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Phil George is a proud son of the Pacific Northwest, deeply connected to the needs of Washington families. Raised in the logging communities of western Washington and southeast Alaska, Phil learned the values of hard work and community from his father, a log scaler, and his mother, a fifth-grade teacher.. After graduating from Everett High School (Go Seagulls!), Phil earned his undergraduate degree from Western Washington University and began his career at Boeing’s Everett facility as an Industrial Engineer. However, his passion for helping others and a desire to make a greater impact led him to pursue a career in law.. In 2011, Phil left Boeing to enroll at the University of Washington School of Law. While there, he trained under one of the state's top Elder Law attorneys, gaining expertise in estate and retirement planning. Phil’s dedication to empowering families inspired him to become a community leader on end-of-life and retirement issues.. Phil serves on the Board of Directors for the Whatcom Hospice Foundation and the Advisory Committee for the Bellingham Senior Activity Center. He also hosts The Aging Hour, a weekly radio show providing insights and advice on achieving a secure and fulfilling retirement.. As the founder of Safe Harbor Legal Solutions, Phil returned to Whatcom County with a mission: to help families navigate the complexities of retirement and estate planning. With a personalized, comprehensive approach, Phil and his team ensure that each client’s unique needs and dreams are at the center of their planning process.. When you work with Phil, you’re not just preparing for the future—you’re building peace of mind for the journey ahead.

Jonathan W. Charnitski represents clients in litigation and business general counsel matters.. Previously, he was a partner at Andy Brown & Associates, PLLC in Austin, where he litigated real estate, construction defect, and general commercial contract disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants. In his time there, he earned multiple take-nothing jury verdicts defending against 6- and 7-figure claims and obtained judgments as high as $1.4M fon behalf of plaintiff clients.. Before he began practicing in Austin in 2013, Mr. Charnitski covered telecommunications and intellectual property as a journalist on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., worked for Fannie Mae in governance and compliance during the housing market recovery, and was involved as an attorney in large-scale litigation and government investigations.. Mr. Charnitski received his J.D. in 2008 from Villanova School of Law outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was President of the Intellectual Property Law Society and research assistant for Professor Penelope Pether. He holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Washington in Seattle, where he earned national recognition from the Society of Professional Journalists as an opinion writer and from the Associated College Press as Editor-in-Chief of The Daily.. In his spare time, Mr. Charnitski enjoys playing guitar, running, rooting for the Washington Huskies, and attempting to tame his back yard with his wife.

I have practiced primarily plaintiffs' injury law in my 18-plus legal career.  I now am involved mainly in alternative dispute resolution and legal journalism.  I am editor of the Washington State Bar Association Bar News and write the Bar Beat column, which appears in print and online.

I graduated from the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and management. My Law degree is from the University of Puget Sound Law School (now Seattle University). My current practice areas are Family Law and Bankruptcy.. As an attorney, I have over 40 years of experience, which includes working for government agencies as a prosecutor for 12 years for municipal, district, juvenile, and superior court. For 20 years, I ran my own law office with an emphasis on real estate, probate, family law, bankruptcy, and commercial law. My practice involved most areas of litigation and I have represented clients at all levels in civil and administrative courts, appeals and hearing boards. For 10 years, I sat as a part-time pro-tem judge in municipal and district courts. For four years, I was a part-time college professor teaching Introduction to Business Law, Business Law II, and Human Resource Management related to Personnel Law (graduate level course).. I have served as past president of Island County and Grays Harbor County Bar Associations, a member of Toastmasters, Secretary of the Mason County Bar Association and I have received intense formal training at various seminars on domestic violence and forensics.. I enjoy fishing, hiking, traveling and spending time with my family.

Gene R. Moses is a Bellingham business lawyer and Law Society of British Columbia  Foreign Legal Consultant who provides cross border business and immigration legal advice to Canadian and international corporations doing business in the USA. The Law Offices of Gene R. Moses P.S. provides legal services including, but not limited to, (1) formation of corporations, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships,(2) consultation on business immigration visas, (3) formation of wholly owned subsidiaries, (4) governmental registration and compliance issues, (5) drafting of Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, Minutes and Operating Agreements.   Our Bellingham, Washington office serves as Resident Agent and Registered Office for approximately 300 domestic and foreign corporations.