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With over 40 years of experience, I have handled complicated Transit Oriented Development projects, and have worked extensively to help form the legislation that governs Washington's land use law. I assist clients with their natural resource permit processes and real estate development projects, including their land use, zoning and environmental matters. Please call me if there is something I can do to help you..

When you are facing the most difficult time in your life--being accused, you need skilled advocates who have spent their whole lives preparing for the fight of your life.. Mr. Healy and our lawyers at Vindicate Law have a reputation for being the most prepared people in the courtroom. When literally everything you care about: family, freedom, livelihood and reputation are all on the line, you need a lawyer who will go to the ends of the earth and leave no stone unturned while preparing a defense that will convince the Jury to vindicate you and your life.. Police officers, women, children and others often have ulterior motives to lie and fabricate. The jury needs to understand this and understand why this happens. We are extremely skilled in getting juries to understand the how and why false allegations happen all the time. Police officers are specifically trained in how to manipulate the accused in to making false confessions and portraying innocent facts into sounding incriminating.. There are literally tens of thousands of innocent people in prison and most of the time they are there because their lawyer failed to thoroughly investigate was unprepared and unpersuasive and not skilled in the art of cross-examination.. Our lawyers have astounding success in the courtroom. To the point of jurors hugging and crying with the accused in the hallway of the courthouse after the "Not Guilty!" verdict. To the point of jurors sending a note to the judge asking of they can render a verdict against a police officer who fabricated testimony and slammed the accused's head against the car causing injury. These are the moments that our lawyers live for and achieve.. When naming our law firm we spent many, many hours and reviewed literally thousands of options, but chose Vindicate Law Group. According to Webster's Dictionary, "vindicate" is defined as, "to free from allegation or blame" and this is exactly our mission towards each and every client we proudly represent.. Practice Areas

Thank you for reviewing my qualifications.  I would be happy to speak with you regarding your legal needs.  Foster Pepper PLLC has one of the largest land use and real estate practices in the Northwest.  Our goal is to assist you in achieving your development objectives on time and under budget.  We have experience in public and private development projects of all sizes and complexities.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Summary:. I help clients buy, sell, and develop property. I have extensive experience handling the complexities associated with contaminated property, including litigating cost recovery actions and negotiating agreed orders and consent decrees with federal and state agencies. I also counsel clients, including lenders, on the risks of buying and selling contaminated property and assist them in drafting contractual protection against such risks. When not working on contaminated sites, I draft and negotiate real estate documents such as purchase and sale agreements, commercial leases, ground leases, construction contracts, easement agreements, and property management agreements.. Environmental law, real estate law, land use law, environmental litigation, environmental due diligence, real estate development, real estate contracts, insurance coverage, title coverage, construction contracts, regulatory compliance, real estate acquisition and disposition, real estate leasing, real estate litigation, lender liability, hazardous waste, brownfields, manufactured gas plants, environmental insurance, easement agreements, property management agreements, land use entitlements.

Steve’s practice focuses on advising clients on land use and real estate matters relating to a wide variety of residential, commercial, and industrial developments. He assists clients in obtaining all types of land use approvals, including mining permits, shoreline permits, building permits, hydraulic project approvals from the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and aquatic lands leases from the Department of Natural Resources. This assistance regularly includes litigating administrative and judicial appeals of land use decisions. Steve has extensive experience with surface mining projects and shoreline developments, and in helping clients efficiently complete the consultation requirements of the Endangered Species Act, in order to secure permits from the Corps of Engineers. He also frequently assists clients with wetlands issues, easements, rezones, condemnations, and local improvements district (LID) assessments.

Ryan represents businesses in litigation and helps cannabis businesses obtain and maintain licenses to grow, process, and sell marijuana.  Ryan's litigation practice includes business, products defect, construction, real estate, and land use litigation.  Additionally, Ryan vigorously defends the rights of his cannabis business clients in adminstrative appeals before the Washington State Liquor & Cannabis Board.

RoseMary serves as general counsel to wealthy individuals, their families, and their businesses. She works closely with clients to design and implement sophisticated strategies integral to family wealth planning. High-net-worth individuals, including real estate developers, entrepreneurs, business owners, principals of private equity and venture capital firms and executives of privately-held and public companies, turn to her for advice and counsel in all aspects of wealth transfer strategies, income and transfer tax planning, philanthropy, and business succession.. She also assists families with probate and trust administration. In addition to her trust and estate work, RoseMary advises not-for-profit organizations on a variety of issues, including obtaining and maintaining 501(c)(3) status. She has been listed as Lawyer of the Year for Nonprofit/Charites Law and Trust and Estates by Best Lawyers, and is ranked in Chambers and Partners High Net Worth guide.

