Federal Way Business Lawyers
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Thomas E. Gates
Federal Way, WA Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatBusiness, Criminal, DUI and Personal Injury
Seattle University School of Law
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Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Consumer and Personal Injury
Harvard Law School and University of Oregon School of Law
Hi! I've been practicing law and teaching law since 1991. My passion is helping individual consumers with problems and helping small business owners resolve disputes through litigation and other methods. I am cost-effective, efficient, and am responsive to client needs. I hope to meet you! Jessica
![Stephen Lewis Freeborn]( "Stephen Lewis Freeborn")
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Business, Bankruptcy, Collections and Criminal
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Personal Injury
Business, Estate Planning and Tax
Business, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Construction and Education
Business, Criminal, DUI and Divorce
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
Gonzaga University School of Law
Business, Education and Real Estate
Business, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Divorce
Business, Collections, Estate Planning and Personal Injury
33301 9th Ave S
Federal Way, WA 98003
Business
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Bankruptcy and IP
Lewis & Clark Law School
33301 9th Ave S
Federal Way, WA 98003
Business, Administrative, Collections and Employment
Bruce Clement
Federal Way, WA Business Law Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
Business and Construction
Business, Appeals, Bankruptcy and Securities
Business, Education and Employment
![Alexis Renee Singletary]( "Alexis Renee Singletary")
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Business, Estate Planning, Family and Real Estate
Seattle University School of Law
![Michael Allen Boswell]( "Michael Allen Boswell")
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Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and IP
Whittier Law School
Michael A. (Mike) Boswell is an experienced business attorney, advisor and litigator with nearly 20 years of experience. He is licensed in both Washington and California. He is well versed in business transactions and operations, assisting companies with their formation, day to day operations, and ultimately the winding up of the company.
As an addition to his business experience, Mike has extensive intellectual property experience having managed disputes dealing with all facets of intellectual property and technology, including trademark and copyright infringement actions, trademark opposition proceedings, and matters concerning trade secrets. Mike uses this extensive litigation experience...
![Katherine Bruya]( "Katherine Bruya")
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Katherine Bruya
Auburn, WA Business Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Business, Divorce and Family
![James C. Waldo]( "James C. Waldo")
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James C. Waldo
Tacoma, WA Business Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Environmental
Willamette University School of Law
![David C. Smith]( "David C. Smith")
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David C. Smith
Tacoma, WA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ChatBusiness and Bankruptcy
Seattle University School of Law
For over 20 years I have represented individuals and businesses with debt issues. Chapter 7, 11, 13 and now the Small Business Subchapter 5. My passion for helping people will turn the burden of financial uncertainty into relief by taking that burden and finding solutions to a better financial future.
David has been practicing law since 2000 following a career as a computer consultant and manager of a computer department for an insurance company. He has a high rating on avvo.com and is a respected professional among his peers.
He and his office also volunteer and participate in pro-bono work...
![William E. Holt]( "William E. Holt")
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William E. Holt
Tacoma, WA Business Law Attorney with 49 years of experience
Business, IP and Real Estate
University of Iowa College of Law
Born in Philadelphia and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Holt moved gradually westward—with a 7-year stop in Iowa City to pick up his undergraduate and law degrees—until he got to Tacoma in 1970. He has lived and worked here in the Northwest ever since, joining GTH in 1971 after clerking for Judge William T. Beeks in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington.
His primary areas of practice include the purchase and sale of businesses and large commercial real estate projects, as well as intellectual property law, privacy and publicity law, public records law, and finance.
![Kurt Hermanns]( "Kurt Hermanns")
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Business, Criminal, IP and Tax
University of Puget Sound
Kurt represents South Sound businesses and individuals in White Collar Crime matters. He advises clients on corporate criminal risks, federal grand jury investigations, financial crimes, securities frauds, bankruptcy crimes, government contract frauds, real estate schemes, Medicare frauds-and tax frauds. He is GTH’s authority on cybercrime and legal issues relating to cybersecurity and data privacy. His work includes assisting South Sound businesses in creating cybersecurity plans consistent with the US protocols issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He also advises clients on data privacy requirements arising from the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR)...
