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Katrina Brede earned her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Kansas where she majored in film studies and US History. She received her J.D. from Seattle University School of Law. She has a background in media production and experience with start-ups and brings that knowledge to better understand the legal challenges of small businesses.

Just liike my parents and grandparents, I’m a Seattle native. I graduated cum laude and with high honors from Dartmouth College in 2000, where I captained the women’s volleyball team and was a visiting student at Oxford University. I received my J.D. with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003 and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Washington Law Review. I spent the first 16 years of my career at Mills Meyers Swartling, P.S., where I gained significant litigation experience representing large and small businesses in a variety of contract, insurance, product liability, and real property matters.. After adopting my daughter in 2008, I began building my family formation practice. Adoption, assisted reproduction, estate planning, and probate matters filled an increasingly large percentage of my time. In 2015, I became a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and in 2019, I joined the experienced adoption and estate planning team of Albert Lirhus and John Keckemet.. My practice includes all aspects of adoption, including complex situations involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), interstate placements requiring compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), step-parent, second-parent (and even third-parent) adoptions, contested adoptions, and finalization of international and domestic agency adoptions. I frequently consult with parents hoping to adopt their foster child from the Department of Children, Youth and Families. I also represent birthparents who have placed or are considering placing a child for adoption.. I particularly enjoy advising people in the earliest stages of expanding their families and helping them understand how many options are available. In addition to adoption, the 2019 revisions to the Uniform Parentage Act in Washington opened new possibilities for couples or individuals pursuing assisted reproductive technologies (ARTS). I prepare surrogacy contracts, egg and sperm donation agreements, and embryo donation contracts that satisfy the specific requirements of Washington law, and help intended mothers and fathers obtain pre-birth orders confirming their parentage.. The arrival of a child often prompts parents to complete their estate planning. I prepare the documents necessary to ensure that their loved ones will be well-cared for if they were gone. Usually, those documents include wills, powers of attorney, health care directives (living wills), and sometimes trusts or community property agreements. If a loved one does pass away, I guide clients through probate—the process of transferring titles, distributing assets, and resolving debts.. With my litigation background and experience as an adoptive parent, I bring a strategic and compassionate approach to all my cases. I understand the anxiety and intensity of becoming a parent unconventionally, and also recognize that planning for your own death or incapacity can be unsettling. I help clients navigate both the practical and emotional aspects of these occasions.

Julie Seidenstein focuses her practice on transactional real estate, real estate finance, and secured, unsecured, structured and project financing for regional and national clients. She represents institutional lenders, finance companies, pension funds and borrowers with respect to construction and permanent real estate loans for retail, office, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use properties on a national basis, including traditional balance-sheet loans, commercial mortgage-backed securities, participation and syndication structures, loan modifications and mezzanine financing. Julie has extensive experience in counseling clients in the sale and acquisition of commercial real estate, and the drafting and negotiation of loan documents, leases, loan sale agreements, legal opinions, and purchase and sale agreements. She also regularly advises clients in general corporate and business matters.

Josh is an experienced land use, real estate and business lawyer, with an emphasis on complex projects, permitting, and land use regulatory compliance. He works with clients to negotiate purchase and sale agreements, perform due diligence, obtain land use approvals, conduct environmental review, and address permitting and legislative issues involving zoning, platting, shoreline compliance and growth management. Josh is an experienced land use, environmental and real estate trial lawyer, having successfully represented clients in administrative tribunals, superior court actions, alternative dispute resolution proceedings, and before the Washington Appellate Courts.

Josh also is a seasoned business lawyer, devoting a significant amount of his practice to advising closely held Seattle-based businesses as outside general counsel. Josh provides strategic business and legal advice and handles corporate governance and commercial litigation matters for his clients.

Josh brings over 20 years of land use and planning background to his practice. Prior to attending law school, Josh worked as an environmental planner and consultant for premier Northwest firms and he served as one of four staff members on the Vermont Governor’s blue-ribbon Growth Management Commission, which ultimately recommended and crafted Vermont’s Growth Management Act.. Josh was appointed to the Seattle Planning Commission in 2008 and was twice elected Chair of the Commission. He served six years on the Planning Commission.

