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Divorce. Custody.  Visitation. Child Support.  Relocation.  Unmarried Parents. Domestic Violence. Difficult Co-parenting.. If these are issues confronting you, face them with skilled and experienced representation at your side.. My goal is to provide clients with diligent and supportive legal guidance during through the legal maze.  With over 36 years of experience, I work hard and smart to achieve the best possible outcome for you and your family.. Call us today.  We want to help.

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DEBORAH ALEXANDER. ATTORNEY. Experience:. Firm founder, Deborah Alexander, is a criminal defense attorney practicing in the Seattle and Bellevue metropolitan areas.    Her practice includes felony criminal defense, misdemeanor criminal defense, juvenile criminal defense, white collar criminal defense, and commercial litigation.  She was previously an Assistant State’s Attorney in the Criminal Division in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.  During her time as a Prosecutor, Ms. Alexander became knowledgeable in evaluating the prosecutions case, both strengths and weaknesses.  This means that she has first-hand insight into how the other side approaches the serious cases that she handles.  This experience and perspective from both sides has allowed her to aggressively defend her clients.  Her experience in criminal law includes jury trials, bench trials, motion practice, and appellate oral arguments and briefing. Ms. Alexander is also acting in an “of counsel” capacity to the criminal defense firm of Wolfe, Wrenn & Zariski.. Ms. Alexander received her B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in Legal Studies and her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.  She also worked for the Honorable Harry Leinenweber, United States District court for the Northern District of Illinois.  Her bar memberships and admissions include the Washington State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar, King county Bar Association, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.. Education: University of California at Berkeley (B.A., 1987); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 1991). Ms. Alexander also worked for the Honorable Harry Leinenweber, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.. Bar Memberships and Admissions: Washington and Illinois. Affiliations:Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member of Seattle Executives Association, Network attorney for ARAG and Microsoft ARAG plan members.

Dealing with a severe physical injury or the wrongful death of a family member can threaten one's independence and livelihood. We have been there before and can help bring clarity to a chaotic and confusing situation. We can tell you what your legal options are, and help you make the difficult decisions which may affect you and your family for a lifetime. Take care, Bob Dawson

David Kerr is dedicated to serving as a trusted counselor to his clients and to providing effective, creative, client focused legal services to start-ups, freelancers, creative endeavors, entrepreneurs and risk takers.

David is the Chair of the firm's Business Group. His practice focuses on all aspects of legal counseling for businesses including business planning, formation of corporations, partnerships and limited liability companies, mergers and acquisitions, and the negotiation and drafting of commercial agreements. He has extensive experience in dealing with real estate matters including financings, purchases, sales, exchanges, leasing, and structuring of entities for ownership and development of real property projects. For many years he represented clients in the solid waste industry in connection with planning for the ownership, development, acquisition, and sale of solid waste facilities such as landfills, transfer stations, composting and recycling centers, and hauling operations, purchases and sales of solid waste companies, and transactions involving contaminated property. David began his career as a tax attorney and continues to provide transactional tax planning advice to businesses and individuals and assistance with estate planning and probate matters.. Representative Matters

David Beninger  has successfully handled a number of complex and high profile cases. He has achieved over 70 verdicts and settlements in excess of $1 million, including the largest results in the state for wrongful death, nursing home negligence, post-concussive syndrome and three of the four largest insurance bad faith outcomes in Washington.

Cory L. Johnson joined the law firm of Chicoine & Hallett, P.S. as a Summer Associate in 2006, and returned as an Associate upon graduation from the University of Washington School of Law in 2007.  Before joining Chicoine & Hallett, P.S., Ms. Johnson served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Richard C. Tallman of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  Prior to attending law school, Ms. Johnson was a Special Agent with the Department of Health and Human Services investigating white-collar crimes.  Ms. Johnson received a B.A. in accounting from the University of Washington School of Business.. Ms. Johnson focuses her practice on federal criminal and civil tax disputes, ranging from estate valuation controversies to representing clients during IRS audits and before the IRS Office of Appeals.  She has helped clients navigate the IRS Criminal Investigation Voluntary Disclosure Program, and has successfully resolved collection matters on behalf of her clients.. Ms. Johnson is admitted to practice in the Washington State Courts, the United States Tax Court, and the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.. Ms. Johnson enjoys spending time with her husband and their two labs, Timber and Aspen.

