Washington Lawyers - Seattle

Firm: MBE Law Group PLLC

1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

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.

Firm: Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S.

701 Pike Street One Convention Place , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Probate , Business, Business, Business, Business

Liv Wernecke is a shareholder with more than 30 years experience at Betts Patterson Mines, he heads the Estate Planning and Probate practice area and also is a member of the firm’s Business Transactions Practice Group.. Mr. Wernecke’s practice covers estate planning, succession planning for closely held business, real estate and investment entities, compensation and retirement arrangements, probate, trust creation and administration, individual, estate and entity taxation, guardianships, and certain aspects of international trade.. He was co-counsel of a successful Washington Supreme Court case upholding the application of the equal protection clause to state taxes and has lectured at Golden Gate University in taxation of S Corporations, partnerships and estates.

Firm: Socius Law Group

One Union Square , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Marriage & Prenuptials

After spending more than ten years representing clients ranging from individuals and to publically traded companies in complex litigation in both state and federal courts in Washington, Alaska and Oregon, in 1995 I decided to devote my practice to matrimonial law.  Since then I have focused on financial, business and real estate issues in cases involving large or complex estates.  In addition to representing clients in traditional divorce cases, I serve as collaborative law counsel and as a mediator in divorces and other disputes involving matrimonial law issues.. I hold Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory's highest rating, AV Preeminent. Also, I have been named to the Washington Super Lawyers list since 2004, repeatedly being listed repeatedly among the Top 50 Women who are honored annually.. Most of my spare time is spent doing service travel with my son, studying primatology and reading about and visiting Great Apes, notably chimpanzees and gorillas; I enjoy the rare distinction of having been hugged by a wild mountain gorilla.  I also enjoy hiking, snowshoeing, skiing and spending as much time as possible outdoors.

Firm: Riddell Williams P.S.

1001 Fourth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98154

Practice Areas: Civil , Environmental , Technology and Science, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources, Environmental and Natural Resources

1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3000 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Trusts, Probate

Firm: Stoel Rives LLP

600 University Street Suite 3600 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Construction & Development

Firm: MacDonald Hoague & Bayless

705 Second Ave , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Immigration

Lola assists companies in securing temporary work visas and employment-based green cards for international talent. She successfully represented companies specializing in information technology, digital marketing, R&D, as well as enterprises involved in ride hailing technology, marine vessel construction and consumer product design and manufacture.. For individuals, Lola helps families of U.S. citizens and green card holders in immigrating to the United States and assists clients in obtaining fiancé(e), student, work, and other visas  from the U.S. consulates abroad. She represents lawful permanent residents in obtaining citizenship and helps refugees with securing asylum in the United States. She also helps clients to resolve immigration issues stemming from arrests or criminal convictions.. Lola has been working in the immigration law area for over 20 years. Prior to joining MacDonald Hoague & Bayless in 2013, Lola worked as immigration paralegal at the in-house legal department of a multinational telecommunications corporation, supporting the company’s foreign national employees, HR, Recruiting, and corporate leadership on a wide variety of immigration issues. Before that, Lola spent 10 years working in the Consular Section of the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, focusing on non-immigrant and immigrant visas and leading the Embassy’s fraud detection and prevention program. While in law school, Lola served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Michael S. Spearman at Division One of the Washington Court of Appeals.. Lola is also committed to helping the immigrant and refugee communities thrive in the new country. She served on the King County Task Force for Immigrants and Refugees, making recommendations to Executive Dow Constantine on establishing a permanent commission dedicated to immigrants and refugees.  She is also a frequent speaker on immigration issues. She was cited by Geekwire and featured in a panel presentation faciliated by King County TV ?v=nzm0_8cvcTk.. Lola also teaches Immigration Law as a part-time faculty at Edmonds College.. Lola has been selected to Super Lawyers' Rising Stars in 2018 and 2022, the prestigious list that recognizes no more than 2.5 percent of attorneys in each state.

Firm: Helsell Fetterman

1001 Fourth Avenue   4200 , Seattle , Washington 98154

Practice Areas: Divorce,Estate Planning,Family ,Probate

2319 N. 45th Street, Suite 206 , Seattle , Washington 98103

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Lish Whitson, PLLC

2510 Fairview Ave. E. , Seattle , Washington 98102

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation, Business , Medical Malpractice, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents, Car Accidents

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.

Firm: Integrative Family Law

901 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2800 , Seattle , Washington 98164

Practice Areas: Family

I want clients to know that they can make it through this. It may be emotionally  difficult, but I will be there to help them make sound decisions that will enable them to resume normal life again.

Firm: Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC

601 Union St, Suite 2600 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Corporate , Family , Divorce & Separation, Family, Divorce & Separation

Selected as one of “The Top 50 Women” attorneys in Washington and a "Best Lawyer". Rated A/V Preeminent by Martindale Hubbel.. Lisa provides the highest level of legal services to clients in complex divorce and custody cases.  Her clients include:. She is a tough advocate who works to protect the best interest of her clients and their children. Her practice emphasizes resolving contested financial issues and child custody issues.. Lisa is the current president of the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, has been selected annually as a Super Lawyer in Family Law and has been selected as one of “The Top 50 Women” attorneys in Washington. She has an AV rating and has been selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in America”.

