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Grew up in New Orleans and North Carolina.  Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, UNC.  JD, University of Virginia.  Practice maritime law for two years, and then entered the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, served on destroyers and amphibious assault ships.  Graduated with Distinction from Officer's Candidate School.  Sailed Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (deployed to Asia, North Pacific, North Atlantic, Europe and Africa).  Qualified for Command at Sea.  Graduated from Naval Postgraduate School with Honors (thesis:  Strategic Value of the Panama Canal).  U.S. Central Command and Commander Amphibious Group Two.  Associate Professor of Naval Science, University of Arizona.  Retired a Commander.  Enjoy Cowlitz County legal practice:  municipal corporations, small business, real property, and litigation.

Currently my practice consists mainly of family law, employment law and general civil litigation.  Having worked in Human Resources Management for seven years prior to becoming a lawyer, I understand the complex legal issues in representing workers in wage dispute claims and victims of discrimination, sexual harassment or wrongful termination. Previously I was employed with the US Department of Labor Employee Benefit Security Administration providing information, guidance, and enforcement on rights, benefits and obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

Carlee Bliss is a northwest native from Oregon City, Oregon. She graduated from Portland State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Criminal Justice in 2014 and earned her Juris Doctorate degree at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, in 2018.. After completing law school in the desert of Arizona, she moved back home to the Northwest. Upon passing the bar, Carlee ventured up north to Longview where she has excelled in her career as a Family Law Attorney. Carlee is determined and eager to serve her clients in Cowlitz County. Her primary focus in the law is the best interest and desires of children in various court systems and efficiently advocating for her clients. In addition to her family law practice, she is also a children's representative in the dependency court system.. When not in the courtroom or office, Carlee is with her two FUR children, (two feisty chihuahuas as pictured above) or out playing disc golf. When mother nature provides beautiful northwest weather, she enjoys taking her dogs on hikes and camping.