Built for difficult cases.
We represent people in high-stakes criminal, family, and civil matters where the results can change a person’s life. Some cases can be resolved without going to court. Others require careful investigation, strong motion practice, strategic negotiation, or trial. From the beginning, we prepare every case as though it may end up in court, because preparation changes outcomes, and because clients deserve an attorney who is ready when things become difficult. We take the time to understand the facts, prepare cases carefully, and approach every matter with the expectation that the outcome matters. We have spent years in courtrooms handling difficult cases and standing with people during some of the hardest moments of their lives.
Start by giving us a call. Tell us what happened. We’ll listen and we’ll help you figure things out. And if we can’t, we might know someone that can.
What we handle: this office represents clients in criminal defense, family law, and civil litigation throughout Northwest Washington, in both state and federal courts. We handle serious and highly contested matters, including felony criminal charges, complex divorces involving businesses and substantial assets, high-conflict parenting disputes, civil rights claims, personal injury litigation, business and partnership disputes, and cases involving reputational or financial harm.
Many of our clients are professionals, business owners, parents, property owners, or individuals facing situations that place their freedom, family, livelihood, reputation, or future at risk. These are often cases where the facts are disputed, emotions are high, and the outcome can carry lasting consequences. Every matter is approached with careful preparation, honest communication, and the expectation that effective advocacy requires being ready to stand up for clients in court when necessary.
How we do it:
Fewer cases. More attention. A case is not improved by being one file in a stack of hundreds. This office keeps a deliberately lean caseload so each matter receives the time, judgment, and preparation it deserves.
Facts first. Good advocacy starts before the argument. It starts with understanding what happened, what can be proven, what cannot be proven, and where the other side’s story breaks down.
Built for trial. Preserved for appeal. Trial matters because leverage depends on readiness. The other side evaluates a case differently when your lawyer is prepared to prove it. Appeals matter because important issues must be protected before anyone files a notice of appeal. The record, the objections, the motions, the rulings, and the language used in court can decide what options remain later. This office approaches litigation with both in mind: win the present fight, preserve the next one, and avoid mistakes that cannot be repaired after the fact.
Plain communication. You should understand what is happening in your case. Not in slogans. Not in legal theater. In clear language, with honest assessments and a plan.
We are a boutique firm housed in the historic Herald Building in downtown Bellingham—a place long associated with public accountability and the exchange of ideas—this office carries that tradition forward through focused, principled advocacy.
Let’s get to work.
No matter what legal uncertainty you are facing - send us a message and we’ll see if we can help.