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Collin is one of Seattle's construction defect litigation attorneys. Collin's legal background consists of extensive experience in multiple areas of civil litigation, inluding several years with a prominent Seattle insurance defense firm. His practice focuses primarily on condominium and multi-family residential defect cases.. Born and raised in the Puget Sound area, Collin continues to volunteer for the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinic program, giving free legal advice to those in need. Outside the office, Collin enjoys watching and playing sports of all kinds, discovering movies and music, and starting home improvement projects.

Coby Cohen is an experienced injury lawyer who strategically assesses every case, seeking to efficiently and effectively obtain results for his clients. With extensive jury trial experience and a career dealing with often time-sensitive and sometimes extremely complex matters, Coby recognizes the importance of being alert to his clients’ needs and finding the best paths to meet them.. Coby has a unique background that has created a tremendous foundation for his work on behalf of clients of Rossi Vucinovich. His experience includes handling complex commercial litigation with one of the largest law firms in the Seattle area, trying criminal cases for the State of Washington with the King County Prosecutor’s Office, handling a variety of matters, including financial services litigation, in a small firm, managing KinderCare Education’s nationwide litigation, disputes and crises, and handling complex litigation, including personal injury matters, at a well-regarded litigation boutique.. Coby came to Rossi Vucinovich because he wants to help achieve results for those who have been harmed, whether in FELA (railroad injury) cases, trucking collisions, child care injuries, medical malpractice injuries, or other catastrophic injury cases. Coby works hard on behalf of all of his clients to achieve the results they deserve.. Coby is admitted to practice in Washington, Oregon, California, Montana, and the District of Colorado. He earned his law degree from New York University School of Law, a Bachelor’s degree with Honors from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MBA with Honors from the University of Washington Foster School of Business. He enjoys the outdoors and spending time with his family.

Christopher Sweeney focuses on obtaining patent protection for biotech, chemical and pharmaceutical technologies.. Mr. Sweeney’s practice includes worldwide patent procurement, portfolio management, due diligence, licensing, trademark and invalidity/non-infringement opinions.  He currently represents clients in technological areas including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, immunology, life sciences, food sciences, industrial chemistry and medical devices.  Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sweeney was with a biotechnology company acquired by ALK-Abelló.  In graduate school, Mr. Sweeney conducted research on DNA/RNA transcription proteins.. Mr. Sweeney is currently the President of the Washington State Patent Law Association (WSPLA).  He also serves on the Board of Directors of QLaw, and is the chair of the membership committee.  In addition, Mr. Sweeney is active on the Business Development Committee of the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA).. Mr. Sweeney serves on the faculty for CASRIP, the Center for the Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property at the University of Washington School of Law.  He has also taught classes on Intellectual Property Law as an adjunct professor at UCSD Business School.. Mr. Sweeney joined the firm in 2004 and became a partner in 2011.

Christopher D. Pitts is the Principal of S.L. Pitts PC, where he focuses on financial complexity and jurisdictional questions as they arise in family law litigation.. Christopher has experience identifying, valuing, and dividing closely held business interests across a wide array of industries including: manufacturing, aerospace, technology, maritime, financial services, and commercial real estate. He also has experience identifying and valuing financially complex assets in divorce including: pensions, interest rate swaps, call options, and executive and top hat compensation plans. Christopher has identified and litigated professional goodwill in medical, dental, accounting, and legal practice groups.. Christopher is licensed in both California and Washington and has successfully advised clients on jurisdictional issues related to all areas of family law in both interstate and international marital dissolutions. For parties who have extensive contacts with both California and Washington, Christopher can assist in selecting the most appropriate state within which to initiate a marital dissolution. He maintains active cases in both Washington and California.

Christina Haring-Larson’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and advising individuals involved in business investments, real estate, contract negotiations, and partnership or other ownership disputes.  She has experience representing clients in disputes involving real estate, trusts, estates, intellectual property rights, trade secrets, domain names, beverage law, licensing, franchise rights, professional negligence, insurance coverage, securities, products liability, personal injury, and employment. Christina has first-chair bench and jury trial experience and has represented a variety of businesses and individuals in both state and federal court.

