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I am new to Coupeville having lived here only 20 years. I am dedicated to my clients. I provide quality legal services, tough advocacy, and reasonable prices for the clients that I accept. Each client that I take in is given personal attention and detail to their case. I have long working relationships with all the prosecutors in Island and San Juan Counties. I look forward to working with you.

Brent Thompson is the associate attorney of Platt & Buescher. He grew up in Oak Harbor, Washington and graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 2002. In 2006, he received his Bachelor's Degree from Western Washington University. Before graduate school he spent time commercial fishing in Alaska and working for a local construction company. Later, Mr. Thompson accepted a scholarship from a small Christian law school, and was granted a limited license to practice law as an intern at Platt & Buescher.. Mr. Thompson graduated cum laude from Liberty University School of Law in 2011, admitted to practice law in the state of Washington and United States District Court of the Western District of Washington, and became a member of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.. Mr. Thompson's practice focuses on criminal defense including Driving Under the Influence (DUI), Reckless and Negligent Driving, Drug Delivery or Possession, Assault, Domestic Violence, Theft, misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors, and certain felony cases.. A skilled and passionate legal writer and researcher, Brent Thompson possesses great knowledge concerning search and seizure law, evidence, and criminal procedure. He has done significant and meaningful work on serious felony cases including a high profile first degree murder case receiving national media attention, a complex conspiracy charged in federal court involving an international drug smuggling operation, and other major felonies while working with Craig Platt.. Brent's skills have presented strong challenges for state and federal prosecutors. Mr. Thompson's practice also emphasizes post-conviction relief, including firearm rights restoration, vacation of prior adult felonies and misdemeanors, and sealing juvenile criminal records. He finds post-conviction motions practice rewarding because it provides those who have changed with relief from past mistakes. He is also passionate about the individual right of responsible, law abiding citizens to keep and possess firearms in a safe manner and holds vast knowledge concerning Second Amendment jurisprudence and firearm laws.. Beyond criminal matters, Brent also provides passionate representation to family law clients. He recognizes that dissolutions and child custody matters are very difficult emotionally and financially and strives to provide zealous representation and honest advice. Mr. Thompson also accepts some tort claims and car accident cases, but is selective.. Mr. Thompson has served hundreds of clients since joining Platt & Buescher, and has also done volunteer work for the Island County Volunteer Lawyer Program. Mr. Thompson is dedicated to providing zealous advocacy and exercising due diligence in all of his cases.

Born and raised in Aberdeen, Washington, Alejandra moved to Bellingham in 2014 to attend Western Washington University. Alejandra graduated from Western in 2018 with an undergraduate degree, where she created her own area of focus at Fairhaven College in Law, Diversity, and Justice, focusing on Immigration Outreach and Cultural Studies. She also received a minor in American Cultural Studies from Western. While at Western, Alejandra coordinated legal aid clinics and a citizenship day during her senior year. Alejandra is a native Spanish speaker and was an interpreter at the legal aid clinics she coordinated.. After graduating, Alejandra worked as an immigration paralegal at a law firm in Mount Vernon for two years. There she worked on asylum cases, U-visa cases, cancellation of removal cases, VAWA cases, adjustment of status cases, family-based petitions, and L-1A visas. While working as an immigration paralegal, she was encouraged by her supervising attorney to go to law school.. In 2020, Alejandra went to Idaho to pursue her law degree at the University of Idaho College of Law. While in law school, Alejandra served as the Chief Moscow Editor to the Idaho Law Review, the student representative to the Technology Committee, a Fellow for Academic Success in Property and Criminal law, a volunteer in the VITA Tax clinic, and as an interpreter for the Legal Aid Clinic. Alejandra was the President of the Latino/a Law Caucus during her third year in law school. As president, she helped organize the Othello Project, where students go to Othello, Washington, and provide a legal aid clinic to the farm workers. Alejandra collaborated with the NorthWest Immigration Rights Project and NorthWest Justice Project to provide information and resources to the farmworkers in Othello. Alejandra also worked in the Immigration Clinic as a legal intern, where she and a fellow student represented an asylum seeker at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.. After earning her Juris Doctorate, Alejandra and her husband moved back to Washington. She worked as a Rule 9 Intern with North County Public Defense, where she assisted clients with misdemeanor criminal offenses prior to joining Whatcom Law Group.