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Shelly focuses her practice on employment law and litigation, commercial litigation, business advising and construction law. She represents individuals and businesses in all aspects of commercial and employment disputes and especially enjoys working with clients to help them understand the legal process. Shelly prides herself on being a tough advocate for her clients and finding strategic and creative solutions in even the most challenging cases.

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I was born and raised in Tacoma, Washington. After graduation from Wilson High School in 1977, I obtained my B.A. in Psychology and Film Communications from Pitzer College in Claremont, California in 1981. Three years later, I graduated from law school with a J.D. from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, Ohio.. I spent six years living and working as an attorney in Sacramento and Los Angeles, California before returning to Tacoma in 1991. After working as an associate and partner at a large firm in Tacoma, I opened my own office in 2010.. I have other thirty years of experience handling a wide variety of civil and criminal cases from trial through appeal in state and federal courts. My main practice areas include employment, business and personal injury litigation.

I run specialized practice helping all sorts of small businesses and individuals with whatever problems they may have from thier daily transactions to full press Federal litigation, and everywhere in between.  I also have an extensive background in copyright, trademark and entertainement, making me a great resource for artists, venues, and anyone else in those fields or associated with them.

I live in Tacoma, Washington with my wife and our daughters.  I grew Yakima, Washington on an apple and pear orchard.  My practices takes me all over the State of Washington.. I work on all types of personal injury cases including motor vehicle collisions, premises liability trip and fall incidents, product liability injuries, worksite and construction site injuries, and nursing home injuries.  I have a particular interest in cases involving recreational injuries.  I frequently work on cases involving skier/snowboarder collisions, injuries at gyms and healthclubs, injuries in the outdoors, scuba, mudruns, bicycle accidents, equestrian injuries, boating accidents, and swimming pool and waterslide injuries.  As an avid motorcyclist, I help create and launch Evergreen Motorcycle Attorneys where I work with motorcyclists injuried on the road.. I try to blend my passions outside of the office with the cases I frequently work on.  This experience helps me better understand how my clients were injuried and helps me better represent them. As a U.S. Coast Guard licensed captain with years of boating experience, I bring expertise and training to boating and watercraft injuries.  I am also certified scuba driver.  I bring years of experience and training to my cases involving injuries in the mountains and on the ski slopes.  I am certified by the American Avalanche Association at Level II Avalanche Processes and Leadership.  I am a former professional ski instructor where I was formerly certified at Level II by PSIA in the Rocky Mountain Division.  For my clients injured on two wheels while motorcycling, I bring years of experience as an avid motorcyclist having logged tens of thousands of miles on and off road.. I am actively involved in the bar association.  I recently served as 2020 President of the Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association.  I am currently serving as vice president of the Tacoma Pro Bono Board.  I have served on numerous committees and appointments.  I am frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars involving personal injury topics.. When I'm not litigating injury cases for my clients, I love to spend time with my family out on the water, in the mountains skiing or riding off road motorcycles.

I have a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Florida State University. After law school, I worked in the private sector for two years prior to joining the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 2010. Iworked at the Appeals Council for almost four years, reviewing thousands of disability decisions for compliance with SSA’s complex rules and procedures. Ithen worked at the hearing level for seven years, where I drafted almost 2,000 decisions for SSA Administrative Law Judges. After working for SSA for more than 10 years, I wanted to help demystify the complicated disability system. My first book, Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it, explores the obstacles that disability claimants face as they try to access benefits.

I grew up in Tacoma, and I love being able to serve clients here in my hometown, as well as in the Greater Puget Sound area.

Employment and Personal Injury attorney that has been in practive since 2007.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.

Experienced Labor attorney serving clients in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.