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Marc’s practice covers the broad range of corporate law and commercial transactions, with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, complex negotiations and strategic planning. Marc is a member of the Emerging Companies Team.. Marc has extensive experience as a corporate lawyer and has served as a member of management for a number of companies, including PACCAR Inc, Virginia Mason Medical Center (where he was General Counsel and a member of senior management), Virginia Mason Health Plan (where he was President of a 40,000 life HMO) and Medtronic Physio-Control Corporation (where he was initially Sr. V.P. - Law, Human Resources, and Business Development, and was ultimately Executive Vice President -Operations).

Marcia Cho is an Associate Attorney at Dellino Family Law Group. Marcia understands for the majority of her clients, being in family court may be their first interaction with the legal system and the issues arising from their family law matters are oftentimes very personal in nature. It is top Marcia’s priority to provide the necessary tools and resources to clients for them to be able to make the best, well informed, decisions that is unique to them, and feel confident when doing so. Marcia has successfully navigated her clients through all phases of the litigation process, from initial pleadings to trials, and all the steps in between, and has extensive experience in alternative dispute resolution.. Having received her legal education in both Canada and Washington, Marcia provides a unique background, depth of knowledge and perspective to clients and their matters.. Background. I was born in Seoul, South Korea, and immigrated to Canada when I was 7 years old. For the most part, I grew up in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., where I attended elementary school, high school, and university at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver campus. I then obtained my Juris Doctor degree from the University of Calgary, just an hour east from Banff, Alberta, and proceeded to complete my articles (a mandatory one-year training program in Canada post law school before an attorney can become licensed) in Ontario.. In 2019, I moved to Seattle, at which time I pursued a Master of Laws at the University of Washington. Upon graduating in 2020, I have been practicing primarily, if not exclusively, in the area of family law.. As a first-generation immigrant and first attorney in my family, I prioritize volunteering and giving back to my community alongside dedicating my time to my clients and my practice. I have recently served as co-president of the Korean American Bar Association, I am the minority bar association representative for the Washington State Bar Licensure Task Force, and I am a volunteer attorney at Eastside Legal Assistance Program.. Out of the office, you can find me exploring new restaurants in the city, traveling to new places, and spending time with my family, including my two samoyeds, Tofu and Boki.

Marcia chairs Graham & Dunn's Wealth Management Team and is a former member of the firm’s Board of Directors. She has over 25 years of experience counseling individuals about wealth transfer and succession planning, including estate planning and administration, probate, trusts and related tax matters.. Marcia is a frequent speaker at professional and community conferences about estate planning and administration. She was the chair of the 51st Annual Estate Planning Seminar in 2006, and she chaired the WSBA task force on the 2005 Washington Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act.

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

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.

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.

Maki Imakura is a Registered USPTO Patent Attorney who is excited to work with entrepreneurs and business working on cutting-edge technology. She received a B.S. in Cellular & Molecular Biology with a minor in Chemistry from the University of Washington. Maki received her J.D. from the Seattle University School of Law. Maki draws on her technical background in life sciences research and experiences with drug discovery involving large data sets and collaboration to provide a unique perspective for clients on their technology and intellectual property needs.. Maki has experience conducting patentability searches, freedom to operate analyses, and infringement risk analyses. She has drafted patent applications for computer software and hardware methods and various devices. In addition, Maki has also managed patent portfolio activities by outside counsel and assisted with drafting opinion letters.. Maki is admitted to practice in Washington State, and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Maki is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Madison is an associate in Ryan Swanson’s Litigation group. Madison’s litigation practice focuses on securities litigation, trust and estate disputes and healthcare litigation on behalf of businesses and individuals. Madison’s background as a certified mediator helps her to work collaboratively with her clients to strategize and prepare for litigation while working to find solutions for the client that avoid going to trial where possible.