Chris's practice focuses on real estate-related business transactions. He documents and negotiates loans for institutional lenders, structures partnerships and LLCs for developers and equity real estate investors, establishes condominiums, represents land banking entities, and advises businesses and individuals on leases, easements, covenants, contracts, and other business matters. Chris received a J.D., with high honors, from the University of Washington, and a B.A. from Columbia College.

Chris is a member of the CH& corporate finance and business transactions group. His practice focuses on advising and assisting businesses with a wide range of corporate needs, including entity formation, governance, regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, and mergers and acquisitions. Chris has extensive experience negotiating complex transactions, drafting agreements, and communicating the needs of his clients to government and administrative agencies. He has also worked closely with state and local governments and advocated for clients on various highly-regulated matters.. Prior to joining CH&, Chris was the lead transactional attorney at a local law firm where he largely assisted companies operating in or ancillary to Washington State’s licensed cannabis industry. During this time, Chris interpreted and applied new and rapidly changing regulations with little or no context or caselaw. Chris has been recognized as one of the leading experts in cannabis law and brings valuable experience in assisting and advising clients with regulatory and compliance needs. Along with being a resource and advocate for clients, Chris has also spoken at conferences and educated other professionals on the cannabis business industry.

Chris is a litigator and trial lawyer with experience in a broad range of areas, including complex breach of contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder disputes, trade secret misappropriation, non-competes, securities, and design and construction defect. He handles all aspects of dispute resolution, from initial investigation, into trial and through the appellate process. He also has a long history of advising boards of directors on diverse strategic planning and business matters as outside general corporate counsel.  In his "free time" he enjoys cycling, hiking, skiing, triathlon, and carpentry.

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Chandler Udo joined Bergman Draper Oslund in 2011. Chandler has successfully litigated numerous asbestos products liability cases in both state and federal courts. He has extensive trial experience and works tirelessly to obtain the best possible outcome for his clients from the initial client meeting through the conclusion of trial.

Catherine Clark is keenly aware of the complexities and stress that come with legal disputes, particularly the fear of unknown outcomes and expenses. With over three decades in the legal field, she has built a robust practice focusing on appeals, primarily in commercial and real estate law. Catherine's expertise is crucial for navigating the hazardous and expensive waters of the appeals process, where her skills ensure the protection of her clients' interests. Additionally, her personal experience as a business owner deepens her understanding of the stakes involved in commercial disputes, allowing her to offer cost-effective solutions in these complex situations. Catherine’s extensive knowledge and practical experience empower her to devise strategic resolutions to complicated cases, often achieving favorable outcomes without resorting to trials or court proceedings.

Caitin joined S.L. Pitts PC as a law clerk in 2014, and became an associate in 2015. She worked as a law clerk at three small litigation firms before joining S.L. Pitts PC.. Caitlin graduated from Saint Louis University where she studied economics and philosophy. She recieved her law degree, graduating cum laude, from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2014.. Caitlin has a passion for service as a supporter and former volunteer at the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinics and member of the Junior League of Seattle.

