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Michelle Gail’s transactional practice focuses on real estate and corporate law. Her experience includes documenting, negotiating, and closing real estate, hotel, and business transactions across the United States. Ms. Gail has extensive experience with purchase and sale agreements, loan documentation, ground and commercial leases, development and management agreements, construction contracts, and architect agreements. ActivitiesIn her spare time, Ms. Gail enjoys having adventures, including riding her bike from Seattle to San Francisco, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro, trekking in Patagonia, and riding her motorcycle around the scenic Pacific Northwest.

Michele has extensive complex commercial litigation experience representing corporate and entrepreneurial clients in matters involving intellectual property, commercial and partnership contracts, and other complex disputes, in state and federal courts.  Michele earns client loyalty through informed, tenacious representation, balanced and driven by business needs.  Her ability to develop and marshal a multitude of facts in a strategic and cohesive way leads to successful results for her clients, whether achieved at trial or in a favorable settlement.  Michele also counsels clients on pre-litigation planning and strategy and litigation avoidance.. Before joining Savitt Bruce & Willey, Michele was a partner at the Chicago firm of Freeborn & Peters LLC.  Michele is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Michael Dodd is a shareholder in the geotechnical engineering firm, Shannon & Wilson, Inc., where he serves as the General Counsel. Mr. Dodd is admitted to: all federal, state, and local courts in Washington State; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Tax Court; and U.S. Court of International Trade.

Michael D. Daudt handles litigation covering most real estate, construction, business, partnerships, insurance, and homeowner association issues. He has been involved in numerous construction defect claims involving single-family homes, condominiums and commercial buildings. He has also litigated a variety of homeowner association disputes, LLC, corporation and partnership disputes, alcoholic beverage distribution and regulation, insurance coverage and insurance bad faith, condemnation, land use, environmental, easements and other access issues, landlord-tenant disputes, and other real property matters. He also handles many transactions including business mergers and formation, leases, easements, real estate sales, and other real estate transactions. Mr. Daudt is a member of the bar in Washington and California. He was named a "Rising Star" by Washington Law & Politics magazine from 2003 through 2005 and is rated "AV" in Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Daudt is also a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars in several areas including easements, construction defects, insurance and homeowner associations.

Maureen focuses her practice on Art Law and Intellectual Property.. Maureen received an undergraduate degree in English Literature with a minor in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Texas at Austin.  While earning her degree, Maureen worked for the university’s newspaper as a daily cartoonist and was honored for the best collegiate cartoon strip in the United States.  She also pursued her artistic and musical interests in college by starting an all-girl rock band. She continues to engage in artistic pursuits through acrylic and oil painting and participating in the local art community.. Maureen received her law degree from Texas A & M University School of Law.  During law school, Maureen spent her semester breaks studying Intellectual Property Law, International Law, and Human Rights Law in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Madrid, Spain, Geneva, Switzerland, and Chamonix, France. Maureen earned the prestigious Intellectual Property Certification along with her law degree.. Maureen’s office is located in the historic Smith Tower in the heart of downtown Seattle, one block from the King County Superior Court. Maureen is licensed to practice law in Washington and Florida. Maureen is also a licensed private investigator in the state of Washington.. In her free time, Maureen enjoys hiking with her family and two Australian shepherds, trail running and Crossfit training, snowboarding, painting, playing guitar and learning French. Recently, Maureen summited Mount Whitney (elevation 14,505 feet) and ran and finished the Golden Gate trail marathon and the Long Beach Marathon.

Mary Anne Vance focuses her practice on estate planning, trusts and probate. She is the co-author of the Probate and Estate Planning Chapters of the "Washington Civil Practice Deskbook". She chairs and speaks at legal seminars sponsored by the Washington State and King County Bar Associations. She was voted "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law and Politics Magazine and voted one of Seattle's Top Attorneys by Seattle Magazine.

Mark A Clausen has retired after 38 years of practicing law. Please contact Tyler Thomas at Clausen Law Firm with any questions or representation on any issues or matters

Marisa is a member of Graham & Dunn’s Condemnation Team.  As part of her real property valuation practice she advises and represents governmental agencies, property owners and lenders involved in condemnation and relocation actions.  Her representation of governmental agencies has included Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle, the City of Everett, the City of Federal Way, the City of Lacey, the City of Olympia, the City of Tumwater, and the Bethel School District.  She also has been involved in attaining favorable verdicts or settlements for property owners, including the condemnation of a major water dependent property, the condemnation of a small shipyard on Bainbridge Island, and the relocation of a former Harbor Island business.. Marisa is also a member of Graham & Dunn’s Real Estate and Litigation Teams.  Her real property litigation practice includes representation of individuals and businesses regarding boundary disputes and landlord-tenant issues, contract and construction disputes, restrictive covenants, land use, and zoning issues.  She also counsels and represents financial institutions and financial services companies in connection with commercial collection actions and lenders’ rights litigation.