John practices in the firm’s Banking Services, Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy and Employment, Benefits & Labor Groups, and he has a strong transportation law practice. He frequently serves as an arbitrator on the Commercial Panel of the American Arbitration Association.. Recently John served on a panel of arbitrators in a $147 million commercial arbitration case. He has served as lead counsel for a trucking company in settling a wage-and-hour class action involving more than 150 owner-operators who alleged that they were employees.. John’s past experience includes obtaining a several- million dollar federal RICO civil judgment on behalf of a national client. He was also lead counsel in obtaining $2.9 million antitrust judgment in favor of a rural electric cooperative against Washington's largest electric utility.

John Crosetto is a litigator at Garvey Schubert Barer with experience representing clients in disputes over trademarks, trade dress, licensing, trade secrets, domain names, and non-competition agreements. Mr. Crosetto also advises clients, from software and hardware companies, to equipment manufacturers, video game companies, and creative firms on minimizing litigation risk and finding alternative solutions to intellectual property disputes.. Mr. Crosetto was counsel in UtilX Corp. v. Novinium, 2009cv00375 (W.D. Wash.), which involved patent infringement, false advertising, and unfair competition claims, as well as anti-trust counterclaims, related to methods for underground cable rejuvenation by fluid injection. He also acted as counsel in Rosetta Stone, LTD v. Topics Entertainment, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:09cv1128 (E.D. Va.), a trade dress and trademark case in which the parties disputed rights to the color yellow for language learning software packaging. Mr. Crosetto acted as lead counsel in Strategic Marketing Partners, Inc. v. Greenwave LLC and Northwestern Brothers Marketing LLC, No. 10-2-09469 (K.C. Sup. Ct., Wash.), a dispute related to gaming software based on the television series Deadliest Catch.. Prior to practicing law, Mr. Crosetto, who has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, taught language, literature, aesthetics, and critical theory in the Department of Germanics at the University of Washington and the University of Colorado.

Joel’s practice focuses on business and commercial transactions, with an emphasis in business formation, debt and equity financing, mergers and acquisitions, and federal and state securities compliance. Joel provides advice and legal representation to clients, both large and small, in connection with the structuring, negotiating, documenting and closing of a wide variety of business combinations and reorganizations (including mergers, stock sales, share exchanges, and asset sales), financings, and other commercial agreements.

Jo-Hanna brings to her practice many years of legal experience, a strong belief in individual rights and justice for all, and a continuing commitment to effectively and compassionately address the immediate and long-term needs of her clients.

Jane counsels clients on general corporate and transactional matters with an emphasis on mergers for private and public companies, stock and asset sales and purchases, corporate formation, planning and governance, commercial contract drafting and review, licensing, intellectual property advice and protection, and regulatory compliance for financial institutions. Prior to joining Graham and Dunn, Jane served as a legal clerk for Recreational Equipment, Inc.

James Nelson is a shareholder at Betts Patterson Mines where he has been a trial lawyer for over 30 years.  He has a diverse complex litigation practice including business, intellectual property, insurance coverage, professional liability, and estate litigation.  Mr. Nelson has represented a wide range of clients that include manufacturers, financial institutions, distributors, retailers, insurers, professionals, and technology companies.  He is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts of Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.  Mr. Nelson is rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as a “Super Lawyer” each year from 2003 to 2013.  He is also a frequent writer and speaker in the legal community.

J. Bowman Neely is a graduate of New York University (B.A., 1995), the Art Institute of Chicago (painting), and the University of Montana School of Law (J.D., 2004). During law school, Mr. Neely was the editor-in-chief of the Montana Law Review. He worked as a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office. Mr. Neely then clerked for Federal Magistrate Judge Lief B. Erickson. He has studied abroad as a visiting student at Oxford University, and is proficient in French and Spanish. Before law school, he was involved in the arts working for Sotheby’s Auction House in New York and for a private dealer, as well as in the role of an artist exhibiting in New York and Los Angeles. Mr. Neely has experience working on public-private development partnerships, commercial real estate agreements, land use, water rights, and renewable energy matters. He is a member of the bar of Washington.

Irv, the hospitality industry counselors at Sandman Savrann, and the firm's interdisciplinary team members counsel hospitality companies about acquiring, financing, managing, and franchising properties; all aspects of financially distressed hotels, condo hotels, and mixed use projects; developing and protecting technology, brands, e-commerce solutions, and other intellectual property; real estate associated with hotels and resorts; negotiating and drafting system license agreements, management agreements, strategic partnerships, and other relationships; managing employment and diversity matters; and litigating disputes.

