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Mark Mills is of counsel with Betts Patterson Mines where he practices in the Insurance Coverage Practice Group. Prior to joining Betts Patterson Mines, Mr. Mills practiced with two well-established Seattle insurance coverage and defense firms as well as acting as the Washington insurance coverage attorney for the Safeco Insurance Companies. With over 25 years of practice, his experience includes advising insurers on coverage issues involving commercial general liability, commercial property, commercial auto, homeowners, and personal auto policies.  He has tried several cases to verdict in both coverage and defense contexts.

Maricarmen assists both employer and employee clients with advice on federal and Washington employment law issues including discrimination, wrongful termination, noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements, leave, and accommodations. She provides thoughtful advice and counsel to clients to avoid litigation, but when her clients are compelled to litigate, Maricarmen has the skills and proven record that results in favorable litigation outcomes for her clients.. Maricarmen also has a general litigation practice, through which she advises client on issues such as contract, tort, and appellate litigation.. Maricarmen conducts investigations on discrimination, harassment, bribery, corruption, fraud, and conflicts of interest. She successfully represents clients in administrative hearings, such as before the Public Employment Relations Commission.. Maricarmen also has an active pro bono practice, representing a client in an asylum hearing with a favorable outcome and advising nonprofit organizations on employment matters.

Margret concentrates her practice on advising clients in all aspects of plan design and compliance for numerous types of employee benefit and executive compensation plans including nonqualified deferred compensation plans; qualified retirement plans (such as Code Section 401(k), profit-sharing, and defined benefit plans); tax-deferred annuities (such as Code Section 403(b) plans); health and welfare benefits (such as health and dental plans, cafeteria plans, HSAs, FSAs, HRAs, wellness programs and employee assistance programs); equity compensation (such as incentive stock option and nonqualified stock option plans) and non-taxable fringe benefits (such as qualified transportation plans and DCAPs). She counsels clients during each step of plan design from plan selection and drafting to choosing appropriate funding vehicles such as custodial accounts, voluntary employee beneficiary trusts, insurance contracts or self-funding. Her knowledge of ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, PHSA, and Code Section 409A and other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code is crucial in advising clients regarding the complex requirements that must be satisfied to maintain compliance with the law. Margret also counsels public and private companies regarding employee benefit plan issues in mergers, acquisitions, financing and other major business transactions.

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.

Marc Winters’ practice encompasses a wide range of real estate and business transactions, predominantly involving the financing, acquisition, development, management, restructuring, and disposition of commercial real estate projects and branded assets. He also counsels pension fund advisory firms and tax-exempt investors on a variety of issues relating to the structuring of business transactions and all aspects of real estate investments.Mr. Winters has negotiated, documented, and closed eight- and nine-figure deals for many types of clients, including joint venture groups, pension funds, public development authorities, school districts, state agencies, banks, lenders, developers, and other businesses. In the course of his transactional and investment structuring practice, Mr. Winters has gained extensive experience in real estate investment trust, limited liability company, limited partnership, and other entity formation. He also has significant experience with construction and permanent loans, leasing, development and management agreements, and secured land transactions (including covered and uncovered construction loans, securitized loans, interim loans, permanent loans, wraparound financing, and subordinated and unsubordinated leasehold financing).Mr. Winters has been designated as a LEED Accredited Professional by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Mr. Winters is able to advise owners, developers, lenders, contractors, and architects on a variety of legal issues pertaining to green building and assist them in evaluating and navigating the LEED certification process.Representative Transaction

Marc serves on the mediator panel for the Washington Arbitration and Mediation Service (WAMS). As a mediator, he works tirelessly to get parties to resolution so that they can avoid the expense, uncertainty, stress, and emotional toll of litigation. He has a knack for assessing risk and helping parties make reasoned decisions to reach pragmatic resolutions of their disputes.. Marc has successfully mediated hundreds of cases in the areas of employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, class action litigation, sexual abuse, wage and hour law, and civil rights. He has significant experience in matters involving all aspects of the employment relationship, civil rights, negligence, class actions, and disputes involving closely held businesses.. Marc’s considerable experience litigating class action cases has given him a keen sense of the ins and outs of class action settlement structure and the settlement approval process under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and Washington State Civil Rule 23. He has successfully mediated several class action cases, helping parties to get closure and end high-risk and expensive litigation. He also speaks Spanish and welcomes the opportunity to serve as a mediator for cases involving Spanish-speaking parties.. Marc successfully completed the “Mediating the Litigated Case” program through the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law. He is a certified neutral on the ADR panel for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and has served as a pro bono mediator for the EEOC.