Marc’s practice covers the broad range of corporate law and commercial transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, complex negotiations and strategic planning. Marc is a member of the Emerging Companies Team.. Marc has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer and has served as a member of management for a number of companies, including PACCAR Inc, Virginia Mason Medical Center (where he was General Counsel and a member of senior management), Virginia Mason Health Plan (where he was President of a 40,000 life HMO) and Medtronic Physio-Control Corporation (where he was initially Sr. V.P. - Law, Human Resources, and Business Development, and was ultimately Executive Vice President -Operations).

Marc Winters’ practice encompasses a wide range of real estate and business transactions, predominantly involving the financing, acquisition, development, management, restructuring, and disposition of commercial real estate projects and branded assets. He also counsels pension fund advisory firms and tax-exempt investors on a variety of issues relating to the structuring of business transactions and all aspects of real estate investments.Mr. Winters has negotiated, documented, and closed eight- and nine-figure deals for many types of clients, including joint venture groups, pension funds, public development authorities, school districts, state agencies, banks, lenders, developers, and other businesses. In the course of his transactional and investment structuring practice, Mr. Winters has gained extensive experience in real estate investment trust, limited liability company, limited partnership, and other entity formation. He also has significant experience with construction and permanent loans, leasing, development and management agreements, and secured land transactions (including covered and uncovered construction loans, securitized loans, interim loans, permanent loans, wraparound financing, and subordinated and unsubordinated leasehold financing).Mr. Winters has been designated as a LEED Accredited Professional by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Mr. Winters is able to advise owners, developers, lenders, contractors, and architects on a variety of legal issues pertaining to green building and assist them in evaluating and navigating the LEED certification process.Representative Transaction

Liv Wernecke is a shareholder with more than 30 years experience at Betts Patterson Mines, he heads the Estate Planning and Probate practice area and also is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group.. Mr. Wernecke’s practice covers estate planning, succession planning for closely held business, real estate and investment entities, compensation and retirement arrangements, probate, trust creation and administration, individual, estate and entity taxation, guardianships, and certain aspects of international trade.. He was co-counsel of a successful Washington Supreme Court case upholding the application of the equal protection clause to state taxes and has lectured at Golden Gate University in taxation of S Corporations, partnerships and estates.

Lish Whitson has been a trial lawyer for more than 43 years. He has tried more than 50 jury trials and successfully argued many others cases to a judge without a jury. He has also settled hundreds of cases out of court on behalf of his clients, thereby avoiding the uncertainty of a trial. Lish has been recognized for his ability as a trial attorney with his nomination and election to membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America and in the American Board of Trial Advocates.. Lish’s practice has emphasized litigation in motor vehicle accident cases and other personal injury, commercial, medical malpractice, health care, construction, employment, product liability, and consumer class action cases. He has also litigated matters involving intellectual property, administrative, antitrust, criminal, defamation, environmental, insurance and real property law. In addition, Lish is a very successful independent Mediator and Arbitrator with more than 30 years of experience. He also serves as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association.. Before attending graduate school and then law school, Lish served in the United States Peace Corps in Afghanistan as an English and pottery teacher. After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law, Lish practiced for three years with The Public Defender Association. Lish has practiced with the firms of Helsell Fetterman, LLP, Stokes Lawrence PS and Badgley Mullins Law Group. He presently has his own firm, Lish Whitson PLLC.

Licensed in Washington, Texas, and D.C., Erin has nearly two decades of experience working in the corporate sector, including at some of the most prestigious firms in the country. Her background includes public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, and mergers & acquisitions.. The primary focus of Erin's practice is corporate and business law, including small business and startup formations, financings, mergers & acquisitions, securities offerings, equity compensation plans, employee and independent contractor arrangements, outside general counsel servcies, and technology transactions. Erin's clients include entrepreneurs, investors, and developers in a wide variety of industries.. Erin also advises nonprofit organizations with respect to idea development and business plans, formations of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities, application for tax-exempt status, fiscal sponsorships, charity registrations, and nonprofit compliance.. As a complement to her business law practice, Erin provides estate planning legal services and business succession planning.

Leigh-Ann’s practice focuses on general business, real estate, and estate planning and probate matters. She helps clients design and establish estate plans that are tax-efficient, but more importantly, that will carry out their wishes. She also advises clients on legal issues related to starting and operating their business, from choice of entity decisions to purchase and sale agreements. She also works with local builders on covenants and easements for smaller townhome developments.