Lynne Wilson is a civil rights attorney who has practiced in Seattle for more than thirty years. She focuses on police misconduct, prisoner civil rights, and personal injury law in state and federal courts. She graduated cum laude from Seattle University Law School after previously working as a journalist for The Seattle Weekly. Lynne has published articles about police accountability in the Police Misconduct and Civil Rights Law Report [PMCRLR] a bi-monthly Thomson Reuters publication. These illuminate the legal aspects of policing issues such as body cameras, Tasers, pepper spray, police collective bargaining agreements, deadly force and de-escalation policies, racial profiling, disciplinary records, private prisons and less-lethal weapons. She has served as a neutral arbitrator for King County and Snohomish County Superior Courts.. Long involved in community affairs, Ms. Wilson served on the board of Mothers for Police Accountability for 27 years and continues to volunteer as a legal and policy advisor to Mothers. In 2023, she was appointed by the Seattle City Council to serve as the Civil Liberties Law commissioner on the Seattle Community Police Commssion.  She served on the ACLU Legal Committee for ten years in the 1990s and was also an active board member of the National Coalition on Police Accountability during that time. In 1999, she was a founding member of the National Lawyers Guild's Police Accountability Project. In 2013, she helped launch the Northwest Police Misconduct Attorneys group and currently serves as its Co-Chair. The Seattle City Council appointed her to two community police task forces (1993 and 2007). She also provided expert testimony on police collective bargaining and community conflict at the Amnesty International Hearings held in 2000 on the 1999 WTO Seattle protests. She recently spoke to the Washington Association of Justice on the current status of the qualified immunity defense in federal civil rights cases and to the Washington State Bar Association regarding the use of the United Nation’s Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to hold local police and jail officials accountable.

Lynn Lincoln Sarko is a nationally-recognized leader in complex litigation, having been selected by federal courts nationwide to serve as lead or co-lead counsel in a wide variety of cutting-edge cases. Since 1991, Lynn has led Keller Rohrback’s diverse and accomplished Complex Litigation Group. He is widely recognized for his ability to lead very complex litigation and his expertise dealing with bet-the-company, crisis lawsuits. He is viewed by judges, clients, co-counsel, opposing counsel, and opposing parties as the consummate diplomat. Through smart, efficient, strategy and tailored, creative problem solving, Lynn and his team have accomplished outstanding outcomes while minimizing costs and maximizing value.. Lynn serves on the Court appointed leadership teams in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” litigation, consumer cases involving drug pricing, and class actions seeking to protect healthcare workers against wage and pension plan irregularities. In addition to his highly-regarded work on behalf of classes of consumers, fishermen, employees, and retirees, among others, Lynn regularly represents parties in international legal actions. Lynn has represented sovereign nations, foreign consumers, and institutional clients who are victims of financial and consumer fraud, environmental harm, as well as other corporate malfeasance. Lynn represents sovereigns in treaty disputes in both United States and International Courts.. Lynn has led the firm’s environmental, financial, pension, and consumer practices for over 25 years and regularly serves as lead counsel in multiparty individual and class action cases involving Antitrust, RICO, securities, breach of fiduciary duty, and other corporate fraud issues. His successes in this area include many multimillion-dollar settlements and judgments to resolve litigation involving the largest corporations including Pfizer, Merck, Enron, Worldcom, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, State Street, Bank of New York Mellon, Ford Motor, AIG, Delphi, Visteon, Williams Companies, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Southern Companies, Anthem, United Companies Financial Corp., Cardinal Health, Global Crossing, Health South, Delphi, Washington Mutual, Countrywide, Lucent, Merrill Lynch, and Xerox Corporation.. Lynn’s dispute resolution skills are widely-respected. Other law firms often hire him as settlement counsel in complex cases because of his national reputation as a skilled, diplomatic negotiator and mediator. Because of his experience in high-profile cases, Lynn has deftly handled intense press scrutiny of litigation, and he is frequently quoted in a wide variety of media.. In addition, Lynn was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ecodiesel Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation. Previously, Lynn served as one of the negotiators in the $15 billion Volkswagen Diesel Emissions Fraud class action settlement for 2.0-liter vehicles, the largest auto-related consumer class action settlement in U.S. history, as well as the 3.0-liter settlement.. Courts and professional organizations have honored Lynn for his work on environmental, financial fraud, consumer, and other high-profile cases. After serving as trial counsel in the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill case, which resulted in a $5 billion punitive damages verdict, Lynn was honored to be the only lawyer appointed by the court as Administrator for all funds recovered. He prosecuted the Microsoft civil antitrust case, vitamin price-fixing cases, the MDL Fen/Phen Diet Drug Litigation, and notable public service lawsuits such as Erickson v. Bartell Drug Co., which established a woman’s right to prescription contraceptive health coverage.. Prior to joining Keller Rohrback, Lynn was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Criminal Division, an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Arnold & Porter, and law clerk to the Honorable Jerome Farris, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in Seattle.

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.