Mallory grew up in Bellingham, Washington and attended the University of Washington for her undergraduate degree, where she studied in Paris for three months during her Junior year. After graduating magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Mallory attended the UW School of Law where she sat on the Moot Court Honor Board, published two articles in the Washington Journal of Law Technology and Arts, and was invited to be a member of the trial advocacy honor society, Order of the Barristers. As a second year law student, she won First Place Speaker in the 2010 UW Law School Mock Trial Competition.  In her third year, she represented the UW on two national mock trial teams.  She won Best Advocate at the 2011 Buffalo, New York National Mock Trial Competition and Best Oral Advocate in the 2012 Judge John C. Coughenour Award in Trial Advocacy. In 2012, she joined PWRLK as an associate attorney. Mallory has also been riding horses competitively from a young age and has traveled across the US to compete, earning national championships in numerous events. She still rides several times a week in her free time.

Maddie is an attorney admitted to the bar in Washington State, as well as the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She has represented businesses and individuals in all stages of the litigation process and advised clients on matters involving contracts, torts, trusts/estates, real estate, healthcare, securities, and employment law. Career highlights include winning a $1 million jury verdict for an independent contractor, successfully defending a large estate from a creditor claim as second chair in a bench trial while securing a full attorney fee award for the personal representatives, and negotiating several favorable settlements for a healthcare client.. While in law school, Maddie served as Electronic Media Editor of the University of Illinois Law Review and as a research assistant for one of the nation’s leading bankruptcy scholars. In her clinic work, she represented homeowners in foreclosure mediations with major lenders and in negotiations with government officials. Maddie was also the recipient of several academic awards, including CALI Excellence for the Future Awards in Real Estate Transactions and Family Law, and honors distinctions in Legal Research, Legal Writing, and Advocacy.. Prior to joining Ryan Swanson, Maddie worked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Justice Susan Owens at the Washington State Supreme Court. She also worked in journalism and sales management before attending law school. These experiences have given Maddie the ability to fully relate to the issues her clients are facing and develop practical solutions to their challenges.. Outside of work, Maddie enjoys backpacking throughout the Pacific Northwest, where she was born and raised. Maddie also volunteers with the King County Bar Association Records Project, providing legal representation to low-income individuals with criminal convictions and housing eviction records in King County.

Lucinda Dunlap represents clients dealing with Social Security Disability Insurance, Supplimental Security Insurance SSI and Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) cases.. Lucinda Dunlap is co-owner of Sampson Dunlap, a law firm located in Seattle, Washington. She has been representing clients since 2005. Lucinda has extensive experience in the courts, appearing before judges in over 6,000 cases.. Lucinda Dunlap obtained her law degree from Seattle University School of Law, where she was a founding member of the National Native American Law Students Association (NNALSA), a member of the Women's Law Caucus and the Access to Justice Institute, and a semifinalist in her second year Moot Court Competition. She also holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from University of Washington in Zoology and Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation. Lucinda worked for the King County Bar Association's Family Law Mentor Program, Self Help Plus Program, and Housing Justice Project. Over the course of her career, she has received several awards for her pro-bono legal service from the King County Bar Association. Before joining Chihak & Gustad, LLC, Lucinda served as the Disabled Homeless Advocacy Project (DHAP) Program Director at Seattle Community Law Center (SCLC), where she represented low income disabled and homeless clients before the Social Security Administration. During her time with SCLC, Lucinda developed the DHAP program extensively. Through outreach and close relationships with shelters, DSHS, and service providers, she was able to expand a program that served less than a dozen clients a year to one that now serves in excess of 200 yearly.. Lucinda is admitted to practice law in Washington State.

Liv Wernecke is a shareholder with more than 30 years experience at Betts Patterson Mines, he heads the Estate Planning and Probate practice area and also is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group.. Mr. Wernecke’s practice covers estate planning, succession planning for closely held business, real estate and investment entities, compensation and retirement arrangements, probate, trust creation and administration, individual, estate and entity taxation, guardianships, and certain aspects of international trade.. He was co-counsel of a successful Washington Supreme Court case upholding the application of the equal protection clause to state taxes and has lectured at Golden Gate University in taxation of S Corporations, partnerships and estates.