In addition to specialized advice in cannabis regulatory and compliance standards, Christopher Lynch is experienced in general corporate matters and routinely provides advice on many aspects of corporate law, from advice with respect to entity structure and formation, corporate governance issues, employment and incentive agreements for key management personnel, mergers and acquisitions, as well as negotiating and developing all forms of corporate documents including license options, purchase and sales agreement, operating and shareholders agreements, and the myriad of inter-business contracts that form the matrix of legal assurances for companies doing business in the highly regulated industry of legal cannabis.Christopher represents emerging and mature companies in many different disciplines of cannabis business, so his clients have the benefit of his experience and knowledge in a broad range of needs and situations. Christopher’s extensive knowledge of local regulations and multijurisdictional capabilities makes him well-positioned to help clients along the West Coast deal effectively and creatively with regulatory and compliance issues. As the cannabis industry expands, transactions become more complex, Chris’s ability to provide appropriate counsel across jurisdictions becomes all the more important for his clients.Christopher approaches each issue brought by his clients with a step-by-step goal-oriented methodology to development of a strong legal foundation for cannabis businesses, which allows him to walk each client through what any cannabis company needs to consider in order to actualize best business practices. What surprises clients most is Christopher’s quick response times and their easy access to him, no matter which office he is working from in any given week.

In 1965 my family founded a manufacturing company in Tukwila and continued to operate it throughout my school years. From that young age, I saw that owning and operating your own business is stressful and requires constant attention, but can also be extremely rewarding.. With family business part of my daily life, it was natural for me to seek a major in business administration. I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. in Business Administration focusing on Entrepreneurship and a minor in Political Science.. During the course of my legal education, I realized that businesspersons evolve their practices due to an ever-changing collection of laws and regulations, which can be challenging, and disputes are sometimes inevitable. Having an attorney who understands the inside of a courtroom, as well as the intricacies of owning and managing a business, is a significant advantage.. My daily goal is to be a value-added partner and trusted adviser to my clients. To accomplish this I get to know the inner workings of my clients’ business, their employees, and customers. When an issue arises, I am able to identify the optimal way to achieve a client’s objectives, in light of the stakes involved. Nothing gets me more excited than to see my clients succeed and to know I was able to have a positive impact on their business.. Education. Bar Admissions. Community Engagement. Recent Representative Matters. Reported Cases

If you email through Avvo, please include your contact information so I am able to get back in touch with you.  Alternatively, you can reach us via the contact form on our website, located at  .. A native of the Southeast, Andrew Olmsted was raised in Atlanta, GA and attended the College of Charleston after graduating as salutatorian of his high school class.  While earning a B.S. in Marine Biology, Andrew completed independent studies on Coral Reef Ecology and the Formation of Carbonate Island Chains in the Bahamas.  In addition, he taught oceanography to elementary-aged children and worked for a leading aquaculture facility.  Andrew currently serves as the founder and Chapter President of the Seattle College of Charleston Alumni Association.After graduating from the College of Charleston, Andrew moved to Alaska to work aboard commercial fishing boats in the Bering Sea.  He worked as a subcontractor for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he documented catch efforts while monitoring crews for compliance with maritime laws and regulations.  An illness in the family brought him back to Atlanta, where he managed a division of an environmental consultation firm which focused on water quality issues, shoreline restoration and sedimentation control.  After developing an interest in the litigation behind many of his consultation projects, Andrew took a job at a leading Atlanta law firm before attending law school.Andrew spent his first year of law school at Samford University before transferring to the University of the District of Columbia for its proven commitment to public interest law, equal access to justice and its renowned clinical law program.  While in law school, he worked as a student attorney, successfully representing indigent clients in a wide range of legal issues.  In addition, he served as an editor on his school's law review and worked at the District of Columbia Council, where he drafted and analyzed bills and advised his Councilman on issues facing the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary.  After graduating law school, cum laude, Andrew accepted a judicial clerkship at the Supreme Court of Georgia, where he honed his legal skills digesting legal issues for his Judge and drafting judicial opinions.  After his clerkship, Andrew moved to the Ravenna neighborhood of Seattle, where he currently resides.  He is licensed to practice law in Washington State and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.In his free time, Andrew can be found skiing on the slopes of Alpental in the winter or hiking, camping and fly fishing in the areas surrounding Seattle in warmer months.

