418 Business lawyers are available in Seattle, Washington, including Leighann Higashi, Leland Selby, Lisa Allison Hollomon, and Lisa Hayward. These lawyers are rated between 4.3/5 to 4.7/5 and 45% provide free consultation.
Business legal matters in Seattle typically resolve within 4 to 18 months, depending on complexity and whether the case proceeds to trial.
Seattle Court Backlog
The Seattle area courts generally have a backlog of 50 to 250 active business cases, with fluctuations based on filings and court resources.
Business Seattle Filing Volume
Seattle sees an estimated 30 to 90 new business-related legal filings per month, reflecting the city's active commercial environment.
Business Case Outcomes
Resolution rates are higher before formal litigation (around 55%), decrease post-filing (35%), and are lowest at trial (15%), based on public outcome data.
Leigh-Ann’s practice focuses on general business, real estate, and estate planning and probate matters. She helps clients design and establish estate plans that are tax-efficient, but more importantly, that will carry out their wishes. She also advises clients on legal issues related to starting and operating their business, from choice of entity decisions to purchase and sale agreements. She also works with local builders on covenants and easements for smaller townhome developments.
600 University Street, Suite 2700 , Seattle , Washington 98101
Practice Areas: Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Landlord & Tenant, Business, Business, Business
Marc Winters’ practice encompasses a wide range of real estate and business transactions, predominantly involving the financing, acquisition, development, management, restructuring, and disposition of commercial real estate projects and branded assets. He also counsels pension fund advisory firms and tax-exempt investors on a variety of issues relating to the structuring of business transactions and all aspects of real estate investments.Mr. Winters has negotiated, documented, and closed eight- and nine-figure deals for many types of clients, including joint venture groups, pension funds, public development authorities, school districts, state agencies, banks, lenders, developers, and other businesses. In the course of his transactional and investment structuring practice, Mr. Winters has gained extensive experience in real estate investment trust, limited liability company, limited partnership, and other entity formation. He also has significant experience with construction and permanent loans, leasing, development and management agreements, and secured land transactions (including covered and uncovered construction loans, securitized loans, interim loans, permanent loans, wraparound financing, and subordinated and unsubordinated leasehold financing).Mr. Winters has been designated as a LEED Accredited Professional by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance green buildings. As a LEED Accredited Professional, Mr. Winters is able to advise owners, developers, lenders, contractors, and architects on a variety of legal issues pertaining to green building and assist them in evaluating and navigating the LEED certification process.Representative Transaction
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“Marc Winters did a thorough and cost-effective job of forming our real estate funds and manging all”
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.
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.
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“he legal community for his unfailing integrity, knowledge and kindness.”
“I highly recommend Lish. I have had the pleasure of working for Lish for over two years. He has always impressed me with his professionalism and attention to detail. Lish is an inc…”
My practice is primarily family law with an emphasis on separation, divorce, child custody and complex property including closely held business issues. My emphasis is negotiation where possible and litigation, as a last resort, where necessary.. I also provide dispute resolution services (limited to negotiation, mediation and arbitration) for closely held business disputes.. I handle WA, interstate and international cases.. I am a member of several Bar Associations and Sections amongst which are the following: KCBA Family Law section, Chair of the International Law section for KCBA, Vice Chair ABA International Family Law section, KCBA Collaborative Law Section.. My goal is to reduce stress and expense to the parties as much as possible and to explore all avenues to defuse conflict and reduce litigation.. I provide mediation,arbitration,collaborative law,cooperative law and litigation services to clients.. I am a member of the WA State, District of Columbia, Minnesota Bars, and a member of the Bar of England and Wales.. I can be reached at, e-mail:
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“Maggie and I are members of the KCBA Business law section. She has a strong business acumen which she uses seamlessly in all areas of her practice. I've admired the way she has dev…”
“Lisa Hollomon is an energetic, dilligent and hard working attorney. I've known Lisa both personally and professionally for over 17 years and have worked with her on several occasio…”
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