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Adam Heyman has dedicated nearly his entire two-decade legal career to successfully defending people accused of every type of serious crime as a renowned criminal defense attorney. From 2017-2024, Adam became the longest consistently serving Class A qualified felony public defender at the prestigious King County Department of Public Defense’s Associated Counsel for the Accused Division in Seattle, Washington, where he excelled in earning acquittals and dismissals in a variety of difficult cases. There, he led multiple trial teams, helped train new attorneys entering criminal defense practice, and advocated to reform caseload standards for public defenders in the State of Washington.. Prior to that, Adam was a pioneering public defender at the historic Legal Aid Society’s Criminal Defense Practice in Brooklyn, New York, from 2005-2017, where he successfully earned not guilty verdicts and dismissals in rape, manslaughter, attempted murder, arson, possession of a weapon, assault, domestic violence, drug sale and drug possession, DUI, robbery and burglary cases. Based on his successes, he was a Society-wide continuing legal education lecturer, intern supervisor and recruiter for the Legal Aid Society, and co-starred in National Geographic’s two-part documentary series, “Criminal Defense,” about the work of public defenders in New York City in 2011.. In 2010, Adam took a six-month sabbatical to help co-run a nascent public defender system in Nepal through the International Legal Foundation as a Kathryn Wadia Fellow, where he supervised a staff of Nepali lawyers across three regional offices, reviewing all attorney's work, from arraignment to trial and appeal, and oversaw criminal trials. He also trained Nepali police and prosecutors, as well as trial, intermediate appellate and Supreme Court judges, on issues relating to the scope and implementation of their new constitution, as well as litigated a nation-wide class action lawsuit to win speedy trial rights for criminal defendants denied access to counsel and due process.. Adam started his career as a corporate lawyer at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, from 2003-2005, in midtown Manhattan, where he represented corporate clients in transactions involving debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions and financial restructurings.. Adam is a 2003 graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and a 2000 graduate from Georgetown University, Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. He also attended Oxford University, St. Peter’s College, studying comparative law.

David Sulzbacher provides on-demand research, writing, and other back office litigation services to assist attorneys throughout the country, with an emphasis on criminal defense and plaintiffs-side litigation. Attorneys who value thorough research and well-written briefs can more efficiently and effectively represent their clients by confidently outsourcing briefs and other tasks to David, while focusing their own time and attention on other aspects of their cases.. Since graduating from American University, Washington College of Law, cum laude, David has acquired a wide range of litigation experience working as a law clerk for the Honorable Daniel A. Boucher, as a public defender, and as a litigation associate at Christensen Fulton & Filz, PLLC. During law school, he worked for the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, took summer associate positions at Keller Rohrback, LLP, in Seattle, WA, and Tilleke & Gibbons in Bangkok, Thailand, and interned at the American Bar Association.

Focusing on Immigration Law, Family Law, and Criminal Misdemeanor Law, my legal practice prioritizes a respectful and holistic perspective on legal representation.. My focus is on serving moderate means and working-class clients in the King County area with the goal of providing access to legal services to under-served communities.. I offer sliding-scale fee structures and unbundled legal services to keep the costs to my clients low. If you have a legal issue that deserves respectful, energetic, and dilligent representation please call for a free initial consultation.

I was born and raised in Moscow, USSR. I came to USA in 2000. I started practicing as a criminal defense attorney in 2004, while in the Third year of Law School. I am licensed to practice law in all Courts in the State of Washington in 2005.. I worked as a public defender for Northwest Defenders Association from 2004-2018. I have extensive experience representing clients against felony charges in King County Superior Courts from filing to verdict. I have taken a wide variety of felony cases ranging from murder to white collar crimes to trial. I have many years of experience negotiating deals for clients who did not want to endure uncertainty that comes with the jury trials.. I have jail clearance and have access to incarcerated clients. I have represented  many clients in alternative courts such as Mental Health Court, Drug Diversion Court and Veteran's Court in King County District and Superior Courts. I have extensive experience in interviewing alleged victims in Domestic Violence and Sex Cases involving Minor Children, as well as interviewing Law Enforcement Officers and hostile civilian witnesses. I have extensive experience in jury selection and presentation of expert testimony at trial.. I truly believe that every client is innocent of something, and I make it my mission to get my clients the best result possible in each individual case. I also believe that “Speedy Trial Right” should never be waived without a good reason.. I am fluent in Russian.

Anastasia is an Attorney at The Law Offices of Lance Fryrear.. In the past, Anastasia worked as an attorney with Dellino Law Group and David O Defense, externed at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, interned at the American Civil Liberties Union, and assisted criminal defense attorneys in the Seattle community with legal research and writing. While attending Seattle University School of Law, she was elected Vice Chair of the Seattle University Moot Court Board, an organization that helps students learn how to be trial attorneys.. Anastasia’s wide range of legal experience and her leadership role in the Seattle University Moot Court Board has honed her legal research, writing, and trial advocacy skills as well as her ability to interact with a wide variety of personalities. She gets to know each client personally in order to create a genuine and effective defense strategy, and then works diligently to implement it.

I work for a private nonprofit that does the majority of public defense in Snohomish County. I currently practice in the felony unit, handling a variety of cases from thefts and drug possession, to violent assaults and sex cases.

I was born and raised in the Seattle area.  I received my BA from the University of Washington and my JD from the Seattle University School of Law.

I graduated from Willamette University College of Law in 2006 with a Doctor of Jurisprudence and a Certificate in Dispute Resolution from the Willamette Center for Dispute Resolution.  That summer I joined my father's solo practice first as a clerk and then as a lawyer upon my admission to the Washington State Bar Association.  In addition to my work at McCann and McCann, I have been contracted with Skagit County to provide misdemeanor public defense since 2008.. I was born in Sedro-Woolley and have spent most of my life here.  I plan to continue to make Sedro-Woolley my home and Skagit County the focus of my practice.