Probate and Elder Law Attorneys
Collaborative Attorneys. In Collaborative Law, each party has an attorney who makes a pledge to work towards resolution without resorting to adversarial means. The sole focus and goal of Collaborative Law attorneys is to help the parties reach a durable agreement.
Collaborative attorneys are advocates for their clients with the specific directive to assist clients in reaching an agreement that meets their client’s most important needs as best as circumstances permit. The style of advocacy for a Collaborative Law attorney is therefore very different from the style of advocacy of conventional attorneys.
As dispute resolution specialists, Collaborative lawyers jointly guide, manage, and facilitate the Collaborative Law process. Attorneys act as the legal counselors for their clients. Collaborative lawyers provide legal education, and ensure that all legal considerations are properly addressed.
All Collaborative attorneys who are members of King County Collaborative Law must meet minimum training requirements.
Leslie R. BottimoreBottimore & Associates, P.L.L.C.
201 St. Helens Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
(Online Map)
253-272-5653
253-272-5720, fax
leslie@bottimorelaw.com
www.bottimorelaw.com
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Jamie ClausenPhinney Estate Law
751 N 75th Street
Seattle, WA 98103
206-459-1908
206-274-4930, fax
jamie@phinneyestatelaw.com
www.phinneyestatelaw.com
Jamie Clausen focuses her practice on Estate Planning, Probate, Guardianship, and Elder Law. Her firm, Phinney Estate Law, prides itself in its unique holistic approach. In additional to traditional negotiation and litigation the firm encourages clients to explore the potential of collaborative law representation, mediation, and conflict coaching.
Collaborative Role(s): Mediator, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Robert N. Getz, Mr.
Robert N. Getz, P.S.
3102 Rockefeller Ave.
Everett, WA 98201-4029
425.405.1300
425.388.0247, fax
robertg@rgetzlaw.com
www.rgetzlaw.com
Family Law, Real Estate, Probate, Personal Injury
Credentials: WSBA, WCAJ, IACP, KCBA, KCCL, SCBA, SCBA-FLS, NSCL
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Probate and Elder Law Attorney, Other Civil Law Attorney
Mary E. Kooistra, Ms.
Berkey & Kooistra
10829 NE 68th St
Kirkland, WA 98033
425-822-6311
425-803-3026, fax
mkooistra@berkeykooistra.com
berkeykooistra.com
Over 32 years of experience in family law and probate matters.
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Brad A LancasterLancaster Law Office
17503 Tenth Ave. NE
Shoreline, WA 98155
206-367-3122
888-367-3122
206-367-3109, fax
brad@lancasterlawoffice.com
lancasterlawoffice.com
I help marital partners dissolve their marriages with less trauma to their children and one another. I help parties facing end of life issues to manage their affairs. I help bereaved families probate the estates of loved ones.
Credentials: Attorney
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Mediator, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Alexandra (Xana) Moore-WulsinStrata Law Group, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 3100
Seattle, WA 98101-3154
206-682-6826
amoore-wulsin@stratalawgroup.com
www.stratalawgroup.com
Xana, an attorney for 24 years, empowers clients to identify long term goals and objectives and to focus on those as they move through the collaborative law process. As a result, relationships may be preserved in a time of legal transition (dissolution, separation, probate, or guardianship), damaging conflict can be prevented, and the client is supported to create an enduring settlement along the path. A King County Collaborative Law board member, a member of the Civil Practice Group, and a past chair of Seattle Family Collaborative Law, Alexandra brings a holistic and collaborative practice to family law and to elder law.
Credentials: Member Washington State Bar Assosciation (including section memberships), King County Bar Assosciation (including section memberships), Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington, Trained mediator and title 11 Guardian ad Litem
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Mediator, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Bruce Pruitt-Hamm, Attorney; MediatorCarol Bailey & Associates, PLLC
901 5th Ave.
Suite 2800
Seattle, WA 98164
(Online Map)
206-859-6800
206-859-6801, fax
bpruitthamm@integrativefamilylaw.com
www.integrativefamilylaw.com
As an attorney, Bruce has been awarded the highest rating by the national lawyer-rating service, Avvo.com. Since graduating in 1994 from the University of Washington School of Law near the top of his class, Bruce has litigated over one thousand cases in a wide variety of areas of the law, with a consistent emphasis in family law. Bruce began his legal career in the courts of Pierce, King and Snohomish counties working on family law cases. Before joining Carol Bailey & Associates in March of 2012 Bruce had his own law firm, Pruitt-Hamm Law & Mediation Services, PS, serving rural Colville, Washington, for nearly 20 years. His clients routinely gave him high marks on their evaluations. In 2010
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Mediator, Probate and Elder Law Attorney, Other Civil Law Attorney
Joanna T RothLaw Office of Joanna Roth
150 Nickerson Street
Suite 103
Seattle, WA 98109
206 229 3258
206 299 4114, fax
joanna@rothattorney.com
www.rothattorney.com
My goal of giving my clients respectful and compassionate guidance means that I make an honest effort to understand my clients circumstances, their hopes, and their preferred outcomes. I understand first-hand how hard divorce can be, and have seen how hard it is for a child. At times, disputes are so painful that clients feel compelled to escalate conflict. I listen carefully and deeply to my clients in order to achieve their long-term goals.
Credentials: JD
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
Jennifer C RydbergAttorney at Law
8407 S. 259th St., Suite 203
Kent, WA 98030-7536
425-235-5535
253.852.0400, fax
jenny@jcrlaw.com
www.jcrlaw.com/
My collaborative, creative, and positive solutions-oriented, non-adversarial approach to law has benefitted my family law, estate planning and probate clients for over 30 years. To the process of solving and preventing family problems, I bring compassion, dignity and respect, and am fully trained in both mediation and collaborative approaches to resolving disputes. Active in Boy Scouts and a Commissioner for Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety, I am very familiar with available community resources and the unique needs of children and families, including challenges presented by disabilities and mental health issues. Lower cost legal coaching and unbundled legal services are also provided.
Credentials: Attorney since 1978, Rotarian, King County Superior Court Family Law Volunteer Settlement Conference Master since 1996, Commissioner for Maple Valley Fire & Life Safety, past board member of Tahoma School District, Kent Valley Youth Services, & Domestic Abused Women's Network. In 2006, I co-authored with Don Desonier the Unbundled Legal Services -- Collaborative Law chapter of the WSBA Family Law Deskbook.
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Probate and Elder Law Attorney
David A. Strickland, Attorney at Law1100 Dexter Ave. N.
Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109
206.420.8036
stricklandlaw@comcast.net
stricklandlaw.us
For twenty five years I have helped clients find effective solutions to their family law, business, probate and real estate concerns.
Credentials: I am a trained collaborative attorney and mediator. I am a member of American Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Family Law Sections, the Washington State Bar Association Dispute Resolution and Family Law Sections, the King County Bar Association Collaborative Law (former Co-Chair),Dispute Resolution, Real Estate and Probate sections,King County Collaborative Law, Chair of the Civil Practice Group and member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Collaborative Role(s): Divorce and Family Law Attorney, Mediator, Probate and Elder Law Attorney, Other Civil Law Attorney