![Salvador A. Mungia]( "Salvador A. Mungia")
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Business, Appeals, Civil Rights and Consumer
Georgetown University Law Center
Sal practices in state and federal courts throughout the state of Washington and has litigated most of the Western states as well. One focus of Sal’s practice is medical negligence, wrongful death, and serious injury cases. Sal has represented patients who have been injured as a result of doctors, nurses, and emergency room physicians making mistakes resulting in death, paralysis, brain injuries and loss of life or harm to babies. Sal has brought actions against Multicare, CHI Franciscan, Harborview, Children’s Hospital, and Swedish Medical center among others. Sal’s cases have involved surgeons, OBGYN doctors, Emergency Department...
![Eric D. Gilman]( "Eric D. Gilman")
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Tacoma, WA Business Law Lawyer
Business, Civil Rights, Employment and Personal Injury
University of Washington-Seattle and Seattle University School of Law
Eric represents victims of wrongful termination, unfair wage and hour practices, workplace harassment, and discrimination; whistleblowers who suffer retaliation after standing up for themselves or others; and entrepreneurs crossed by former business partners. As a civil litigator and class action attorney, he routinely assists individuals and entities in employment litigation, consumer protection actions, and complex business and contract lawsuits. Eric has prevailed in numerous appellate cases supporting worker rights, including before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Washington Supreme Court.
Mindful that most people seldom interact with the legal system, Eric uses his knowledge and experience to guide his...
![Joe Gordon Jr.]( "Joe Gordon Jr.")
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Business, Arbitration & Mediation, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
Stanford Law School
Joe Gordon, Jr. joined GTH in 1968 and has been a pillar of the firm and of the legal community in the Pacific Northwest for many years. He has tried superior court cases involving a wide range of civil litigation matters in 26 of Washington’s 39 counties. As a Washington State Assistant Attorney General, he served as a trial attorney for the Department of Labor & Industries in both the Olympia and Seattle offices.
In private practice, Joe has regularly represented rental property owners and management companies on landlord-tenant matters. He has also represented both employers and injured workers on industrial...
![Michael Steven Clark]( "Michael Steven Clark")
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Free ConsultationBusiness, DUI, Domestic Violence and Personal Injury
University of Washington School of Law and University of Puget Sound
![Alan D. Macpherson]( "Alan D. Macpherson")
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Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
University of Washington School of Law
Alan Macpherson’s primary area of practice at GTH is estate planning and taxation. He particularly enjoys working on projects that combine financial and tax as well as legal aspects, such as establishing and monitoring investment LLCs and generation-skipping trusts and helping clients build specific themes into their estate plans, like helping with the education of grandchildren.
![Stephanie L. Bloomfield]( "Stephanie L. Bloomfield")
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Business, Appeals, Employment and Personal Injury
University of Washington School of Law
Since joining the firm in 1994, Stephanie has worked on a wide variety of cases representing clients in employment, business and injury litigation, as well as estate litigation and business disputes. She also represents clients in matters involving misappropriation of trade secrets, noncompetition contracts, Consumer Protection Act claims, unfair competition issues, contract disputes and consults on matters of legal ethics.
In her commercial litigation practice, Stephanie focuses on complex business disputes, disputes between members of closely held companies and trust and estate litigation. She represents corporations, closely held businesses, fiduciaries as well as individual parties involved in these types of...
![Jemima J. McCullum]( "Jemima J. McCullum")
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Business and Real Estate
Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
Jemima has handled hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of real estate transactions involving almost every sector of the market. Her primary practice areas are commercial and real estate transactions. She has extensive experience with all facets of land use matters including title and survey review, development, and environmental studies and reports.
Her clients include private developers, landowners, purchasers and sellers, landlords and tenants, borrowers and lenders, regional and national banks, universities, non-profit organizations, assisted living facilities, hotels, and homeowner’s associations, each of whom have various business and real estate needs. With the passage of I-502, her work has also...
![John C. Guadnola]( "John C. Guadnola")
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Business, Antitrust, Appeals and IP
University of Colorado Law School
John Guadnola is a seasoned attorney with an extensive background and impressive record of success in his practice areas, which include antitrust litigation, alcohol regulation, copyright and trademark litigation, and complex litigation. As Executive Director and General Counsel of the Association of Washington Spirits & Wine Distributors, John is also actively involved in alcohol regulation issues on the legislative level and enforcement levels.
As co-lead counsel in a case of national significance (Costco v. Hoen), John represented distributor intervenors in a successful effort to defend Washington State laws governing distribution and sale of beer and wine against an antitrust claim brought...
