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My practice focuses on litigation and court appearances. Many lawyers are comfortable working in the office but are not comfortable in the courtroom. I have nearly 20 years experience helping persons protect their rights.
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My practice focuses on family law, including dissolutions, child custody, modifications, and child support. I have a focus on assisting domestic violence victims with family law needs, however, and began my career in Washington State by working as a volunteer with the King Couty Family Law Mentor program.. I pride myself on being a compassionate yet effective advocate for my clients. I will work on your behalf to get you the best results I can with whatever your needs are.

I have been serving clients on the Olympic Peninsula since 2013. Since 2018, I have been operating the Law Office of Peter Crocker, a practice that is focused on family law, real estate transactions and disputes, contracts, and estate planning. The Law Office of Peter Crocker began in Port Townsend, Washington, and is focused on Jefferson and Clallam counties. In 2022, I moved my actual location to Seattle, and do take on some cases on the eastern side of the Puget Sound, but I maintain my small town practice ethos.

I have been practicing law in Washington State for over 24 years. I am a seasoned lawyer/expert at handling all aspects of auto collision, employment, personal injury, wrongful death, trucking accidents, racial and/or sexual discrimination/harassment, slip and fall, medical malpractice and product liability cases and litigation. After graduating Magna Cum Laude from Seattle University as a double major and vasity basketball athlete (graduating inin the top 2% of my class), I attended Notre Dame Law School and then began my legal career at one of the oldest and most prestigious law firms in Washington. Born and raised in the Seattle area, I have been assisting clients as their attorney in Washington state for decades  now. I practice in every jurisdiction in Washington, including Seattle, Pierce, King and Snohomish Counties. If you have been in an auto accident or have a need for legal representation for another injury matter, I will provide you with the best legal representation available, whether that be litigation, mediation, arbitration or in any other forum.

For more than 46 years, I have devoted my career as an attorney to providing representation in four States and federal courts too numerous to list.  For the past 18 years I have represented clients in legal malpractice claims and fee disputes against their former attorneys.. Conveniently located in West Seattle, Washington, I work to help you recover compensation and your faith in the justice system following inadequate or unethical legal assistance that results in lost cases or missed opportunities.. Licensed to practice law in Washington, Alaska (inactive), Louisiana (inactive) and Nebraska (inactive), I have helped countless clients find resolutions to even the most complicated and challenging legal concerns, all while striving to offer the personalized support my clients need to take control of their own proceedings.. My extensive work drafting appellate legal briefs has given me a reputation for being a knowledgeable lawyer who will take the time to carefully examine your case and conduct extensive research in an effort to offer the most comprehensive legal support possible.

Ellery Johannessen is the owner of Johannessen Law, PLLC. His practice focuses on all manner of domestic relations and general civil litigation from pleading through trial. Ellery attended the University of Baltimore School of Law where he honed his advocacy skills by participating in moot court for all three years, interning for an associate judge on Maryland’s highest court, and participating in the school’s appellate advocacy clinic by representing the state in a criminal appeal. Ellery graduated magna cum laude in 2013 after earning an array of advocacy awards and leading the University of Baltimore to a nationwide 5th place finish in the National Moot Court Competition in New York City.. After law school, Ellery represented national banking institutions in foreclosure, collection, and related collateral litigation at both the state and federal level. The work further honed Ellery’s litigation abilities with court appearances three to four days per week, every week. Ellery also managed the firm’s FDCPA compliance and evictions department. He then shifted to a general civil litigation firm in the busy suburbs of Washington DC, practicing primarily family and foreclosure defense law. His practice ranged from amicable divorces of parents who get along to high conflict parties who were prepared to walk away from large property settlements over an emotional attachment to a small piece of personal property, and from basic products liability cases involving a malfunctioning electric car to bizarre intellectual property theft claims running on parallel tracks in both state and federal court. Ellery successfully defended homeowners against flawed foreclosures and helped them to modify their mortgages and keep them in their homes. He obtained protection orders against domestic abusers, as well as defended against frivolous cases brought by disaffected former partners and family members. Ellery has obtained sizeable settlements against national lending institutions for violations of federal banking statutes and equal credit opportunity laws. He has also successfully resolved disputes, real property disputes, construction defect claims, and cases across host of other disciplines. Since relocating to Washington from Maryland, Ellery has focused exclusively on family law.. Ellery is an east coast native and transplant to the PNW. He comes from a large, blended family. He is the oldest of four, with a younger sister who is close in age and twin half-brothers who are 23 years his junior. Ellery took an unusual route to the practice of law, jumping straight into the work force after high school. But after losing his “dream” job as a police officer in 2009, Ellery shifted his focus back to academics and completed his undergraduate degree in psychology and entered law school, where he excelled.. After marrying his far better half, they resolved to make a big move west. Ellery had always been drawn to this part of the country, having spent his childhood visiting his extended family on Vashon Island. Ellery’s wife is an Idaho native who also had a strong urge to return to the west. Ellery and his wife made the move in the summer of 2019 and welcomed their first child in December of that year.