Larry's practice focuses on complex litigation, business representation and advice and environmental. He has tried and won many protracted, complex cases. He has successfully quarterbacked numerous environmental projects, including helping negotiate permitting, superfund remediation, and waste management/discharge programs for clients in the aluminum and maritime industries. His track record in litigation under CERCLA and the Washington MTCA is spotless, having tried and won cases of significant importance. He is especially willing to take on and aggressively handle matters of substantial financial and quality of life importance to his clients. As a result, he has accomplished several multi-million dollar settlements for injured plaintiffs in difficult product liability cases (aviation and automotive crash and defect cases) and obtained judgments and settlements involving more than $170 million in property tax valuation reduction on behalf of industrial clients. Larry is proud to say that many of his clients are lawyers from other communities and states who find themselves and their clients with legal challenges beyond their experience in product liability, environmental, and other complex problems.

Lachlan focuses on business law, helping guide companies through a variety of transactions. He assists in all stages of deal making: drafting, negotiating, and enforcing agreements. When not reviewing agreements, Lachlan engages in business-to-business corporate correspondence, policy creation and implementation, and legal research.. Lachlan currently serves as an in-house attorney for a local medical device company.

Kyle's life in the law represents years of experience in high stakes family law matters, real estate, business law, and tax law representing a variety of real estate interests, closely held corporations, construction firms, mortgage companies, and entrepreneurs of all types. He is often consulted by other lawyers and frequently acts as a business and law guru to entrepreneurs.. In recent years, he has shifted his focus  to service as an independent neutral engaged in mediation and arbitration.  Those cases are generaaly done on a fixed fee basis as explained in his website at .. Kyle has extensive Alternative Dispute Resolution experience. He has worked as an advocate, arbitrator, and a mediator in the private sector at the request of clients, judges, and other lawyers.. As a result of the pandemic, he has become proficient at working remotely using zoom and other apps. He is now capable of consulting on matters state wide and assisting clients in a variety of matters. On request, he provides advisory and second opinions. He also is able to use his vast experience representing business clients over the year to draft plain meaning agreements.

Kristi concentrates her practice in the areas of estate and trust planning, business transition planning, elder law planning (including Medicaid and guardianship planning), and probate and trust administration.  She enjoys working with engineers, medical professionals, and small business owners to assist them with their specific needs. Kristi’s estate planning experience includes preparing wills and trusts (revocable and irrevocable), prenuptial agreements, durable and general powers of attorney (health care and financial), forming family limited liability companies, assisting clients with lifetime gifting, and general Medicaid or guardianship needs. She enjoys taking a client’s wishes and translating them into a cohesive estate and business transition plan. In addition, Kristi assists clients with the difficult issues that arise in transitioning assets after the death of a family member or friend through any trust or probate administrations process.. She graduated (summa cum laude) from Buena Vista University, then received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law in 2014. She received her Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Washington Law School in 2018.. Kristi is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, the King County Bar Associations, and QLaw. She was elected to chair the WSBA Tax Sections’ Young/New Lawyer Committee in 2017, and the WSBA Tax Section's Pro Bono Committee in 2019.. When not practicing law, Kristi enjoys reading, baking shortbread, and volunteering with the University of Washington Federal Tax clinic, where she assists low income taxpayers in controversies with the IRS.

Kevin has a diverse litigation practice, representing public and privately held companies in commercial contract claims, real estate disputes, contested partnership and joint venture dissolutions and bankruptcy litigation matters. His bankruptcy experience gives his clients a unique perspective in situations involving an insolvent or potentially insolvent opponent. Kevin tries cases in state and federal courts and has argued before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ken Hart is a Principal at Carney Badley Spellman, P.S.  His practice is focused on commercial and business transactions, business startups, real estate transactions and related litigation. He assists clients with business formations, as well as with negotiating and drafting partnership, shareholder and employment contracts; and negotiating and documenting business purchases and sales and secured sales transactions.. For many of his business clients, Ken serves the role of general counsel to handle such matters as lease negotiations, vendor disputes, employment issues, sales and acquisitions, and ownership succession. He strives to stay current with his clients and to be available and responsive when they need help and advice, so that they can concentrate on running and growing their businesses.. In addition to business law, Ken has extensive litigation, trial practice and appellate experience in various courts and jurisdictions, both state and federal, and in a broad range of areas. These include general civil litigation, commercial and real estate law. He has researched and written extensively on the law as it pertains to adverse possession, property boundary line and easement disputes, and is a sought-after CLE speaker on those topics. Ken is also a trained mediator and experienced arbitrator.. Both by training and inclination, Ken is a problem-solver, and his approach to the practice of law is collaborative. That means helping clients better understand whatever situation they are facing and providing them with information and guidance they need to make informed decisions. Ken's experience as both a transactional lawyer and litigator allows him to better provide his clients with insightful strategic planning and the advice they need to meet their day-to-day challenges.. Ken has been active in both the state and local bar associations, and over the years has served with distinction in various leadership roles. In 1990, Ken was honored as the Washington State Bar Association's Young Lawyer of the Year. Ken is also a former treasurer of the King County Bar Association. He served for three years on the Washington State Bar Association Disciplinary Board, a dedicated group of practicing lawyers and laypersons appointed to review complaints of lawyer misconduct and determine disciplinary actions when appropriate.. Ken is the former editor of the Washington Lawyers Practice Manual and a former member of the Editorial Advisor Board for De Novo magazine. He has also served as chairman of the King County Fair Judicial Campaign Practices Committee and currently serves as a Trustee of the King County Bar Association's Employee Retirement Fund.

