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“Growing up in the family business and at Michigan law, I have always been fascinated by business law and finance. I strive to understand my clients’ businesses and add value by identifying risks, resolving disputes, and completing transactions to help them grow and succeed.”. Tom Sterken has extensive experience in business, finance and transactions, and focuses his practice on banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, organizing new businesses, and advising companies and owners in distribution, financial, government contracting, health care, investment, manufacturing, retail, senior care, technology and other businesses.. For several years, prior to joining Keller Rohrback, Tom was a senior executive and the general counsel for a large regional distribution and retail services company, and its finance, insurance and real estate development subsidiaries.. In his spare time, Tom enjoys boating, fitness, skiing and travel.. Practice emphasis. Worked with buyers, sellers, their accountants, investment bankers and other advisors on more than 100 public and private business acquisitions and property sales.. Advised companies, their boards and senior management on complex corporate governance, litigation, regulatory and securities matters, including fiduciary duties, professional and directors and officers (D&O) liability claims and coverage, proxy contests, shareholder disputes, and tender offers.. Represented entrepreneurs, issuers, lenders and investors in more than $1 billion of public and private offerings of debt and equity, lending, leasing, licensing and securitization transactions, and workouts of commercial, construction and development loans.. Mediated and settled multi-million dollar claims by federal and state regulators, including FDIC, against companies’ directors and officers.

My primary focus is representing condominium and homeowner associations - I am a community association lawyer, and I focus on general counsel, not litigation. However, my firm is well versed in all aspects of community association law, including general counsel (my focus), assessment collection, and various types of litigation and alternative dispute resolution.  Our friendly lawyers and staff look forward to speaking with you.

My practice is focused primarily upon general business and corporation law with a heavy emphasis on federal and state taxes.  I enjoy working with closely-held and family businesses of all sizes and at different stages of their development through the transition to family members or third parties.  Working with my client’s financial and other professional advisors, I help strategize for growth and identify solutions that address the client’s legal, tax, and operational issues.  Key to this comprehensive approach is ensuring that the client's estate plan is both current and contemplates effective tax strategies.

Ms. Huang's practice focuses on corporate finance, securities law compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate matters. In addition to advising clients on general corporate and securities matters, Ms. Huang has significant experience in SEC reporting and governance issues, capital markets transactions, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), entity formation and corporate restructuring.

Marcia McCraw, a Mandarin-speaking attorney, earned a B.A., in Asian Studies (China) at Cornell University and earned a J.D. at Western New England College School of Law, now Western New England University, where she served as managing editor of the law review.  Licensed to practice law in Washington State, California, Hawaii, and New York, she provides legal counsel to start-ups and to public companies on issues ranging from entity formation and compliance to contracts and compliance with U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reporting requirements for foreign direct investment in U.S. businesses and in U.S. real estate. She received a Presidential appointment to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum Council in Washington, D.C., has chaired several nonprofit boards, including USO Northwest, and has served on the local board of Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science. She recently has published articles on the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis mandatory reporting requirements for foreign direct investment in U.S. business and real estate; for those discovered not in compliance, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis my assess significant fines and, for individuals, including corporate directors and offices, may impose up to one-year imprisonment. Marcia's passion is innovative technology creatively improving or to brightening everyday life.

Lee Schindler, a partner in the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital practice, serves as corporate counsel to high growth technology and life science companies. Lee also represents the venture capitalists that invest in such companies.. Lee's practice background includes representing A123 Systems, Agios Pharmaceuticals and LogMeIn as private VC-backed companies, through their initial public offerings and as public companies after their IPOs. Lee has counseled companies through more than 100 preferred stock financings and 25 M&A transactions.