Priya Sinha Cloutier focuses her practice on the procurement and enforcement of domestic and international patents, trademarks and copyrights. Her experience includes various technical areas such as aerospace, hybrid and electrical engines, architecture and construction, medical devices, agriculture, food, and energy systems.. Priya devotes much of her time to managing and coordinating global patent portfolios of various clients, both domestic and international companies, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She also counsels clients in avoiding infringement of patents of others and frequently opines with regard to the infringement and/or validity of individual patents, or advises as to a strategy for avoiding the patent portfolios of others. In addition, she is certified by the National Association of Patent Practitioners and currently serves as chair of the association’s Government Affairs Committee.

One of the original members of the firm, Shannon Sperry practices business, real estate and employment law.  Her experience includes the acquisition,  financing (construction and permanent) and leasing of regional shopping malls, office buildings, retail centers, golf course and apartment buildings.  Conduit, corporate and project finance transactions are part of her practice.  She represents a broad and diverse range of clients, including publicly traded and closely held businesses and provides employment advice for termination and wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour disputes and employee policy manuals.. "I pride myself on producing a high-quality product for my clients.  I don't miss loopholes, I return phone calls, I'm efficient, I'm accurate ... most of my clients have been with me for years because they know they can depend on me to deliver the best.". Shannon also provides mediation services for real estate and employment related disputes and is affiliated with Washington Arbitration and Mediation Services.

On January 1, 2015, Timothy Jones started Foundation Law PLLC.  This practiced as as an associate at Williams Kastner, and as a partner at both Lane Powell and Pepple Cantu Schmidt.  Prior to Tim's career as a lawyer, Tim was the Marketing Manager at VersusLaw.  During high school and college, Tim worked as a ski instructor.  As a ski instructor at Park City Mountain Resort, Tim earned his PSIA Level 3 certification.

My practice focuses on real estate acquisition and development. I work with property owners, developers, consultants and regulatory bodies to obtain land use entitlements and, when necessary, to institute or defend against lawsuits related to land use interests.. I am also the Chair of Cairncross & Hempelmann’s Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Group.  The TOD Group facilitates transit-oriented development projects near the growing number of light rail and bus rapid transit stations throughout the Puget Sound region. These TOD projects will shape the future of our cities and surrounding areas in exciting ways by minimizing the number of cars on our crowded highways, decreasing the environmental impacts related to traditional car-centric developments, and improving our quality of life by creating compact, mixed-use neighborhoods with convenient access to our expanding transit system.  The TOD Group understands the fundamental barriers and opportunities involved in transit-oriented development, and has the expertise in the areas of land use, real estate acquisition and sale, finance, and litigation to help clients make their transit-oriented development projects a reality. Please visit our website at for more information or email me at   I can also be reached by phone at.. Thank you,. Randall Olsen

My practice focuses on providing advice and assistance to clients in all aspects of real estate development, including feasibility analysis, development strategy, property acquisition, environmental review, permitting, and administrative proceedings and litigation related to these areas. I have been involved in a significant number of developments in Washington and Oregon during the last two decades, representing both private and public agency clients.

Mike has been licensed to practice law since 1986 and his practice emphasizes real estate transactions, land use/zoning, alternative dispute resolution, litigation and school law. A signifncant part of his practice involves advising property owners on waterfront property issues.  He is a certified mediator and arbitrator, a licensed real estate law instructor and 2012-2013 President of the Bainbridge Island School Board. He frequently serves as a Court-appointed referee on real estate matters.  Prior to entering private practice, Mike represented the Realtor® organization to local, state and federal legislative bodies, and in that capacity, he has had a hand in the drafting of many major pieces of real estate-related legislation.. Mike studied planning and economics at the University of Wisconsin and worked as a Planner and in the title insurance industry before becoming licensed to practice law. Because of this combination of experience, Mike was invited to Shanghai, China to consult with housing and land use officials on regulation of real estate markets, and he subsequently took a one-year leave of absence from Harrison, Benis & Spence to serve as Lead Attorney for a USAID and World Bank-sponsored land reform project in the former Soviet Republic of Moldova.. Mike’s passion is education, and since 1994 he has taught real estate law and related topics to brokers and others for North Seattle Community College, the Rockwell Institute, the Seattle-King County and Washington State Realtor® organizations and every major brokerage in Puget Sound. In 2009 he was elected to the Bainbridge Island School Board. Mike lives on Bainbridge Island and is part owner of the Green Bay Packers.. MIke is available for the following:

Max advises clients on a wide range of land use and environmental matters. He uses his knowledge of local codes and governments to counsel and guide clients throughout a project’s lifecycle. Max also has the litigation background and skills to resolve land use disputes in his clients’ favor. Max attended the University of Washington for both undergrad and law school, and he has a passion for the region. This passion extends to the community he serves, and he volunteers his time to King County Bar Association's Volunteer Legal Services and Neighborhood Legal Clinics.

