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Location: Two Union Square
Neighborhoods: Seattle Central Business District, Downtown Seattle
Categories: Sexual Harassment Attorneys, Attorneys, Domestic Violence Attorneys, Family Law Attorneys, Personal Property Law Attorneys, Wrongful Death Attorneys

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Messmer, Dean A, ATY

Family Law

Divorce
Child Support
Hillary is a Principal of the firm. She is an experienced trial attorney whose practice focuses primarily on family law litigation, including complex marital dissolutions of high net worth estates that involve business valuations and separate property tracing. Hillary has broad experience with contested parenting matters, including establishing residential schedules and child support, as well as post-decree modifications of parenting plans, child support orders, and relocation actions. She also has experience litigating parentage cases and committed intimate relationship claims, as well as drafting, negotiating, enforcing and defending against prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
Child Custody and Visitation
Justin’s practice concentrates on divorce, complex child custody disputes, collaborative law, and high conflict litigation. Justin is an experienced trial lawyer who represents clients facing a wide range of complicated family law disputes requiring sophisticated legal advice. He has practiced in Superior Courts throughout Western Washington and represents clients in the Washington State Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of Washington.
Premarital Agreement
Skilled in Financial and Custody Litigation, Prenuptial Agreements, Custody Evaluations, Mediation and Trial Practice, Lisa is resolution-oriented, and provides personalized service to her clients at particularly trying and emotional times.
Guardianship
Quentin Wildsmith is a trial attorney with an emphasis in trust, estate, guardianship, and complex commercial litigation. Quentin served as the Managing Principal for his firm from 2012-2014, and has supervised the firm’s Trust & Estate Litigation department starting in 2012. Quentin serves on the WSBA’s Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution subcommittee, is “AV” preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has been consistently named a “ Washington Super Lawyer ” since 2010. Quentin began his career as a Public Defender for the City of St. Louis, protecting the rights of people who could not afford to hire private counsel. Currently Quentin regularly litigates, arbitrates, and mediates cases involving vulnerable adults, trusts, estates, and guardianship disputes, demanding skills that understand complex family dynamics and experience in the variety of legal tools available for resolving such disputes.
Spousal Support
“Divorce Under Tax Reform: The Elimination of the Spousal Support Tax Benefit and Other Changes,” Strafford CLE Webinar, 2019
Legal Separation
Divorce Services. We are respected for our experience and success representing clients in divorce, legal separations, committed intimate relationships, child custody, child support and parenting plans, as well as prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Recognizing that disputes about child custody are one of the most delicate and emotional aspects of the separation process, we approach each case with individualized attention and care, in an effort to minimize the impact of parenting issues on our clients’ children.

Criminal Law

Wrongful Death
Represented the receiver in a corporate receivership involving mass tort personal injury wrongful death claims and complex insurance coverage issues.
Restraining Order

Business and Corporate Law

Corporate Law
As a member of the firm’s Corporate and Business Law practice group, Kelly advises clients on business entity selection and formation, and reviews business-related contracts.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Ron is a regular speaker for National Business Institute on such topics as qualified retirement plans, LLCs, company mergers and acquisitions, estate planning, asset protection planning, and foreign transactions.
Business Formation
Whether it is a business formation (sole proprietorship, C corporation, S corporation, partnership, or disregarded entity), merger, acquisition, executive compensation plan, employee benefits plan, tax dispute, sale, or liquidation, deals are negotiated with confidence and professionalism. Because tax efficiency can be a major consideration, not only do we work closely with your tax advisors, we also have tax attorneys on our team.
Business Disputes
Mario A. Bianchi is a business lawyer who represents clients in the adversarial context of business disputes and business litigation. His primary area of emphasis is corporate ownership disputes and business dissolutions (“business divorce”). Mario’s clients are the owners, officers, and/or directors of privately held companies who need a highly skilled business attorney to creatively and aggressively represent them in their business disputes arising out of breach of fiduciary duty, breach of loyalty, minority oppression, conversion, accounting, wage claims, and unjust enrichment.
Business Transactions
I cannot say enough good things about Eugene Wong! He helped navigate 2 very stressful business transactions with efficiency and professionalism. Without him, I know that both of these would not have ended as well as they did for me. He is always easy to get a hold of and responds to emails in a timely manner as well. It is so important to have someone you can depend on during stressful situations. Eugene never disappoints and always follows through. I appreciate that he understands his craft and his team supports him as well. When I required some advice outside the business transaction, he referred me to another attorney in his firm and she helped answer all of my questions. I am extremely thankful to have Eugene to back me up with any legal issues that arise with owning a business!
Limited Liability Companies
Succession Planning for Private Family – As an attorney for many private businesses, Darin develops and implements many succession plans and other plans of reorganization to facilitate and methodically transfer ownership and control to successive generations. Since 2009, Darin has coordinated over $450 million in wealth transfers to the next generation of company leaders by utilizing family limited liability companies, sales to trusts, intra-familial loan arrangements, redemption agreements, and private foundations.
Trade Secrets
Intellectual Property