Jeffrey M. Grieff joined Miller Nash Graham & Dunn as of counsel in November 2012. Jeff has a long history of successfully representing and advising professional and business clients in the selection, formation, governance, and transactions of closely held entities. His practice is focused on representing individuals, professionals, and closely held companies in business matters, business transactions, estate and trust planning and probate, and nonprofit corporations. Jeff advises clients on entity formation of corporations (“S” and “C” types), professional service corporations, limited liability companies, professional limited liability companies, general partnerships, limited liability partnerships, nonprofit corporations, and exempt organizations. Jeff is experienced in drafting employment and independent contractor agreements for businesses and professionals. He also works closely with clients on the governance and operation of limited liability companies, corporations, and organizations. Jeff has extensive experience in representing medical and legal professionals. He advises lawyers on the Rules of Professional Conduct (RPC) regarding professional ethical and business transactions, as well as preparing the required agreements. Jeff provides counsel on specific issues and “tax-wise” analysis and planning that particularly occur in professional organizations. Jeff works with the Washington State Bar Association’s Law Office Management Assistance Program (LOMAP), counseling lawyers on selecting and forming the proper entity for lawyers and law firms, as well as explaining the tax ramifications of the entity choice.

James Babikian advises emerging and established companies on a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and executive compensation. James also advises a range of clients on the structuring, financing, leasing, acquisition, development and disposition of commercial real estate projects.. Before moving to Seattle, James practiced as a corporate associate in the London and New York offices of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.  While in law school, he worked for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of the General Counsel as well as the Honorable Cathy Cochran of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and served as manuscript editor for the American Journal of Criminal Law.

Gurneet regularly advises clients on the strategic use of various types of revocable and irrevocable trusts for gifting, corporate ownership and estate tax purposes to achieve estate planning needs and goals. To accomplish her client’s goals, Gurneet implements a number of strategies, including creating family limited liability companies, generation-skipping transfer trusts, life insurance trusts, qualified personal residence trusts, charitable trusts, and grantor retained annuity trusts. Gurneet also advises clients on lifetime gifting and sales to trusts utilizing fractional interest and similar discounts. She enjoys counseling clients regarding charitable giving and the formation and administration of public charities, private foundations, and donor advised funds. Gurneet drafts the entity formation and governing documents, as well as assists clients in obtaining tax-exempt status for entities formed under 501(3)(c). Once the entity is formed and tax-exempt status is obtained, she continues to advise clients on legal and tax issues involved in governing the entity and maintaining tax-exempt status.

Derek Crick is an attorney in Ryan Swanson’s Business and Estate Planning and Probate practice groups. Derek counsels clients on business transactions and general corporate matters; including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, financings, corporate governance and private equity fund formation and compliance.. Derek’s estate and succession planning practice includes comprehensive planning and the preparation of standard estate planning documents, including wills, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and revocable living trusts.

Bill is a business lawyer with 26 years experience serving emerging technology companies, serial entrepreneurs and angel investors.Bill's corporate clients operate in Web Service, Gaming, Robotics, Custom Software Development, VR, Digital Media and other IT industries. He also represents founders and C-level executives of venture-backed companies in transition. Frequently, he works with his firm's litigators to anticipate, avoid or bring lawsuits for clients.Recent transactions:. Bill is active in national policy impacting angel investing. He serves as Chair of the Angel Capital Association's Public Policy Committee Advisory Council, and writes and presents frequently on general solicitation and accredited investor verification under Rule 506(c). On this topic, he has written articles for the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, GeekWire and VC Experts, and been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, , Forbes, , Compliance Week amd .

Ben is a partner in the firm's Emerging Companies practice. He assists high-growth technology, venture-backed and emerging and early-stage companies in industries that include health care, software, alternative energy, consulting companies, media outlets and wine. Ben advises companies in mergers and acquisitions, venture capital and other finance transactions, contracts and corporate and limited liability company formation and structuring.Ben is a regular speaker on mergers and acquisitions, emerging companies and early-stage financings. He is vice-chair of the board of the Northwest Entrepreneur Networks (NWEN), a co-chair of NWEN's 2006 "Entrepreneur University" Steering Committee and also on the board of The IndUS Entrepreneurs (TiE) Seattle. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Business Law Committee and the WSBA Partnerships and LLC Law Sub-Committee and chair of the WSBA Business Law Section 2009 Mid-year meeting. Prior to joining the firm, he was an associate at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Washington, D.C. Prior to law school, Ben obtained his CPA license while working as a staff accountant at Martin/Grambush in Kirkland. Ben graduated from Georgetown University Law Center magna cum laude and Order of the Coif, and obtained his undergraduate degree in accounting at the University of Washington.