Marisa is a member of Graham & Dunn’s Condemnation Team.  As part of her real property valuation practice she advises and represents governmental agencies, property owners and lenders involved in condemnation and relocation actions.  Her representation of governmental agencies has included Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle, the City of Everett, the City of Federal Way, the City of Lacey, the City of Olympia, the City of Tumwater, and the Bethel School District.  She also has been involved in attaining favorable verdicts or settlements for property owners, including the condemnation of a major water dependent property, the condemnation of a small shipyard on Bainbridge Island, and the relocation of a former Harbor Island business.. Marisa is also a member of Graham & Dunn’s Real Estate and Litigation Teams.  Her real property litigation practice includes representation of individuals and businesses regarding boundary disputes and landlord-tenant issues, contract and construction disputes, restrictive covenants, land use, and zoning issues.  She also counsels and represents financial institutions and financial services companies in connection with commercial collection actions and lenders’ rights litigation.

Jonah's practice focuses on employment litigation and business litigation.

Jeffrey is the former chair of the firm's Litigation team and its hiring committee. He focuses his practice on condemnation, financial institutions and commercial litigation. Jeffrey has represented clients in a variety of industries, including transportation, timberlands, financial services and manufacturing. He has successfully tried numerous multimillion dollar cases and has obtained favorable verdicts or settlements in some of our area's largest eminent domain cases.

I practice in a wide range of civil matters, including construction litigation and contract law, complex commercial litigation, environmental regulatory matters for public and private entities, and municipal and private clients on a range of land use, development law, and real estate matters.  I also represent state, local, and tribal governments, municipal entities, and their elected/appointed officials on the full range of municipal and public law issues.. Prior to joining Short Cressman & Burgess, I served as a judicial law clerk for Justice Charles Johnson of the Washington Supreme Court.

Ian's practice focuses on land use and permitting issues for projects throughout  Washington. He also counsels clients on corporate and transactional matters.

I am a Seattle area native, raised in a politically active family. Since joining HCMP in 1981, my practice has focused on land use and environmental law, with an emphasis on land development, zoning and permitting. Our state's permit system can be a complex maze for many clients, and I enjoy applying my unique experience to meet our clients' needs.

Holly's practice includes litigation, land use and transactional matters.

Hi, I'm Mike Gillett.. My Seattle-based law practice is devoted to fighting for your property rights and your economic rights. Under the law, you are entitled to the reasonable use of your property, and to responsibly conduct your business. I'm here when you need an advocate for your rights in a court of law or before a government agency - both state and federal.. After graduating from Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, I was admitted to the Washington Bar in 1980. I went to work as an associate at the Law Offices of Roger M. Leed, a small environmental and land use litigation firm in Seattle. In 1985, I began a four-year stint as an aide to U.S. Representative Al Swift in Washington, D.C., assisting him on environmental and energy legislation. I returned to Seattle in 1989, opening The Gillett Law Offices. For the next 11 years, most of my work was lobbying on environmental legislation and regulations. I represented both large and small businesses.. In  2000, I returned to a litigation-oriented practice, working for the McElroy Law Firm in Seattle - again, a small environmental and land use litigation firm. In 2005, I opened The Gillett Law Firm. My practice is primarily litigation in such areas as boundary disputes, tree law, environmental contamination, administrative law, and general property law. I also handle some employer issues, including litigation concerning workplace safety and industrial insurance taxes.. I was born in California in 1955, and spent most of my first 25 years there. My father was a hospital corpsman in the U.S. Navy, and my mother worked in procurement for the Defense Department. My wife, Teresa, and I were married in 1988, and have two adult daughters.. I enjoy barbequing for big backyard parties. I have interests in U.S. history, Catholic liturgy, Dostoevsky, and social justice. And, increasingly, I like to travel to warm places in the winter.

Duncan has broad experience handling complex civil litigation matters.  He has achieved outstanding results for his clients through a combination of zealous advocacy and creative problem-solving and counseling.  He is well-versed in all phases of litigation, and has argued multiple cases before the Washington State Supreme Court.. Before joining Savitt Bruce & Willey, Duncan was a partner at Riddell Williams and a principal at Rafel Manville, both in Seattle.  He is a cooperating attorney with the ACLU, and has represented the Fremont Sunday Market and many other clients pro bono.  He is the Immediate Past President of the Board of Directors of On the Boards, a contemporary performing arts organization.   Duncan is a graduate, cum laude, of the University of Chicago Law School.

Drawing on years of prior experience in business and real estate litigation, as well as representation of numerous property owners in condemnation cases, Dean represents clients in real estate transactions and purchases and sales of privately-held businesses. He also represents clients in business sales and disputes, and trusts and estates litigation.

Claudia Newman,a partner at Bricklin Newman Dold, LLP, has extensive litigation experience in the fields of state and federal environmental and land use law. Her work has a broad focus on environmental and land use matters involving green building, comprehensive planning, development regulations, environmental review, and site-specific development proposals. She consults, leads, and represents clients throughout the permitting and approval process before local governments and state agencies.