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Snohomish, Wa, Us

Everett, Washington

Redmond, Wa

Represent clients involved in family law cases, including marriage dissolutions, parenting plans and child support modifications, and pre- and postnuptial agreement issues. Draft research memoranda on a variety of family law issues, as well as client letters and correspondence directed to opposing parties and witnesses. Develop and review pre- and postnuptial agreement and pleadings, including dispositive motions and final orders. Argue pre-trial motions involving a variety of family law issues. Represent clients at mediation, arbitration and trial.Key Contributions:Represented father as lead counsel in a bench trial, in which father was awarded custody of the parties’ minor child.Represented wife of high earning executive in a divorce proceeding and successfully negotiated a settlement in which wife was awarded 66% of the parties’ community assets (over $2.8 million).Represented wife of high earning executive in a divorce proceeding and successfully negotiated a settlement in which wife was awarded over 60% of the parties’ community assets as well as spousal maintenance of $639,000 over 5 years.Represented husband, father and high wage earner in a divorce case and negotiated a settlement in which husband was awarded equal residential time with the parties’ young children and wife was not required to pay any spousal maintenance.Represented wife in a legal separation of a long term marriage and successfully negotiated a settlement in which wife was awarded a majority of the parties assets (over $2 million).

Greater Seattle Area

Counseled over 100 clients on diverse legal issues. Negotiated and drafted legal instruments including lease agreements, non-compete agreements, employment contracts, and purchase and sale agreements. Created estate planning documents, such as wills, trusts, community property agreements, and prenuptial agreements. Developed dispositive motions and final orders. Represented clients in disputed probate and guardianship proceedings, a well as arbitrations and mediations. Argued pre-trial motions, including several summary judgment motions. Conducted and defended discovery depositions. Represented clients at mediation, arbitration and trial. Key Contributions:Represented minor children in a wrongful death action, which resulted in a settlement with the at-fault driver’s insurance company paid the policy limits.Represented bicyclist who was hit by a commercial truck and successfully negotiated a settlement in which the client was awarded over $150,000 in damages.Represented a pedestrian that was hit by a car in a parking lot and negotiated a settlement in which the client was awarded over $200,000 in damages.Represented wife in a divorce proceeding. At trial court awarded her primary custody of the parties’ children as well as a judgment against husband for attempting to hide marital assets and converting wife’s separate property for his benefit.Represented several children of a decedent in a probate proceeding and successfully removed personal representative (step mother) when it was discovered that she had wrongfully transferred decedent’s property into her own name in an attempt to defraud the court.Represented clients in the purchase of a local, indoor soccer arena including successfully reviewing and analyzing client risk and negotiating terms of the purchase and sale agreement as well as preparing corporate documents and other administrative documents on behalf of the client.

Greater Seattle Area

Researched and wrote legal memoranda regarding diverse legal issues— personal injury claims, estate planning, contractual issues, family law proceedings, guardianships, and probate issues. Drafted legal pleadings and prepared discovery requests and responses. Organized exhibits for mediation, arbitration, and trial. Collaborated other attorneys to represent clients in mediations and other negotiations. Conducted one bench trial. Key Contributions:Consistently and successfully argued contested motions on behalf of clients.Prepared a variety of legal pleadings for submission to various courts and research memoranda on a variety of issues to assist senior attorney.Represented clients in both taking opposing party depositions and defending client depositions.Acted as lead counsel in a divorce trial in which the client husband was awarded significant residential time with the parties’ children and approximately one-half of the parties’ marital assets.

Bellevue, Washington

Meet with and counsel clients with regard to potential personal injury claims. Investigate the viability of potential personal injury claims on behalf of clients. Conduct interviews of clients and potential, third-party witnesses in anticipation of litigation. Draft personal injury complaints and other pleadings; pretrial discovery motions; pretrial discovery requests; and pretrial discovery responses. Conduct research regarding liability in automobile collisions, premises liability, discovery, trial procedure, and draft memoranda regarding those issues. Assist in exhibit preparation for mediation, arbitration, and trial. Represent clients at ex parte, pretrial hearings. Assist senior attorneys in arbitrating disputes.

Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, Law

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Political Science

Activities and Societies: Pi Sigma Alpha, Executive Committee