Areas of Practice

If you have a question regarding an area of law that you don't see below or you are unsure where your issue might fit, drop us a line or send us a message and we can hopefully find a way to help. In addition to the areas of practice listed below, we have considerable experience in personal injury, landlord-tenant and defamation issues and accept these types of cases only in certain circumstances.

We've specifically chosen each of our practice areas to better help individuals, communities and businesses have better interactions with the justice system. Whether helping you or your business plan for the future or helping you and your community through a dispute, we look for ways to help make your interaction with the legal system understandable, affordable and as efficient as possible.

Environmental and Land Use Law

Please note that many land use issues have tight deadlines and restrictive requirements concerning comments and appeals. Additionally, if you fail to raise an issue in either of those proceedings you may lose your right to address them at a later time. Consult an attorney as soon as possible!

Our services include:

  • Water Issues

  • Natural Resource Issues

  • State Environmental Policy Act Issues (SEPA)

  • Private Permitting Issues

  • Land Use Permit Appeals

  • Boundary Disputes

  • Shoreline Master Program Appeals

  • Public Disclosure Requests

  • Nonprofit formation

 

 

If you don't see your specific type of environmental or land use issue above, it is still possible that we can help! Shoot us a message.

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Small  Business, Startup & Nonprofit law

When starting a new business or organization it can be important to get off on the right foot. Unfortunately it is all too common that overlooking even one issue results in costly future litigation.

Our services include, but are not limited to:

  • Business/501(c) Formation

  • Business Governance

  • Copyright and Trademark

  • Ongoing Transactions/Contracts

  • Dissolution

Mediation

Litigation is costly. It also is usually a stressful, highly contentious, zero-sum game that leaves at least one party feeling very unhappy. We believe that using alternative means for resolving disputes, such as mediation, can lead to adding value to almost any situation which allows all parties to walk away content.   Avoiding the litigation process can make reaching justice much more affordable.

 

We mediate:

 
 

  • Individual Disputes

  • Community Disputes

  • Land Use/ Environmental Disputes

 

Estate Planning

Planning for the future can sometimes seem daunting. We can help you understand what you need to know and guide you through that process in a simple and affordable way.

Our services include:

  • Wills and Trusts

  • Power of Attorney

  • Health Care Directive/Living Will

  • Community Property Agreement

 
 
 
 
 

Unbundled Legal Services

Sometimes you don't need a full service law firm for all of your legal needs.  If that's the case we can help too. There are many situations where you might want help as you handle a legal issue yourself or  need advice on one particular issue or issues.  We offer multiple fee structures for our limited scope representation services as well.