Brooks Lindsay is the Founding Attorney of Light Legal PLLC, a Seattle-based law firm for high-growth companies. He is a corporate and commercial-contracts attorney who uses his experience as a business leader to help other business leaders solve problems and succeed. He is experienced in commercial transactions, tech transactions, IP matters, website and privacy issues, general corporate, formations, securities and finance, M&A, employment matters, real estate matters, and other common legal issues facing fast-growing companies and founders. He is particularly skilled at performing outside general counsel functions for companies and quarterbacking across a spectrum of legal needs.. Before founding Light Legal, Brooks was an attorney at top Seattle-based law firms for businesses, including Foster Garvey PC (the oldest law firm in Seattle) and TangoLaw PLLC (a boutique firm representing high-growth and venture-backed companies nationally and internationally).. Brooks received his B.A. from Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service and a JD and MBA from the University of Washington, including a Certificate of Entrepreneurship from the Foster School of Business. During his JD/MBA years, Brooks gained business and tech legal experience at Amazon AWS, Intellectual Ventures, the UW Technology Law and Public Policy Clinic, and the UW Tech Policy Lab where he was a Hazelton Fellow.. He was also a startup founder for five years after college, creating an online encyclopedia of debates and arguments called Debatepedia. He uses that experience to advise clients with a founder’s mindset, the way he would have liked to have been advised. His experience as the founder of Light Legal and an entrepreneur in legal services adds additional perspective and value for his clients.. In addition, Brooks was a communications professional early in his career with stints at the World Bank Group and at Nyhus Communications in Seattle. He believes that excellent, transparent, and timely communications are foundational to high-quality legal services. Brooks is 40 years old and has about 16 years of professional experience of relevance to his career, including about 8 years in business and technology law specifically.. Brooks lives in Seattle with his wife Addie and child Lucian. The Lindsay Clan in Scotland, from which Brooks descends, was known for centuries as the "Light Lindsays" due to their levity. Lucian, which means "light" or "defender of light", was named in honor of this heritage. Brooks believes strongly in teaching and practicing the values associated with "light", including light-heartedness, kindness, integrity, transparency, deftness, knowledge, insightfulness, intensity, agility, efficiency, and swiftness in action. These values are at the heart of Light Legal.. Brooks is a member of the Washington State Bar.

Brian's practice focuses on environment and natural resource matters, including regulation and litigation arising under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), Washington's Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), and the Clean Water Act (CWA). He represents Indian Tribes in environmental related issues, including prosecuting CERCLA claims on behalf of Tribes.. Brian also represents municipal and private clients in a range of land use and real estate matters, including condemnation proceedings, project permitting, and real estate transactions. In addition to his environmental and land use practice, Brian has litigated other cases including employment and business disputes.

Brian Cheng carries outstanding academic credentials and extensive experience as a successful negotiator and business management advisor.. In May 2011, Brian received his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, Order of Barristers, from Seattle University School of Law. In law school, his academic accomplishments included two CALI Awards for achieving the highest grades in the studies of Legal Writing II and Computer Crime. Furthermore, while at Seattle University, he represented his school in moot court and dispute resolution competitions.. In addition to his academic credentials, Brian also brings to our firm his experience working under the auspices of two judges—as a judicial intern for the Honorable Judge Theresa Doyle of the King County Superior Court, and as a judicial extern for the Honorable Judge Christine Quinn-Brintnall of the Washington State Court of Appeals.. Furthermore, Brian has a comprehensive understanding of landlord-tenant law. After graduating from law school, Brian was a Public Interest Fellow with the King County Bar Association (KCBA) Housing Justice Project, where he provided pro bono representation of low-income tenants facing eviction. As a Public Interest Fellow, Brian has prevented evictions by winning in court and has saved vast amounts of money for his client by negotiating countless settlements. His in-depth familiarity with landlord-tenant law makes him an effective advocate for landlords seeking to resolve disputes with their tenants and for tenants facing eviction.. During law school, Brian volunteered his legal skills to Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, an organization that has special consultative status with the United Nations. There, he used his legal training to rectify injustices around the globe. In 2010, one of his major projects involved drafting a letter to the Rwandan government to cite violations of its treaty obligations and demand the release of an American law professor, charged under the Rwandan criminal law of “genocide ideology.” He also presented a legal memorandum analyzing the high profile case of Mr. Omar Khadr, a Canadian who was detained at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba in 2002.. Prior to attending law school, Brian was a Deputy Commissioner and Group Commissioner with Scouts Canada in Vancouver, B.C., where he grew up. There, Brian represented his constituency of over 4000 youth and leaders in the business decisions of the largest non-profit youth movement in the country. During his tenure, Brian’s accomplishments included founding two new Scout Groups, overhauling another, and overseeing the newfound growth of an organization that had been declining in membership for over a decade. Today, Brian applies the management and leadership skills he acquired as a Commissioner when he advises clients in business dealings and negotiates successful deals on their behalf. For his volunteerism and commitment to public service, Queen Elizabeth II awarded to Brian the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002.