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Pamela Grinter is chair of the firm's Corporate Transactions and Finance practice.  Her practice primarily focuses on business and tax law. Pamela represents private, public and nonprofit businesses throughout the region in the full range of business transactions – with an unusual depth of experience benefiting clients within the food and beverage industry.  She offers a customized approach to solving each client's unique problems. Pamela often serves her clients in the role of general counsel.  She especially enjoys the meaningful and productive relationships this role allows her to develop with company decision-makers – including executives, owners and board members.  In this role, she often works closely with her colleagues in the areas of employment, intellectual property protection and litigation. In particular, Pamela represents both buyers and sellers in all types of strategic relationships involving the purchase, sale or combination of businesses. In addition to food industry clients, she has represented many healthcare, aerospace and hospitality clients in this area. Pamela assists her business clients, of all sizes, throughout the full business life-cycle -- including choice of entity and entity formation (especially partnerships and limited liability companies), shareholder management, real estate transactions, distribution agreements, franchising arrangements, commercial agreements and business terminations. In her tax practice, Pamela assists clients - especially partnerships and limited liability companies - with a wide range of local, state, federal and international tax matters – including strategic tax planning. She assists a wide variety of tax-exempt organizations with their corporate, state and federal tax matters – including initial organization, federal tax exemptions and reorganizations. Putting this knowledge to work, she has served on the boards of a wide range of nonprofits.

I focus my practice on the representation of property owners whether corporations, limited liability companies, individuals or homeowners associations.  I am chair of the Construction Practice Team, serve on the Williams Kastner board of directors and am chair of the Loss Prevention Committee.  My recent trial success includes representation of General Metals of Tacoma, Inc in a contract dispute with its general contractor, Bean Environmental, LLC, on an environmental dredging project to remediate the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Washington.  Following a five week jury trial in the United States District Court in the Western District of Washington, the jury awarded my client $6.37 million for damages sustained as a result of the general contractor’s failure to perform its contract obligations.  The decision in General Metals of Tacoma, Inc. v. Bean Environmental, LLC was upheld by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in November, 2008.. I was named to Super Lawyers from 2006 – 2008 by Washington Law & Politics magazine, and in 2003 was named one of Seattle’s Top Lawyers in construction law by Seattle Magazine.

As an attorney with a background in both technology and financial services, Ryan assists clients with payment matters, including electronic payments, mobile payments, prepaid cards, alternative currencies, and federal and state licensing. He has also been interviewed by and written for many national publications, including American Banker, Bloomberg Brief: Financial Regulation, Communications of the ACM, Digital Transactions, the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists, Politico, and The Hill. As a member of Graham & Dunn's Financial Services team, Ryan assists banks with operational compliance issues, corporate governance, and regulatory matters.Ryan represents national retailers, new media companies, authors, publishers, and musicians.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business & Commercial attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.