Employment Law

Wrongful Termination
James is a member of the firm’s Employment Law and Business Litigation practice groups. James represents and advises employers and employees in disputes involving wrongful discharge, discrimination, wage and hour claims, and union matters. He also represents business entities in complex litigation, professional liability, and regulatory disputes.
Employment Discrimination
Understanding and complying with the rapidly changing field of employment law is essential for employers and employees alike. Our attorneys bring a deep and diverse skill set to serve as trusted counselors and advisors for a broad range of clients. As always, we are proactive and practical in our approach. We also represent employers and employees in negotiating and litigating employment disputes, such as wrongful discharge, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, wage payment class actions, and breach of contract claims. In all instances, our team works to respond with progressive legal approaches to achieve the desired result.
Employment Contract
Executive Compensation – George’s experience in this area includes drafting detailed employment agreements for executives and other employees, sometimes with covenants not to compete, trade secret provisions and “no employee hire” clauses.
Employment Litigation
Sean Small is a business litigation lawyer who has been practicing law since 2005. His practice focuses on the resolution of complex litigation disputes where he has assisted businesses and individuals resolve contract, real estate, and employment disputes. In addition to his litigation practice, Sean works closely with entrepreneurs, startups, and emerging companies offering legal support through all stages of a company’s development by providing strategic business planning. Sean has worked with a wide range of clients across various industries, including real estate, construction, and technology.
Non-compete Agreement
2006 American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii. Topic: Lost: Learning Office Survival Techniques
Severance Agreement
We consider an “ounce of prevention” the best and most cost-effective approach to avoiding legal claims. To protect businesses from employment litigation, we work with executives and management on policies and procedures manuals, non-compete and confidentiality agreements, as well as reductions in force and severance agreements. As your legal partner, we also offer corporate training sessions to help you understand these areas and proceed with confidence.
Sexual Harassment
Frequent lecturer on real estate and employment law topics and provides specialized presentations to managers and employees on sexual harassment and termination issues.

Property Law

Real Estate Litigation
Joseph is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation group, bringing extensive experience representing financial institutions and national lenders in consumer finance, commercial litigation and real estate matters. His practice has included representation in state, federal, and bankruptcy courts in Washington and Oregon. Following law school, Joseph clerked for the Honorable George Fearing in the Washington State Court of Appeals for Division III.
Construction Litigation
This past fall, in a split 5-4 decision, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that a one-year limit to file suit under a residential construction contract was unconscionable and, as a result, void and unenforceable. Tadych v. Noble Ridge Construction, 519 P.3d 199 (2022). The Court articulated that a one-year limitation period “unduly benefits the contractor... Read More View More Posts
Real Estate Transactions
We treat each transaction, regardless of size, with the level of service, responsiveness, and care you deserve and expect. Backed by the resources of a full-service law firm, the real estate group also advises clients on the entire range of ancillary issues that arise in real estate transactions, including tax, environmental, regulatory and bankruptcy matters.
Eminent Domain
Business and real estate transactions; mergers and acquisitions; commercial contracts and leases; commercial litigation; condemnations (eminent domain).
Easement
Landlord-Tenant Disputes

Health Law

Personal Injury
Obtained Bankruptcy Court approval of a Debtor’s Plan of Reorganization in the first asbestos related Chapter 11 case in the Northwest including a Johns Mansville-type personal injury trust and mass tort channeling injunction.
Disability Discrimination
Sean has experience defending employers and prosecuting claims on behalf of employees. His practice has included cases concerning age discrimination, disability discrimination, FMLA and related state leave law violations, gender and pregnancy discrimination, harassment, race/national origin discrimination, religious discrimination, wrongful termination, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, wrongful discharge, retaliation, and wage and hour violations.

Trusts and Estates

Estate Planning
Eugene’s practice focuses on providing tax, business, and real estate support to individuals and privately held companies including dentists, physicians, specialists, and their practices. He helps clients over the life of their practices, businesses, and careers with entity formation and structuring, operations and related matters including associate agreements, transition and acquisition opportunities, and exit strategies. This support extends to employment law related matters as well as leases, residential and commercial property matters, financing, and estate planning.
Wills
Defense of Separate Property Probate Estate Testamentary Scheme Against Spouse’s Creditor’s Claim to All Assets. As special counsel for co-personal representative, defended the decedent’s Last Will against spousal claim to all assets and forced compromise after disqualification of opposing counsel for conflicts and extended adversary motions practice.
Trusts
Andrew provides sophisticated estate, gift, generation skipping, and other tax-optimized wealth transfer strategies, business succession planning, trust administration, as well as customized “family office” solutions to high-net worth individuals, families, and private businesses across the Pacific Northwest. He serves as outside general counsel to many private businesses, guiding legal strategy for significant and complex matters associated with the business and legal affairs of businesses and their owners, including corporate, limited liability company, real estate, and employment work.
Power of Attorney
Basic Estate Planning —Eugene assists in the creation of wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care directives (living wills), and other related estate planning documents.
Probate

Finance Law

Bankruptcy
Foreclosure
Dan represents lenders, landlords, business sellers, equipment and trade vendors, service providers, and all aspects of creditors’ rights and bankruptcy matters in state and federal courts including trials. He represents parties in collection and execution on judgments, workouts, secured transactions including foreclosures against real and personal property and businesses, repossessions, injunctions, pre-judgment attachments, lien and bond claims, fraudulent transfers, piercing the corporate and LLC veil.
Tax Law
With over 20 years of experience and 250+ merger/acquisition transactions (ranging up to $120M), Karl provides comprehensive legal and tax counsel, personalized to all types of closely held and family businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. Drawing upon a significant federal and state tax background, he enjoys assisting clients with choice of entity and formation, governance and operating agreements, employment and compensation plans, service agreements, as well as business dissolutions, succession planning, mergers/acquisitions, and advanced estate/tax planning. Utilizing a team approach, he works closely with the clients’ other professional advisors.
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