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I grew up working in my family's construction company. I received by engineering training and Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point. After serving overseas for almost five years I came home to attend the University of Michigan Law School. I moved to Seattle in 1978 and started my practice, focusing almost exclusively on construction project issues. I became an construction arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association in 1980 and became a member of dispute resolution boards for large projects beginning in 1993. I now head the Kennewick, WA office of Schlemlein Goetz Fick & Scruggs, PLLC, continuing to focus my practice on construction project issues.

I grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, but I have lived in Seattle since 1989.  I graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2000.  After a short clerkship in the Washington Court of Appeals, I joined Scott, Kinney & Mack, PLLC, and practiced there for fifteen years. In April 2016, I joined Emerald Law Group.. My primary practice areas are personal injury, primarily motor vehicle accidents, premises liability (slip-and-fall and trip-and-fall injuries), dog bites, and childhood sex abuse.  One of the things I most love about my job is getting to know all sorts of people and learning their stories.

I grew up in Michigan and knew I would go to law school after reading a biography of famous Chicago defense attorney Clarence Darrow. His stands for union workers, against the death penalty and his work on behalf of criminal defendants made him my hero.. After getting my undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan I went to law school at the University of Illinois. Following that I clerked for two different judges on the Illinois Supreme Court, Justice Stamos and Justice Miller, and learned a great deal of how the law works in real life.. I moved to Chicago, home of Clarence Darrow, and got my dream job--a public defender at the Cook County Public Defender's Office. I eventually tried over 50 jury cases, winning multiple cases from DUI's to drug, burglary, rape and murder trials. I was offered a position at a leading progressive law firm--People's Law Office-- that worked for innocent clients and sued the Chicago Police Department for false arrest, police brutality and wrongful convictions. I eventually made partner and was successful in getting an innocent client--Aaron Patterson--off death row after he was pardoned by Governor Ryan, following a successful appeal to the Illinois Supreme Court granting him a new hearing.. I was also able to free an innocent man from serving a 48 year prison sentence for a murder he did not commit by showing that he had been framed by a Chicago Police Officer.  His name was Rene Castillo and the case was People v. Castillo, 89 CR 2461.. In 2002 I moved to Seattle to take a job as an Assistant Federal Public Defender. I worked there for six years, winning a rape trial, and successfully getting a number of cases dismissed.. In 2008 I left the Federal Defender's Office to concentrate on my own practice in Federal Court, representing people in trials and appeals to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Since opening my own law firm I have had success in getting one federal charge dismissed completely (US v. Tho Le, CR12-00041RSL) as well as getting a number of charges reduced and sentences greatly lower then called for by the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.

I greatly enjoy and cultivate a general business and personal injury practice, with long term client relationships going back to 1979, when I relocated from New York City to Seattle (where I am a native).  I purposefully maintain a small law firm practice, with an emphasis on providing excellent service, so that we can hopefully continue a mutually profitable relationship in the future.

I graduated with honors from Harvard Law School in 1981. I have been a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1993 and I am a past President of the Washington Chapter.  I am the author of the “property division” chapters in the WSBA Family Law Deskbook (2d Ed.) and the 2nd Edition of the Family and Community Property Law volumes of the Washington Practice series. I have has been named one of the top 100 lawyers in Washington by Seattle Magazine and voted one of the top 10 “super lawyers” by Washington Law & Politics. I have been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1995, and for 2010 and 2019 that publication selected me as Seattle-area Family Law "Lawyer of the Year."  I have made 70-plus presentations at education seminars for other divorce lawyers, on topics such as business valuation, divorce taxation and complex property divisions.

I graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1993, after working as a ranch hand, baker and mental health counselor.. I was fortunate to spend twenty-two years with the Seattle law firm MacDonald Hoague & Bayless - a wonderful place that truly worked to advance justice and goodness.  In 2015, I formed a firm to specialize in my favorite practice area -- helping people who have been denied short-term disability and long-term disability benefits. Most of these cases fall under the federal law known as "ERISA."  My practice is now 100% devoted to this area of the law.  I like it.. I litigate against the major disability insurance companies, including Prudential, Hartford, New York Life, CIGNA, Unum, Aetna and others.  I represent people with a broad range of disabling conditions.  For more information about my ERISA disability benefits practice, please visit my website, easily found with any search engine.

I frequently come into my clients' lives when they are at the end of their rope. The resiliency of the human spirit never ceases to impress me.. I see my role as first, helping clients first to determine their priorities clearly, second, developing a plan to achieve as many priorities as possible, and third, implementing the plan, with modifications as required as the case progresses.. Most cases, family or otherwise, settle. I can do that. But the most skilled negotiator always needs to have a "BATNA": a Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement.  For this reason, some cases go to trial. I can do that too.

I founded the Nolan Lim Law Firm because I grew frustrated seeing companies oppress and exploit ethical workers who work hard, stand up for equality, and legal rights in the workplace.  In my many years as an employment attorney I witnessed many times both personally and professionally where “anti-harassment policies”, and “diversity and inclusion”, are just words that corporations and government institutions use to mask discrimination and retaliation against those who stand up for compliance with workplace laws.. My clients drive me forward every day. It’s an honor to help victims of illegal workplace activity to move past their trauma and have their dignity and self-worth restored, while holding the offending employer accountable.”. -Nolan Lim, Firm Founder and Lead Attorney

I focus on helping people with their technology and intellectual property issues.. I have been involved in the prosecution of patent applications in the computer science, electrical devices and related fields since 1998 and with Internet and technology related law since 1995. I also counsels clients on patent portfolio strategy, patentability and infringement matters. My varied practical experiences range from distributed object oriented programming to kernel-level memory management to streaming media. My areas of emphasis covers a wide variety of patent, trademark and trade secret issues, with particular focus on network and security related applications. Typical clients of mine are software and technology companies as well as related inventors.

I focus on estate and trust litigation as well as guardianship and vulnerable adult issues.  I am particularly interested and passionate about elder issues.  I also offer a thoughtful approach to estate planning, much informed by my litigation practice.

I focus my trial practice on complex, commercial, health care and regulatory disputes. I am the Director of the Lane Powell Litigation Department firm-wide. I am Chair of the Lane Powell Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team and also chair one of the Lane Powell Litigation practice groups

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.

I focus my practice on corporate, business and transactional matters with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions. I also have experience handling real property transactions, land use and planning, contract negotiation and coordination, and construction and development issues for long term care and seniors housing communities. My years of experience working with a premier provider of skilled nursing and seniors housing services makes me a natural fit to serve as a member on Lane Powell’s Long Term Care and Seniors Housing Client Service Team, the largest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest.

I focus my practice in the areas of environmental and land use law, assisting clients with permitting, compliance, and regulatory matters under federal and state laws involving hazardous substance releases, hazardous waste, water quality and use, and air quality.  I handle defense of administrative and civil enforcement actions, environmental and land use permitting, and litigation.  My experience includes cleanup of contaminated industrial and commercial properties, allocation of liability for response costs under state and federal law, and environmental due diligence in real estate and business transactions.  My litigation experience includes defense of environmental enforcement actions and citizen suits and administrative and judicial appeals before the Washington Court of Appeals and the Pollution Control and Growth Management Hearings Boards.

I focus my practice in complex commercial litigation. I defend corporate clients in the areas of commercial and real estate transactions, insurance coverage and bad faith, and major personal injury matters. I represent petroleum industry clients against environmental and toxic tort claims. I regularly defend class actions, including employment and insurance related matters.

