BUSINESS PRACTICE

Business and Corporate Planning. Our firm's business and corporate practice is diverse. We have experience in corporate formation and structure, taxation, corporate governance, rights and duties of officers, directors and shareholders, preventive law practices to reduce or eliminate potential problems for small companies, buy-sell agreements, redemption agreements, employment contracts, competitive covenants, mergers and dissolutions.

Employment Law. We have advised businesses in numerous areas of employment law, including but not limited to, discharge and discipline of employees, employee policy manuals, discrimination matters, the Federal Service Contract Act and employee benefits. We have handled litigation on behalf of employers as well as employees in regard to the above-referenced matters.

Corporate Health Care and Risk Management Services. We have advised health care clients on a number of issues including joint venture relationships and issues pertaining to Medicare/Medicaid. We have also reviewed and helped draft numerous hospital policies, including policies pertaining to informed consent and to termination of life support.

Real Estate and Commercial Transactions. We prepare agreements for the sale, financing and development of real property, including construction, engineering and architectural design agreements. We foreclose and defend against the foreclosure of security interests in both real and personal property, and handle actions arising out of eminent domain and assessment proceedings. We advise upon and prepare contracts for commercial transactions in which our clients are involved and have experience in creditor-debtor relations and bankruptcy law.

Estate and Trust Planning and Administration. The firm has experience in estate planning, probate estate and trust administration. The firm's estate planning and probate practice includes the planning for and probate of estates. We prepare complex and simple wills, trusts, trust wills, living wills, and durable powers of attorney.

Environmental Law. The firm has represented owner/operators and generators on State and Federal "Superfund sites", including negotiations with the Washington Department of Ecology and the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the investigation and remediation of sites contaminated with hazardous and toxic wastes.

Bankruptcy and Debtor-Creditor. The firm has experience in bankruptcy and debtor-creditor law that includes real estate, agricultural, workouts, Chapter 11 reorganizations, Chapter 7, 12 and 13 bankruptcy filings and other debtor and creditor transactions. The practice includes collection, receiverships and foreclosure actions. The firm represents creditors and debtors.