![Kenneth G. Kieffer]( "Kenneth G. Kieffer")
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Business, Antitrust, Environmental and Securities
Georgetown University Law Center
![Steven Willock]( "Steven Willock")
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Offers Video ChatTacoma, WA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
University of California, Davis, School of Law
Steve Willock is a transactional attorney with over 20 years of experience successfully representing a wide array of business, real estate, and investor clients.
Although the principal focus of Steve’s practice is on complex business, corporate, and real estate transactional matters, over the course of his career, Steve has been honored to serve as ongoing general counsel (both in-house and as outside counsel) to a variety of business clients, real estate developers, municipalities, regional businesses, and Fortune 500 companies. In this role, Steve serves as trusted legal advisor and the first point of contact whenever any new legal...
![Andrea H. McNeely]( "Andrea H. McNeely")
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Business, Appeals, Employment and Health Care
Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
Andrea is a trial lawyer with an emphasis in business and employment litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants. She has successfully represented clients litigating shareholder, non-competition, and employment discrimination disputes, and obtained pre-trial injunctions. She has achieved jury verdicts enforcing her clients’ contract rights, represented clients in trust and estates disputes, and obtained protection for vulnerable adults. She also regularly represents clients in the areas of regulatory monitoring and advocacy, including extensive work in alcohol regulation and policy, and with Washington's Liquor and Cannabis Board.
Andrea joined GTH in 2005 after graduating from Seattle University School of Law,...
![Michael T. Smith]( "Michael T. Smith")
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(800) 488-8724
4505 Pacific Highway East
Suite A
Tacoma, WA 98424-2638
Business, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Seattle University School of Law and The George Washington University Law School
Michael T. Smith advises individuals and companies of all types and sizes regarding the proper formation and structure of a business entity (corporation, limited liability company, etc.), their general business and corporate matters, issues related to the purchase or sale or lease of real property and transactions to purchase or sell their business.
Michael also focuses his practice on assisting people prepare their estate plan, including wills, trusts, community property agreements, durable powers of attorney, health care directives, and helping families navigate and administer a loved one's estate in probate proceedings. Michael can also assist with guardianship proceedings for loved ones...
![Lisa A. Kremer]( "Lisa A. Kremer")
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Lisa A. Kremer
Tacoma, WA Business Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Business, Elder, Estate Planning and IP
University of Washington School of Law
Lisa Kremer's practice focuses primarily on estate planning, probate, and guardianship. She particularly enjoys working with families to try to resolve issues with a minimum amount of stress and turmoil. Lisa also advises businesses, particularly on trademark, copyright and privacy issues, including HIPPA compliance.
Lisa began her professional career as a journalist. She was an award-winning reporter for The News Tribune. In 2005 she decided to move from writing about people’s problems to helping solve them. She commuted from Tacoma to the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle and graduated in 2008.
Lisa is a Trustee of the Tacoma-Pierce County...
Need legal help with a business law matter?
Business laws include all municipal, state, and federal laws that regulate businesses and commerce. Some industries, such as finance, face specific laws and regulations that apply to those in the field. Businesses of all types also must conform to many regulations that apply across the board, such as environmental regulations and advertising laws.
A business lawyer can help you address the myriad legal issues that arise when you are starting a new venture, operating an established company, or winding up or selling a business.
Business lawyers handle a broad spectrum of legal issues that confront companies. For new ventures, a business lawyer can help with business formation decisions, including selecting the proper business form, such a partnership, LLC or corporation, or addressing financial compliance issues when raising capital. In addition, business lawyers can offer advice when reviewing leases, purchase agreements, and other types of contracts. Other issues covered in this practice area include employee compensation and benefits, building relationships with independent contractors and other entities, and compliance with relevant advertising regulations.
While most business lawyers deal in transactional work (contracts and forms), some also litigate business disputes that arise from transactional work. Business litigation attorneys may handle issues such as breach of contract claims, consumer class action lawsuits, and wrongful termination claims.
Business judgment rule:
a presumption that directors making a business decision, not involving self-interest, act on an informed basis, in good faith and in the honest belief that their actions are in the corporation's best interest.
Pierce the veil:
A court no longer affords a shareholder of a corporation the protection of limited liability when the corporation has neglected corporate formalities and intermingled assets between the shareholder and the corporation.
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