Transactions: The firm has handled almost every type of business transaction in its 40+ years of client representation; contract negotiation, formation and interpretation, including common law and UCC sales transactions, environmental liability and real estate acquisitions, business purchase and sale agreements, financing agreements, security instruments and related corporate matters; contract enforcement including litigation, arbitration, collection of judgments and creditor remedies. We are Seattle business lawyers.

Jess Webster, Shelley Buckholtz, Joel Watkins, Lafcadio Darling, Doug Fryer and Tom Pedreira can provide a wide range of expertise regarding your business needs.

Real Estate: Real estate purchase and sale agreements; financing; judicial and non-judicial foreclosures; landlord-tenant; unlawful detainer and eviction proceedings; development issues; due diligence work; commercial and residential leasing; condemnation of properties for District of Columbia Metro expansion; transactional, boundary disputes, etc.; real estate acquisitions and sales; negotiation and preparation of leases (commercial, office, agricultural, retail, industrial and residential); entity formation and structuring of real estate investments; financing; condemnation; land use regulation and permitting before local government entities, state agencies, and appeals boards.

Corporate: Formation and maintenance of businesses, including S corp, C corp, LLCs, LLPs and partnerships; advise and counsel on corporate governance, rights and duties of officers and directors, shareholders rights, and third-party liabilities; drafting and evaluation of incorporation documents, bylaws, operating agreements, buy-sell agreements, options and shareholder agreements; business acquisitions and mergers; incorporation and other organizational work; advice on corporate maintenance; tax and regulatory matters; developing legal strategies for start-up business; mergers and acquisitions; structured settlement funding.

Shelley Buckholtz, Tom Pedreira, Doug Fryer and Jess Webster have extensive experience in advising corporate clients.

Agricultural Law: International agricultural consulting contracts; representation on agribusiness issues for clients including growers, packers, commission merchants, cold storage facilities and shippers of stone fruit, grapes and other commodities; work with other farming, dairy and ranching operations on legal matters that have included organizational, contracting, tax, regulatory, water, irrigation, real estate, and financing issues.

Tom Pedreira has represented many clients on a broad array of agribusiness issues.

Health Law: Representation of physicians, including physician/hospital employment negotiations, Medicare/Medicaid regulatory compliance, casualty and operating agreement; representation of municipalities, joint powers authorities and other payors on health plan, licensure and regulatory issues, medical board accusations, managed care arrangements, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, defending against malpractice and sexual harassment actions, HIPAA matters, fraud and abuse claims; representation of providers and health care facilities (e.g., hospitals, hospices, surgery centers), managed care organizations (e.g., HMOs, IPAs, PPOs, MSOs), non-profit entities (e.g., health consortia, medical societies, medical care foundations) and medical staffs; representation has routinely required interaction with state and federal agencies. 

Tom Pedriera has represented physicians, heath care providers and facilities, and medical staff in his years working with the health care industry.