Top best C Lawyers in ZIP 98111 | 23 available

Stephania Denton specializes in insurance coverage issues, class action litigation, and health care disputes. She has significant experience arguing before the Washington State Supreme Court and state and federal trial and appellate courts. Away from the office, Stephania is actively involved in her community and with her children’s schools and sports teams.

Since my career has focused on working with start-ups, I understand the common set of issues which effect emerging companies. I have dedicated my career to this area because I am entrepreneurial myself and thrive on the excitement and energy involved in new ventures and ideas. I genuinely enjoy working with entrepreneurs and welcome the opportunity to become part of the team that helps them achieve their objectives.

Makiko Coffland focuses her practice on intellectual property and technology law. She advises and represents clients in patent, trademark, copyright and contractual matters, including negotiation, enforcement and defense. Makiko is a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and has experience securing patents in the bio-tech, software and electronics industries, among others.

Kate Spelman has more than 30 years of experience providing strategic advice, design and implementation counsel for large, mid-sized and startup companies on copyright, trademark, trade secret and patent matters, both nationally and internationally, and has a special focus on media, licensing and mass digitization issues. Kate advises and counsels clients on the development, production, sale and defense of work related to emerging content distribution strategies and challenges, special issues in news reporting including repurposing content, and firewall and paywall configuration in light of changes in the fair use defense.. Kate is a frequent speaker on the progress of emerging copyright and digital publishing issues, and has advised authors, nonprofit and for-profit publishers, and internet service providers on the new language and provisions of the changed, global distribution environment. She has represented large digital publishing companies in international distribution agreements as well as represented developers and designers who are building and launching tools for online transmissions, storytelling, expression and art.. Additionally, Kate has experience assisting clients with Open Source licensing issues, including Open Source integrated licenses, audits, mergers and acquisitions due diligence, and compliance negotiations. Kate also helps clients design independent holding companies in the U.S. and in offshore intellectual property asset management. She has experience with intellectual property asset audits, and has assisted companies in proactive and reactive Sarbanes-Oxley compliance reporting requirements.

Kara Tredway focuses her practice on complex civil litigation. She represents health care, long term care and seniors housing providers in litigation involving allegations of wrongful death, negligence and abuse. Kara also defends other businesses in litigation involving catastrophic and workplace injuries.

Julie Nicoll’s practice focuses on the defense of environmental claims and insurance coverage counseling. She has extensive experience negotiating orders for cleanup with federal and state agencies, and advising clients on property redevelopment. Julie also represents clients on land use matters, real estate transactions and construction projects. Prior to beginning her legal career, Julie operated her own consulting firm where she assisted clients with environmental compliance and permitting projects. Julie’s background also allows her to strategically advise businesses and individuals on a variety of environmental regulatory compliance matters.

John Coughlan focuses his practice on corporate, tax and transactional matters, specifically in the areas of venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, and intellectual property protection and licensing. He also has experience advising business owners on tax considerations of corporate, LLC and partnership formation, governance and exit strategies.

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 am a Member in the Seattle office.  I am a trial lawyer whose practice focuses on insurance coverage, breach of contract claims, real property disputes and business torts.. I frequently write about insurance coverage topics at

Frank is a member of Lane Powell’s Startups and Emerging Companies Practice Group and focuses his practice on social impact companies and investments.. Frank is an experienced general counsel with significant corporate strategy and business management experience. Frank works with management teams, investors, boards of directors and business owners to address strategic opportunities and challenges. He counsels clients on issues ranging from corporate structuring and governance to capital strategies, organizational development and commercial transactions.. Frank has held a number of executive roles for companies ranging from public telecom firm Rhythms NetConnections, where he served as General Counsel; biofuel retailer Propel Fuels, where he acted as General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development; organic produce e-commerce leader Full Circle Farm, where he was Chief Operating Officer and Board Member; and Clean Conversion Technologies, where he served as President.

Bryan Santarelli has an active intellectual property practice focusing on domestic and foreign representation in electrical, electronic, semiconductor, computer and mechanical patent matters, and in trademark and licensing matters. His patent work includes video compression and decompression (e.g., MPEG), disk drives, wireless communications (e.g., OFDM, MIMO-OFDM), semiconductor memories (e.g., DRAM, EPROM, EEPROM and SRAM), microprocessors, audio electronics, defibrillators, analog-to-digital (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) converters, analog and digital circuits, and system stimulators. Bryan has worked in several nationally known intellectual property firms, and worked as a law clerk in the patent department of Raytheon Company. Prior to beginning his legal career, Bryan designed analog and digital circuits for the industrial products group of Polaroid Corporation, where he co-invented and patented a high-speed laser driver for medical printer applications.