Lori Hurl is an attorney at Forsberg & Umlauf. Her practice focus is primarily in complex litigation and insurance defense. Her practice covers professional liability, transportation, employment, premises liability and general business litigation.

Liz focuses her practice on commercial litigation. She has represented businesses and individuals in matters involving contract disputes, employment, and intellectual property, including copyright, trademark, and software licensing and protection. Liz’s experience includes all aspects of the litigation process, from investigation and discovery through motion practice and trial. Liz also conducts workplace investigations.

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.

Lish Whitson has been a trial lawyer for more than 43 years. He has tried more than 50 jury trials and successfully argued many others cases to a judge without a jury. He has also settled hundreds of cases out of court on behalf of his clients, thereby avoiding the uncertainty of a trial. Lish has been recognized for his ability as a trial attorney with his nomination and election to membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Litigation Counsel of America and in the American Board of Trial Advocates.. Lish’s practice has emphasized litigation in motor vehicle accident cases and other personal injury, commercial, medical malpractice, health care, construction, employment, product liability, and consumer class action cases. He has also litigated matters involving intellectual property, administrative, antitrust, criminal, defamation, environmental, insurance and real property law. In addition, Lish is a very successful independent Mediator and Arbitrator with more than 30 years of experience. He also serves as an arbitrator and mediator with the American Arbitration Association.. Before attending graduate school and then law school, Lish served in the United States Peace Corps in Afghanistan as an English and pottery teacher. After graduating from the University of Washington School of Law, Lish practiced for three years with The Public Defender Association. Lish has practiced with the firms of Helsell Fetterman, LLP, Stokes Lawrence PS and Badgley Mullins Law Group. He presently has his own firm, Lish Whitson PLLC.

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.

Linda B. Clapham, a principal, re-joined Carney Badley Spellman in March 2013.  Ms. Clapham has extensive insurance coverage and litigation experience, on behalf of both domestic and London Market Insurers. For the last fifteen years she has expanded her expertise for insurance company clients by focusing on appellate litigation, including handling appeals from ‘notice to mandate’, and advising those clients on a wide variety of issues facing insurance companies in the ever-dynamic state and federal appellate courts of the Northwest, including the Alaska Supreme Court.

Licensed to practice in the state of Washington, Brady Douglas, a 2021 Super Lawyers Rising Star, is a senior associate at the Menzer Law Firm, PLLC, in Seattle, Washington. Focusing his practice on personal injury matters including wrongful death, medical malpractice, vaccine injury and insurance law, he has over seven years of experience practicing law.. Mr. Douglas is an attorney who is devoted to the needs of his clients. He fights zealously for his clients who have been harmed due to the negligent actions of another party. Mindful of the negative impact that injuries caused through no fault of one’s own can have on his clients, he goes the extra mile to safeguard their interests.. Earning his Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law, Mr. Douglas has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Seattle Pacific University. Prior to joining Menzer Law Firm, PLLC, he served as a corporate counsel for Amazon. Before which, he served as an associate attorney at two prominent law firms in Seattle.. While in law school, Mr. Douglas served as a member at the Washington Law Review. He also served as an extern at Open Door Legal Services. He founded the University of Washington’s Husky Wrestling Club, a certified wrestling club for college students to restore college wrestling and was also its volunteer coach.. Mr. Douglas has been volunteering as a coach for youth wrestling ever since 2007. Actively affiliated with his community, he has memberships in renowned legal associations, including the Washington State Bar Association and the King County Bar Association. With a “Good” rating on Avvo, he provides sound and knowledgeable counsel to all his clients.

Liberty's practice encompasses estate planning, probate, trust administration, and taxation. She helps families and individuals achieve their estate planning goals by utilizing tax-saving wills and trusts, durable powers of attorney, advanced directives, and property agreements. By understanding who and what is important to her clients, she creates a comprehensive estate plan customized to achieve each client’s goals.. Following the death of a loved one, Liberty offers guidance and support to personal representatives (a.k.a., executors). She provides a detailed overview of the probate process, prepares the necessary probate paperwork, and communicates frequently to make sure the personal representative meets all time-sensitive deadlines. When necessary, Liberty also prepares Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act Agreements (“TEDRA Agreements”) to make sure the decedent’s estate plan is implemented.. Liberty was previously an attorney with the law firms of Carney Badley Spellman, PS, and Helsell Fetterman, LLP in Seattle. Prior to attending law school, Liberty worked at Columbia Bank as a financial analyst underwriting loans to high net worth individuals and businesses.

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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