I first became a lawyer because, as corny as it might seem, I was enthralled by watching Perry Mason when I was a young boy.  The cool and calm demeanor he exhibited in any situation, his crafty cross examination of witnesses that somehow always led to a confession, and not to mention he won all his cases.  While in law school, I volunteered at local legal clinics to help people with everyday legal issues they face, from workplace discrimination to holding a bad landlord accountable.  It was during this time that I saw what power the law held to help people, to improve people's lives, and to be a "big stick" when necessary.  This is one of the reasons I chose to represent people charged with crimes for a living, because so many of my clients are good people even if they made a mistake.  And the U.S. Constitution requires that everyone accused of a crime be entitled to a zealous defense, someone to protect their rights and challenge the government's authority when necessary.  This is why I do what I do.. As a former prosecuting attorney and Judge Pro Tem, I have the experience and knowledge needed to successfully represent those accused of crimes, whether it is assault, DUI, suspended license, theft, and all other criminal charges.  I also handle hundreds of traffic citations a year with an extremely high success rate.  I regularly attend and speak at seminars on trial advocacy, stay up to date on new developments in my field, and provide all the resources my clients need to get them through the process successfully.   But I also take pride in my client service, keeping clients updated on their cases' progress and informed of all developments.   I am also there 24 hours a day if my clients need a question answered or simply want to discuss their case.. Being charged with a crime can be stressful, emotionally and financially.  If you find yourself in this situation, put me in your corner.  You will be glad you did.

I firmly believe that a criminal defense attorney doesn't have to choose between being compassionate and being a vigilant & effective advocate. I prefer not to leave any stones unturned and am not concerned with questioning the status quo. The job in any given case that needs to be done is the job that will get done.

I fight hard to protect the rights of every single client.  I believe that focusing on each client’s goals and listening to his or her story are central to achieving the best possible outcome.  I take the time to get to know my clients and explain every step of the process they are facing.

I enjoy trying cases for my clients in the commercial construction and real-estate industries. If you are interested in learning about how I may help you with a trial or arbitration, then please call me.

I enjoy the practice of law.  I have more than 22 years of experience which allows me the opportunity to help people in a meaningful way to navigate through the legal system efficiently while providing a supporting hand through some of the most difficult times of their lives.  Although I grew up in Alaska, I love Seattle where I'm close to the water along with my family and friends. I look forward to assisting you through this important journey and obtaining the best outcome for your family while providing competent legal services.

I enjoy representing individuals and businesses involved in disputes.  I work with my clients so I can understand the facts and advise them of their legal rights and risks.  We work together to come up with a plan that makes economic and legal sense and then put that plan in place.. In 2002 Washington Law and Politics Magazine recognized me as a "Rising Star.". I have handled cases in King, Snohomish, Pierce, Thurston, Grays Harbor and Grant County.. I recently completed a forty hour mediation skills training session and look forward to assisting parties, as a mediator, in resolving their disputes.

I enjoy problem solving with clients and assisting them in navigating the heavily regulated health care industry.. I also enjoy working with cities and landlords in brining telecommunications and cable services to their areas.

I enjoy assisting my clients with legal matters big or small, in the areas of real estate, municipal and commercial law, and related litigation. Working from our offices in Seattle and Port Townsend, I seek to remain available and responsive to clients' needs and their schedules. Having practiced law for 35 years, I believe that I have the experience and the judgment to devise a prompt and economical solution to almost any legal problem.

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I defend persons accused of assaults of an especially sensitive nature—sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence.. This has been the focus of my work since 1996. I've obtained many trial victories and many victories without trial for those accused of these assaults. I've also lectured and written extensively on legal issues relating to child abuse and sexual assault, and I've served on child abuse task forces appointed by government leaders.. While most of my work is in Washington state, I've also handled cases in other states and am glad to go where I am needed.. I've practiced law since 1981, first as a prosecutor, and since 1984 in private practice. I've been recognized several times as a "Super Lawyer" by Washington Law & Politics magazine.. Please visit to learn more about my firm and about the defense of those accused of sexual assault, child abuse, and domestic violence.