Kelly Reinholdtsen advises both public and private companies on the design and operation of equity-based arrangements, including compliance with federal and state securities laws, Section 16 and Rule 144. Kelly also assists companies with equity issues that arise in mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings.

Katrina Brede earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kansas where she majored in film studies and US History. She received her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law. She has a background in media production and experience with start-ups and brings that knowledge to better understand the legal challenges of small businesses.

Just liike my parents and grandparents, I’m a Seattle native. I graduated cum laude and with high honors from Dartmouth College in 2000, where I captained the women’s volleyball team and was a visiting student at Oxford University. I received my J.D. with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003 and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Washington Law Review. I spent the first 16 years of my career at Mills Meyers Swartling, P.S., where I gained significant litigation experience representing large and small businesses in a variety of contract, insurance, product liability, and real property matters.. After adopting my daughter in 2008, I began building my family formation practice. Adoption, assisted reproduction, estate planning, and probate matters filled an increasingly large percentage of my time. In 2015, I became a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and in 2019, I joined the experienced adoption and estate planning team of Albert Lirhus and John Keckemet.. My practice includes all aspects of adoption, including complex situations involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), interstate placements requiring compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), step-parent, second-parent (and even third-parent) adoptions, contested adoptions, and finalization of international and domestic agency adoptions. I frequently consult with parents hoping to adopt their foster child from the Department of Children, Youth and Families. I also represent birthparents who have placed or are considering placing a child for adoption.. I particularly enjoy advising people in the earliest stages of expanding their families and helping them understand how many options are available. In addition to adoption, the 2019 revisions to the Uniform Parentage Act in Washington opened new possibilities for couples or individuals pursuing assisted reproductive technologies (ARTS). I prepare surrogacy contracts, egg and sperm donation agreements, and embryo donation contracts that satisfy the specific requirements of Washington law, and help intended mothers and fathers obtain pre-birth orders confirming their parentage.. The arrival of a child often prompts parents to complete their estate planning. I prepare the documents necessary to ensure that their loved ones will be well-cared for if they were gone. Usually, those documents include wills, powers of attorney, health care directives (living wills), and sometimes trusts or community property agreements. If a loved one does pass away, I guide clients through probate—the process of transferring titles, distributing assets, and resolving debts.. With my litigation background and experience as an adoptive parent, I bring a strategic and compassionate approach to all my cases. I understand the anxiety and intensity of becoming a parent unconventionally, and also recognize that planning for your own death or incapacity can be unsettling. I help clients navigate both the practical and emotional aspects of these occasions.

Julie Seidenstein focuses her practice on transactional real estate, real estate finance, and secured, unsecured, structured and project financing for regional and national clients. She represents institutional lenders, finance companies, pension funds and borrowers with respect to construction and permanent real estate loans for retail, office, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use properties on a national basis, including traditional balance-sheet loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, participation and syndication structures, loan modifications and mezzanine financing. Julie has extensive experience in counseling clients in the sale and acquisition of commercial real estate, and the drafting and negotiation of loan documents, leases, loan sale agreements, legal opinions, and purchase and sale agreements. She also regularly advises clients in general corporate and business matters.

Josh is an experienced land use, real estate and business lawyer, with an emphasis on complex projects, permitting, and land use regulatory compliance. He works with clients to negotiate purchase and sale agreements, perform due diligence, obtain land use approvals, conduct environmental review, and address permitting and legislative issues involving zoning, platting, shoreline compliance and growth management. Josh is an experienced land use, environmental and real estate trial lawyer, having successfully represented clients in administrative tribunals, superior court actions, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and before the Washington Appellate Courts.

Josh also is a seasoned business lawyer, devoting a significant amount of his practice to advising closely held Seattle-based businesses as outside general counsel. Josh provides strategic business and legal advice and handles corporate governance and commercial litigation matters for his clients.

Josh brings over 20 years of land use and planning background to his practice. Prior to attending law school, Josh worked as an environmental planner and consultant for premier Northwest firms and he served as one of four staff members on the Vermont Governor’s blue-ribbon Growth Management Commission, which ultimately recommended and crafted Vermont’s Growth Management Act.. Josh was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission in 2008 and was twice elected Chair of the Commission. He served six years on the Planning Commission.