Firm: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Corporate , Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial

Firm: Miller Nash

4400 Two Union Square , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Construction , Housing , Real Estate , Business, Business, Business

Firm: Dorsey & Whitney LLP

701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100 , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Corporate , Corporate & Incorporation, Corporate & Incorporation, Corporate & Incorporation

Firm: Betts, Patterson & Mines, PS

701 Pike Street , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Defective and Dangerous Products

Attorney Lisa Wong Lackland focuses on complex commercial litigation, product liability, professional liability, health care and intellectual property. She has represented businesses in various industries (technology, health care, hospitality, insurance, financial, etc.) in disputes over antitrust, deceptive trade practices, consumer protection, corporate governance, breach of contract, trade secrets, IP, and unfair competition. Lisa has defended product liability matters with significant exposure and punitive damage claims regarding pharmaceuticals, tires, industrial machinery, filtration equipment, elevators, appliances and other products. She also has extensive experience with professional liability cases, defending professionals and entities in malpractice and negligence claims. She is also experienced in representing professionals in disciplinary and licensing matters, and in advising businesses on compliance, regulatory and risk management issues.. Lisa has tried cases in Washington and Nevada, and has argued before the Ninth Circuit. She has first-chair experience and has been a member of large litigation trial teams. She relishes formulating case and trial strategies, and has extensive experience carrying those strategies out, including having done hundreds of depositions, written motions and oral arguments.. Lisa comes to Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S. with 16 years of experience practicing law and was formerly a partner at Lewis and Roca LLP in Las Vegas.

Firm: Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP

1301 Fifth Avenue , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Civil

Firm: Skellenger Bender, PS

520 Pike Street , Suite 1001 , Seattle , Washington 98101

Practice Areas: Divorce, Family , Family, Family, Family, Family

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.

Firm: State Of Washington, Attorney General

800 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2000 , Seattle , Washington 98104

Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Probate , Trusts, Wills, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities

After being in private practice for 6.5 years, Lisa W. Gafken has returned to the Washington Attorney General's Office, where she began her career in 2001. Her initial assignment with the AGO was with the Utilities and Transportation Commission Division, where she spent four years representing Commission Staff in rate proceedings, telecom proceedings, and compliance proceedings.  In addition, Ms. Gafken represented the Commission in court proceedings to enforce Commission orders. She left the AGO in 2005 to enter private practice.  During her time in private practice, Ms. Gafken focused on litigating trust and estate matters under TEDRA, protecting vulnerable adults under Chapter 74.34 RCW, and representing clients in both contested and uncontested probate and guardianship matters. She began as an associate attorney, and then opened a law firm with a partner.. Ms. Gafken returned to the AGO in April 2012, and now serves as an Assistant Attorney General in the Public Counsel Section, where she represents customers of investor-owned utilities in proceedings before the Utilities and Transportation Commission.. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.  Ms. Gafken served as a board member of MAMA Seattle, the Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle, from 2008 to 2014. In addition, she was a founding member of the Lawyers Fostering Independence team, a group of lawyers offering legal assistance to foster children aging out of the foster care system, and she served as a board member for a nonprofit child care center.. Ms. Gafken obtained her Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Politics and Government (political science) from the University of Puget Sound.  She graduated cum laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2001.

Firm: Law Office of Lori S. Haskell

936 N. 34th St. , Seattle , Washington 98103

Practice Areas: Car Accidents

Lori Haskell has spent her legal career fighting for justice on behalf of injured people and against corporate wrongdoing. She battles major insurance companies and always represents the individual. Ms. Haskell specializes in auto accident cases and other personal injury matters. In addition, she represents employees who have been wrongfully terminated or discriminated against in the workplace. She is proud to be a trial attorney and is at home in the courtroom.. Throughout her career Lori Haskell has represented people who have suffered a wide array of injuries in car accidents and has particular expertise in brain injuries, whiplash, chronic pain syndromes and traumatic fibromyalgia. Ms. Haskell represents people injured due to the existence of dangerous conditions on public and private premises. She also fights for victims of discrimination, having represented clients against employers in cases based on race and gender discrimination, failure to accommodate disabilites, union activity, as well as age discrimination and HIV AIDS.. Ms. Haskell will always strive to resolve a case expeditiously and with the least amount of stress for her client. She acts as the buffer between you and the wrongdoer. And she will never waver from her mission which is to protect your rights. If you have been injured, the insurance company has a trained professional on its side. You need one too.. The Law Offices of Lori S. Haskell are conveniently located in Fremont overlooking the north end of Lake Union. Visit Ms. Haskell and take a walk down the heart of Fremont just a short distance away. There is no need to fight downtown traffic. Parking is free and plentiful. Ms. Haskell takes most cases on a contingent fee basis so you don t pay until the case is resolved in your favor. Call now for your personal consultation.