the case is as fully developed as possible and that the client is kept fully informed each step along the way. This attention to detail and thorough preparation only serve to enhance our ability to obtain great results, whether by settlement, arbitration or trial.
Steve and his wife live on Mercer Island. They have 4 children and 2 grandchildren. An avid golfer and sports enthusiast, after his family he devotes his spare time to those activities and coaching local youth teams.
Joshua B. Locker
Attorney at Law
The newest member of our team, Josh Locker has substantial experience in construction litigation as well as general commercial and civil litigation. Josh graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with general honors from Vassar College in 2001. He earned his J.D. from the Notre Dame Law School in 2006, where he was awarded a merit scholarship from the Indiana Bar Association. Before deciding to become a lawyer, Josh was a graduate student in philosophy at Eberhard-Karls Universität in Tübingen, Germany.
Josh has favorably settled numerous payment disputes on behalf of contractors and subcontractors both within and outside of active litigation. He recently won summary judgment in favor of a subcontractor in a complex commercial construction suit involving over 20 parties with aggregate claims exceeding $20 million. A rigorously analytical thinker and gifted writer, Josh has authored numerous successful appellate briefs and dispositive motions in areas as diverse as employment law, the mechanic’s lien statute, judgment collections, constitutional law, bankruptcy and real property law.
Josh is admitted to practice in Washington and before the United States district Court for the Western District of Washington. When not practicing law, Josh enjoys spending time with his two young sons, lifting weights and reading works in German Romanticism and natural history.