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Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

BURKHALTER LAW PLLC. S. Scott Burkhalter of BURKHALTER LAW PLLC handles all aspects of family law issues from the complex to the simple while being cost effective, child focused and compassionate through strength.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Just liike my parents and grandparents, I’m a Seattle native. I graduated cum laude and with high honors from Dartmouth College in 2000, where I captained the women’s volleyball team and was a visiting student at Oxford University. I received my J.D. with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003 and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Washington Law Review. I spent the first 16 years of my career at Mills Meyers Swartling, P.S., where I gained significant litigation experience representing large and small businesses in a variety of contract, insurance, product liability, and real property matters.. After adopting my daughter in 2008, I began building my family formation practice. Adoption, assisted reproduction, estate planning, and probate matters filled an increasingly large percentage of my time. In 2015, I became a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, and in 2019, I joined the experienced adoption and estate planning team of Albert Lirhus and John Keckemet.. My practice includes all aspects of adoption, including complex situations involving the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), interstate placements requiring compliance with the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC), step-parent, second-parent (and even third-parent) adoptions, contested adoptions, and finalization of international and domestic agency adoptions. I frequently consult with parents hoping to adopt their foster child from the Department of Children, Youth and Families. I also represent birthparents who have placed or are considering placing a child for adoption.. I particularly enjoy advising people in the earliest stages of expanding their families and helping them understand how many options are available. In addition to adoption, the 2019 revisions to the Uniform Parentage Act in Washington opened new possibilities for couples or individuals pursuing assisted reproductive technologies (ARTS). I prepare surrogacy contracts, egg and sperm donation agreements, and embryo donation contracts that satisfy the specific requirements of Washington law, and help intended mothers and fathers obtain pre-birth orders confirming their parentage.. The arrival of a child often prompts parents to complete their estate planning. I prepare the documents necessary to ensure that their loved ones will be well-cared for if they were gone. Usually, those documents include wills, powers of attorney, health care directives (living wills), and sometimes trusts or community property agreements. If a loved one does pass away, I guide clients through probate—the process of transferring titles, distributing assets, and resolving debts.. With my litigation background and experience as an adoptive parent, I bring a strategic and compassionate approach to all my cases. I understand the anxiety and intensity of becoming a parent unconventionally, and also recognize that planning for your own death or incapacity can be unsettling. I help clients navigate both the practical and emotional aspects of these occasions.

Mr. Howard is a partner in Dorsey's Trial Group. He has extensive experience in complex commercial, securities, and white collar litigation, and has appeared in courts throughout the country. Mr. Howard also has substantial experience in tort litigation involving state and federal governmental entities, which he obtained while working as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Grew up in New Orleans and North Carolina.  Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, UNC.  JD, University of Virginia.  Practice maritime law for two years, and then entered the Navy as a Surface Warfare Officer, served on destroyers and amphibious assault ships.  Graduated with Distinction from Officer's Candidate School.  Sailed Pacific and Atlantic Oceans (deployed to Asia, North Pacific, North Atlantic, Europe and Africa).  Qualified for Command at Sea.  Graduated from Naval Postgraduate School with Honors (thesis:  Strategic Value of the Panama Canal).  U.S. Central Command and Commander Amphibious Group Two.  Associate Professor of Naval Science, University of Arizona.  Retired a Commander.  Enjoy Cowlitz County legal practice:  municipal corporations, small business, real property, and litigation.

My practice focuses primarily on transactional real estate and general corporate matters. My experience includes the purchase and sale, leasing, financing, and developing of commercial real property and the review and preparation of easements, covenants, loan documents, water right instruments and other documents affecting title to real property. I also represent clients in a variety of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, entity selection and formation, contract review and preparation, and corporate governance and finance matters.

I am a family law attorney because of my clients. I often meet people at a very challenging point in their lives.  Family law matters are typically stressful, emotional and complex. I am connected with my clients through each step of the process regardless of how complex their matter may be.  My focus is my client's long term goals and providing information and guidance as well as specific strategy to help them navigate their new path with respect and dignity.

Dimitra S. Scott leads the Divorce & Family Law and Adoption & Assisted Reproduction practice groups at Beresford Booth PLLC. Known for her compassionate approach and strong client advocacy, she is a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys—a recognition of her commitment to high professional standards. Dimitra guides clients through the legal intricacies of adoption and assisted reproduction, offering personalized support in matters such as legal processes, match-making, and family-building strategies. She prepares comprehensive agreements for gestational and genetic surrogacy, as well as gamete donation, helping ensure parentage is properly established. A Pacific Northwest native, Dimitra graduated Magna Cum Laude from Menlo College and Cum Laude from Seattle University School of Law. She joined Beresford Booth in 2004 and became a partner in 2016. Outside of her legal practice, she supports special needs causes and participates in local athletic organizations. Her work has been recognized with honors including the NAFLA Top 10 Attorney Award for Washington and Martindale-Hubbell’s Client Champion Award. Dimitra is also a devoted mother and an active member of the Snohomish community, where she enjoys balancing her legal career with family life and sports involvement.

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.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.

Larry's practice focuses on complex litigation, business representation and advice and environmental. He has tried and won many protracted, complex cases. He has successfully quarterbacked numerous environmental projects, including helping negotiate permitting, superfund remediation, and waste management/discharge programs for clients in the aluminum and maritime industries. His track record in litigation under CERCLA and the Washington MTCA is spotless, having tried and won cases of significant importance. He is especially willing to take on and aggressively handle matters of substantial financial and quality of life importance to his clients. As a result, he has accomplished several multi-million dollar settlements for injured plaintiffs in difficult product liability cases (aviation and automotive crash and defect cases) and obtained judgments and settlements involving more than $170 million in property tax valuation reduction on behalf of industrial clients. Larry is proud to say that many of his clients are lawyers from other communities and states who find themselves and their clients with legal challenges beyond their experience in product liability, environmental, and other complex problems.

Experienced Business attorney serving clients in United States and surrounding areas.