If you are thinking about starting a new business, I have a business start-up package for one low flat fee. Includes: Business plan/map, Limited Liability Company (LLC) formation (with document binder) and two months follow-up legal advice. Hire an attorney to help plan, form and ultimately guide your new business during the first two months. Don't rely on a mindless computer program or Legal Zoom to produce critical legal documents that will help shape the success of your new business. Please contact me and mention the 'START-UP BUSINESS SUCCESS PACKAGE'.. Website: .

I've been practicing law in the greater Seattle area for over 25 years, assisting businesses and individuals alike with their legal needs. My practice covers all aspects of complex civil litigation, and I have especially enjoyed working on matters involving commercial and residential real estate. This aspect of my practice includes the acquisition and leasing of real property; partnership and entity disputes among co-owners; boundary and development disputes among adjacent landowners; creation and litigation of easements and covenants; landlord/tenant issues; and workouts on problem properties. Clients include individuals and families, many of the malls and property management companies in the Puget Sound region, and several national REITS and institutional owners of industrial property in the SODO, Eastside, and Tukwila neighborhoods, as well as King, Pierce and Kitsap counties.

I work as part of a team of entrepreneurial-minded business lawyers who provide practical advice, transparent flat rates, and quick turnaround times.. We offer transparent flat rates, so you will know upfront what services you will receive and at what price. We remove unnecessary legalese and craft our documents so they are easier to understand. We are accessible; we keep you informed on your matter and respond promptly to your questions and concerns.. We help businesses with all aspects of startup and operation, including business formations, contracting, securities (fundraising), real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and exits.. Outside the office I enjoy spending time with my wife Ash, fly fishing, traveling (particularly to fly fishing destinations), wildlife conservation, golf, snowboarding, and reading.

I take great pride in developing meaningful relationships with my clients. Whether handling due diligence matters related to the acquisition, financing, permitting and construction of a 300,000 sf mixed-use project or organizing the small estate of a couple married for 60 years and counting, I strive to provide every client with practical and effective service.

I represent corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and individuals in business and corporate law matters, with an emphasis on securities, mergers and acquisitions, and technology issues.

I provide transactional legal services to entrepreneurs, small businesses and startups.  With more than 10 years of experience as in-house counsel and providing legal and consulting services to private clients, I have a first-hand understanding of the wide range of legal and business challenges that come with starting and running a business.. My practice is focused on helping businesses and corporations protect, grow and thrive, from the initial formation of an enterprise to its operation and evolution.  These services generally include incorporation and formation, contracts and agreements, protecting intellectual property, and regulatory compliance.. Getting the legal aspects right and keeping them in order adds value to a business.. Because legal costs shouldn't be a burden, I operate a virtual practice to minimize my costs and offer reasonable fixed-cost and hourly rates.  I am easily reachable by phone), e-mail (), and am available to meet in person at a convenient location.

I provide individuals and businesses with business legal advice including development and enhancement of business enterprise risk managment and regulatory compliance systems.  Fully online and secure client portal.  Contact me through my website at .

I practice in the areas of commercial & corporate law with an emphasis on intellectual property, entertainment and corporations/limited liability companies. My commercial practice includes licensing, foreign & domestic distribution, trademark and copyright registration, prosecution and litigation. My corporate practice includes selection and formation of new businesses, nonprofits, associations, asset/stock purchases and financing. I have tried, arbitrated & mediated many commercial cases.

I practice in the areas of business and corporate law, health law, employment and real estate law. I focus on mergers and acquisitions, commercial, corporate
planning, partnership, asset and stock purchase and sale, employment,
and the formation of medical practice groups.

I joined Mullavey, Prout, Grenley & Foe, LLP in May of 2002.  My practice emphasizes all aspects of business transactions, general business and corporation matters, estate planning, and probate. I grew up in New Jersey and received my undergraduate education at Union College, in Schenectady, New York where I earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and German in 1997. I received my Juris Doctorate from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Hamden, Connecticut in 2000.  Following law school I moved to Seattle where I have been practicing ever since.