Avvo Rating:
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Rated 5.0 out of 5
Firm: Westwood Pacific Law PLLC
1725 SW Roxbury Street Suite 2 , Seattle , Washington 98106
Practice Areas: Mediation, Bankruptcy, Probate, Real Estate, Arbitration, Bankruptcy & Debt, Bankruptcy & Debt
I am a solution-focused attorney who strives to help my clients find common sense, cost-effective solutions for avoiding and recovering from conflict and financial distress. I'm focused on what's important to my clients.. A friend called me "A Northwest Kind of Lawyer," and I like that. Born and raised in Seattle, I spent my youth and adulthood exploring beaches, islands, rivers, and mountains, enjoying hiking, climbing, fishing, and kayaking. Thinking I would become a teacher or photographer, I surprised myself by choosing a career in law. I have more than 30 years of law firm experience, including more than a decade as a litigation, bankruptcy and family law paralegal prior to becoming an attorney in 2007. Over the past 15-plus years, I have focused my law practice on advising and representing individuals and business clients in a variety of matters including bankruptcy, receivership, business restructuring, foreclosure, business and real estate, estate planning and probate, family law/divorce, and related litigation and transactions.. More recently, I have expanded my practice to include private mediation and arbitration for several types of disputes including civil, commercial, business, real estate, eviction, condominium, divorce/custody, probate/estate, partnership and law-firm dissolution, and attorney's fee disputes. I currently split time between Seattle and Honolulu. In addition to my Seattle law and mediation practice, I am a family mediator with Family Mediation Hawai'i and a mentor mediator for the Mediation Center for the Pacific in Honolulu, where I completed advanced mediation training in 2021 and divorce mediation training in 2023. I am also a panel member for the Hawai'i Bankruptcy Alternative Dispute Resolution Program and the CR 39.1 ADR Program in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.. I previously served as Chair of the WSBA Law Clerk Board and as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, and continue to volunteer on the Camp Long Advisory Council, which supports outdoor education, stewardship, and leadership opportunities for underserved youth in the Seattle area. I am a member of the Washington Mediation Association and the Conflict Resolution Alliance of Hawai'i. I am available for private mediation in Seattle through my law firm, Westwood Pacific Law PLLC, and for family mediation in Hawai'i through Family Mediation Hawai'i.. I regularly present at seminars regarding legal issues, ethics, and dispute resolution topics, and have been recognized as a Super Lawyer in 2020-2025.
Avvo Rating:
☆☆☆☆☆
★★★★★
Rated 4.2 out of 5
Firm: Westwood Law Group PLLC
1725 SW Roxbury Street, Suite 2 , Seattle , Washington 98106
Practice Areas: Business, Real Estate, Litigation, Estate Planning
Steve is a founding member of Westwood Law Group. He has been advising individual and business clients on a wide variety of legal issues since 2005. His practice has focused on general business representation, construction law, commercial and residential real estate, entity formation, business acquisitions, commercial transactions, debtor/creditor matters, estate planning, and probate. Steve has substantial litigation experience, advocating for clients in various commercial, real estate, and construction disputes including mediation, arbitration, and trial. In addition to working in a law firm setting, Steve previously worked as in-house counsel for a construction firm and provides pro-bono services to The Anchor Project. Steve has an office on Bainbridge Island and is available to meet with clients in Kitsap County.