Litigation attorney and Assistant Managing Member for Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC a 100 year old plus leading mid-sized Seattle law firm serving healthcare, business, municipal, and insurance clients.Geoff Bridgman has handled cases throughout Washington and the country. His practice includes both litigation and counseling clients on litigation avoidance. He has handled numerous commercial, contract, construction, insurance and products liability disputes. He acts a National Products Counsel for a leading medical device manufacturer and has been admitted pro hoc vice in courts throughout the United States. Geoff frequently advises both insurance and non-insurance clients regarding insurance covereage issues.

Lisa Gilmore spent years volunteering with the King County Bar Association Domestic Violence Clinic and is now working with the Greenwood Family Law Clinice.  She also volunteers at FareStart, Habitat for Humanity and other organizations through Helsell Fetterman's Diversity Committee.. Lisa has presented at Continuing Legal Education seminars on the topics of the Indian Child Welfare Act the State Domestic Partnership Registry, Domestic Partnership Agreements and discovery of children’s records.. For her continued work with the King County Bar Association’s Domestic Violence Family Law Clinic, Lisa has received recognition. She received a Special Recognition Award from the Greater Seattle Business Association for Collaboration for Social Change and received a Cynthia Gillespie Award from the Northwest Women’s Law Center for her work with the Marriage Equality Team.. Lisa enjoys playing soccer, jogging, hiking and skiing.

Lisa Burke is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, primarily in employment law. Lisa routinely handles cases involving employment separation, discrimination, retaliation, hostile work environment, and wage and hour violations.

Lindsay stands up to wage theft and discrimination in the workplace; sexual assault and abuse in schools and hospitals; and safety violations in our community. She holds companies accountable and demands a fair fight, whether she is representing an individual or hundreds of workers in a class action. Lindsay is a frequent speaker at legal seminars on topics ranging from ethics to litigation strategy. Since 2013 she has been recognized by her peers as a “Super Lawyer” and, since 2017, as one of the “Top 50 Women” lawyers in the State. Lindsay’s adversaries respect her tenacity and civility; her clients value her compassion and sound judgment.. Lindsay is a third-generation Washingtonian, raised by two public school teachers here in the Seattle area. She earned her B.A. from Bowdoin College and graduated with honors from the University of Washington School of Law. Prior to joining SGB, Lindsay served as a law clerk to the Honorable James L. Robart in United States District Court.

Linda is a founder of Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson and has been in private divorce practice since 1976.  Linda is listed in the Best Lawyers of America for Family Law, as one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Washington, is a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers serving as the current President of the Washington Chapter of the AAML, and has held the highest Martindale Hubbell rating of AV Preeminent for legal skills and ethics since 1997.  She has been annually selected as a “Super Lawyer” by Washington Law and Politics Magazine since 1999.  As a first rate attorney with an outstanding track record, she is a powerful advocate for her clients and their families.. Linda’s clients include:  Business owners, corporate executives, professionals in the fields of medicine, finance, accounting, music and sports, and spouses of business owners, executives and professionals.  Her practice emphasizes divorces and separations with complex asset valuations, tracing of separate property and characterization of assets, with attention to minimizing tax consequences in order to maximize her client’s interests.  Uniquely positioned in a firm with in-house expertise in tax and business, trusts and estates, employment, and real estate, Linda is a divorce attorney with an astute business sense.

Licensed in Washington, Texas, and D.C., Erin has nearly two decades of experience working in the corporate sector, including at some of the most prestigious firms in the country. Her background includes public and private securities offerings, corporate governance, and mergers & acquisitions.. The primary focus of Erin's practice is corporate and business law, including small business and startup formations, financings, mergers & acquisitions, securities offerings, equity compensation plans, employee and independent contractor arrangements, outside general counsel servcies, and technology transactions. Erin's clients include entrepreneurs, investors, and developers in a wide variety of industries.. Erin also advises nonprofit organizations with respect to idea development and business plans, formations of 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) entities, application for tax-exempt status, fiscal sponsorships, charity registrations, and nonprofit compliance.. As a complement to her business law practice, Erin provides estate planning legal services and business succession planning.

