Our clients are always the most important part of the process, and their direction and sense of what matters is essential to arriving at the best solution.

  • Thurston County Superior Court Declaratory Order  on Petition for Judicial Review finding the Washington State Gambling Commission’s denial of cash card technology on pull-tab dispensing equipment arbitrary and capricious.  Award of fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
  • Negotiated Settlement in a defamation case on behalf of a Casino and its owners when their neighbors, a church organization, accused them of theft.
  • Pursuit of equity in machine gaming rights on behalf of a cardroom owner operating a card room on fee land in a neighborhood where the Governor granted exclusive machine gaming rights to the Puyallup tribe.
  • Negotiated settlements in administrative matters before the Washington State Department of Health Quality Assurance Commissions and Boards, the Department of Social and Health Services, Department of Early Learning, and Washington State Gambling Commission.
  • Litigation involving school bullying of a young man who feared returning to public school after he was assaulted.
  • Negotiation with an assisted living facility to prohibit the facility from terminating care of an elderly woman who became Medicaid eligible after paying five years for her services, spending down all other private resources..
  • Negotiated with stakeholders and developed language for social service programs such as the HOPE Act and BECCA legislation..
  • Wage and hour negotiations under the statutory provisions entitling an employee to double damages and attorney’s fees and costs.
  • Defense of sexual harassment claims against private employers.
  • Suit against insurance company to obtain benefits promised under the disability policy.