Attorney Services in Kent, WA

We have practiced law from the same block of West Smith Street since November 2010. Same city, same phone, two decades of King County cases. That matters more than it sounds. When a client walks in after a rear-end collision on Central Avenue, or sits down to sort out custody, they are not hiring a stranger who commutes in from Seattle.

We handle three kinds of work: injury claims, family law, and estate planning. Civil litigation runs alongside all three when a case has to be argued rather than settled.

Most of our injury work starts with a phone call within a week of the accident. That timing helps. Evidence goes stale fast. Skid marks wash away, witnesses move, and vehicles get repaired or scrapped.

We take on:

Our process has four steps and we do not vary them much, because the order protects the case.

First, a free consultation. You tell us what happened. We tell you what the claim looks like and what it does not.

Second, investigation. We gather the records, photos, and witness statements, and we bring in outside experts when the injury or the liability picture calls for it.

Third, negotiation. If the insurer will not pay what the file is worth, we litigate.

Fourth, our fee. On injury cases we work on a contingency basis. No recovery, no legal fee.

The adjuster usually calls the day after a crash. Friendly, quick, and ready with a number.

Who do you think that early offer is built to protect?

It arrives before anyone knows how bad the injury really is, which is exactly the point. Talk to us before you sign anything or give a recorded statement.

One piece of Washington law worth knowing

Washington gives you three years from the date of an injury to file a personal injury lawsuit. Miss it and the claim is gone, no matter how strong it was.

Washington is also a pure comparative fault state. If a jury decides you were 20 percent responsible, your award drops by 20 percent. It is not a bar to recovery. That rule is why insurers work so hard to pin part of the blame on you, and why what you say in the first week matters.

An estate plan is the one legal document set that most people put off and everyone eventually needs.

We draft wills, set up living and revocable trusts, prepare powers of attorney and healthcare directives, handle asset protection, guide families through probate, and build plans for children and for family members with special needs.

Our estate planning runs a seven-step process, starting with a consultation about what you own and who depends on you, and ending with a signed, witnessed plan you can actually find when it is needed. We talk in plain language. No complicated legal talk.

We will not quote you a settlement figure over the phone. Anyone who does is guessing.

Here is how our fees actually work:

Why do two people with nearly identical injuries walk away with very different settlements?

Documentation. The client who saw a doctor the same week, kept every receipt, and stayed off social media almost always does better than the one who waited a month and posted photos from a hiking trip. Insurers read those posts. We have seen a single vacation photo knock five figures off a claim.

If you are reading this in the days after an accident, do these things in order.

See a doctor, even if you feel fine. Adrenaline hides injuries for a day or two, and a gap in treatment is the first thing an insurer points at.

Photograph everything while it still exists. The vehicle, the scene, the hazard, your injuries as they change over the following week.

Report the accident to your own insurer, and keep the report factual. Do not guess at fault.

Then stop talking about it. No recorded statements, no signed releases, no social media.

Call us before the offer arrives, not after you have accepted it. Once a release is signed the claim is closed for good.