Leslie practices exclusively in the area of intellectual property.. She advises a wide range of businesses on trademarks, copyrights, software protection, domain name recovery, data and search engine issues, licensing, unfair competition, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, and intellectual property interests in bankruptcy and in estate planning. Leslie and the intellectual property team at Stokes Lawrence also handle intellectual property litigation in the federal courts and contested matters before the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board.. Leslie is an active member of International Trademark Association (INTA), locally and internationally.

Leslie is an associate in the Real Estate practice where she assists clients in all aspects of acquisition & disposition transactions involving commercial, industrial and agricultural real estate throughout the United States. She represents her clients in the preparation of purchase and sale contracts, property and legal due diligence, and preparation of transactional documents and development agreements. She works with lenders in real estate financing transactions, including property and legal due diligence and preparation of transactional documents. In addition, she represents landlord and tenant clients in commercial office and retail leasing transactions, including preparation of lease agreements and amendments and ancillary documentation.. In law school, Leslie was a student attorney for the Georgetown University Law Center Civil Rights Clinic where she represented clients in prominent First Amendment-related litigation matters.

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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.

Lawyer Representing Childhood Sexual Abuse Victims. Timothy D. Kosnoff''s offices at Kosnoff PLLC are located in Seattle, Washington, but his law practice extends across the United States. For more than 15 years, Mr. Kosnoff has focused his work exclusively on representing childhood sexual abuse victims. Mr. Kosnoff is devoted to doing anything in his power to fight the sexual abuse of children.. 25 Years of Experience as a Trial Lawyer. Mr. Kosnoff has been a successful trial lawyer for over 25 years, and owns the experience and resources to take on any opponent. Because he has handled so many large-scale lawsuits, he frequently appears on television and in newspaper articles. He often uses the opportunities afforded by media coverage to shine a light on sexual predators and their protectors, all while publicizing the terrible societal and individual costs that childhood sexual abuse has on survivors.. Of course, Mr. Kosnoff takes no action, in the press or the courtroom, without the full consent of his clients. He treats every client with extreme compassion and consideration, assuring each client that the abuse was not their fault and that they can experience great healing by pursuing justice. Then, with their permission, he aggressively goes after those responsible for their traumas.. All initial consultations are free and can be kept confidential. Please call Tim Kosnoff at from anywhere in the United States or  within the Seattle area with any questions or concerns. He is eager to help anyone who experienced or knows someone who experienced child sexual abuse. Our attorney contact page contains a form through which you can email Mr. Kosnoff.

Laura Sell is the Law Practice Managing Partner at McKinley Irvin. Laura leads the firm's attorneys in practice development, training and mentoring, as well as consulting on cases and ensuring the firm's high standards of quality. Laura recently co-authored the “Spousal Maintenance” chapter of the LexisNexis Washington Family Law Practice Guide, offering strategies to help practitioners identify and address legal and procedural issues. Laura also assists parties in resolving family law disputes by serving as a mediator. With extensive experience as a family law attorney and civil litigator, Laura is particularly skilled in mediating cases involving complex legal and financial issues.

Larry Gottlieb is the managing shareholder at Betts Patterson Mines, and has been practicing law in the Seattle area since 1991.  Specializing in insurance coverage law, Mr. Gottlieb works primarily for the insurance industry throughout the Pacific Northwest as an advisor, trial lawyer, and appellate advocate in the areas of first-party coverage, general liability coverage, professional liability coverage, and extra-contractual liability claims. He also represents policyholders in the defense of various types of complex liability and damages claims.

Larry Glosser assists clients in the following areas: Entity formation and business transactions.  Real Estate, including Purchase and Sale Agreements, due diligence and environmental review, title review, real property financing, lease drafting and review, escrow and closing. General Corporate and Business, including entity formation, contract drafting and review, licensing and regulatory compliance;Dispute resolution including professional malpractice claims against real estate agents, attorneys, and escrow agents.

Lana’s primary area of practice is real estate transactions. She represents individuals and businesses in connection with purchase and sale and leasing transactions in both the residential and commercial context. Lana’s clients appreciate her willingness to think creatively when issues arise that threaten the success of a transaction. They appreciate her determination and willingness to drive a transaction to completion and worry about the details. Lana advises homeowners associations in matters related to corporate governance and property management issues. She also represents several real estate developers in the area, advising and drafting documentation in support of a wide variety of development projects. Lana’s greatest reward for representing clients is being honored with their trust. She never takes a client’s trust for granted and is determined to earn it every day.