Washington Lawyers - Bellingham Aaron Lukoff to David Nelson

PO BOX 1153 , Bellingham , Washington 98227

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Business, Real Estate, Entertainment, Landlord & Tenant, General Practice

Firm: Shepherd and Abbott

2011 Young St Ste 202 , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Divorce & Separation

Both of my parents served in the United States Navy and as a result, my two younger brothers and I were raised all over the country. After living in many different places and never having a “hometown,” I am happy to call Bellingham home and raise my two boys here with my husband, who is a Whatcom County native.. I first came to Bellingham to attend Western Washington University, where I graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Community Health and a minor in Sociology. While at Western, I coached Girls on the Run, volunteered as a Peer Health Educator and played competitive ultimate Frisbee on both collegiate and club teams. It was on the ultimate Frisbee field that I first met my husband.. After working in Bellingham for a year after my undergraduate studies, I attended Gonzaga University School of Law, where I graduated Cum Laude. While at Gonzaga, I volunteered for the Unemployment Law Project, representing clients in hearings and written appeals to obtain unemployment benefits.. I also interned for a Spokane County Superior Court Judge and had summer internships in Bellingham, at LAW Advocates and a local law firm. Additionally, I coached Gonzaga’s undergraduate women’s ultimate Frisbee team and served in student leadership for the Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project (GPILP).. I was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 2009. I joined Shepherd and Abbott in 2012, after having worked at another local law firm for three years prior. I am grateful to work with such competent, ethical and passionate colleagues, all of whom work diligently to help our clients attain their justice.. I am a member of the Whatcom County Bar Association, Washington Women Lawyers (Whatcom County Chapter), and the Washington Association of Justice (WSAJ).

Firm: Law Firm Of David N. Jolly Ps

218 W. Champion Street , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Assault & Battery, Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Condemnation & Eminent Domain, Construction , Contracts, Criminal Defense , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Housing & Construction Defects, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord & Tenant, Lemon , Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Probate , Real Estate , Traffic Violations, Trusts, Wills, Wrongful Death, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI, DUI & DWI

I have more than 23 years of experience in Washington State representing those accused of  DUI and driving crimes. It is a privilege representing people and I work very hard at gaining the best result for every client I represent. I have published more than 30 DUI and legal books, more than any other DUI attorney in Washington State. I am also a certified instructor for field sobriety testing and a local Pro Tem Judge. My practice emphasizes DUI, criminal driving charges, traffic tickets and personal injury.. Author of:. Please call for a free consultation and FREE DUI BOOK. My law practice takes a unique view of the practice of law.  Our DUI Defense look at each and every case from different perspectives.  Obviously we look at the DUI case from a Washington DUI Defense attorney's perspective and how we can defeat each case or portions of evidence, but we also like to think outside the box.  For example, there is always a chance that our client's story, the things that make our client unique and inherently good, cannot be ignored.  While this personal approach doesn't work in every case, there are many that it will. Therefore it cannot be overlooked.. Our DUI defense lawyers service most of Western Washington from Skagit County, Whatcom County and Snohomish County  We have two offices serving our clients.  For Skagit County DUI cases we have an office in downtown Mt. Vernon near the courthouse.  For Bellingham DUI cases we have a Bellingham office conveniently located next to the Jail, Whatcom County District Court and Bellingham Municipal Courts.. Our representation is not limited to these County courts however.  We have an active practice in Lynnwood Municipal Court and in fact, I have practice Lynnwood DUI cases since 1998 when I became the City's prosecutor.  I believe we have the best team of Lynnwood DUI attorneys because of intimate knowledge of the Lynnwood DUI system.  We have also represented hundreds of clients who have received a DUI in Mill Creek, Edmonds, Mukilteo, Marysville, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell, Monroe and Arlington.. We have always maintained a very busy presence in representing those charged with DUI in Skagit County.  I had an office in Anacortes for more than 8 years and have represented hundreds of fine people charged with DUI in Anacortes and Mount Vernon DUIs for more than a decade. We maintain our busy Skagit County criminal defense practice so call today if you have been charged with a crime in Skagit County.. Finally, we work hard to earn our clients respect.  That is probably why they speak so highly of our group of lawyers in their client testimonials.  No matter if you have been charged with DUI, a misdemeanor criminal charge, or a traffic ticket, my practice an my fellow attorneys are here to help.

Firm: Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC

200 W Chestnut St , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

In 2009, David Brown joined Brett Murphy - Washington's Injury Lawyers.  Mr. Brown graduated from the University of Washington and the University of Colorado School of Law before working for two years as a trial attorney with the Whatcom County Public Defender’s Office.  At Brett Murphy he will utilize his strong litigation experience and negotiation skills to help individuals deal with insurance companies to recover their losses in major personal injury and wrongful death claims.. In January of 2015, David became a Managing Partner of Brett McCandlis & Brown PLLC. The firm continues with its mission to deliver comprehensive legal support for personal injury and wrongful death clients across Washington State.

Firm: Allen Law Firm

1130 N State Street , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Craig Karl Allen was born in Prosser, WA and is the middle of three children. His parents moved to Warden Washington when the Corp of Engineers built the East Low Canal bringing irrigation to the Columbia Basin.. Craig began working since the age of five, weeding sugar beets on his family farm. Most of his youth was spent tending the potatoes, wheat, peas and alfalfa crops; also raising cattle. Craig estimates he has spent over 5,000 hours on a tractors and other farm related equipment.. He graduated from Warden High School and attended CBCC on a football scholarship. His sophomore year he transferred to Western Washington University where he graduated with a BA in Psychology and a minor in Ethic Studies. While at Western he always worked concurrently; jobs included: “Guy Friday” at Sudden Valley Golf Course, building grain elevators, installing climate control systems for produce storage sheds, bartending, and installing irrigation systems for large commercial farms.. Craig received his law degree from UPS School of Law (now Seattle University) in 1981. He returned to Bellingham, opening his solo practice for four years before joining the Law Firm of McCush, Kingsbury, O’Conner, Ludwigson, Thompson and Hayes. In 1988 he joined forces with the Washington Attorney General office representing the Department of Labor and Industries which inspired him in 1996 to form his current firm. Craig has been married to his wife Karen for 41 years and is a proud father of two beautiful daughters, Mallory and Mackenzie.

Firm: Rendina Law Firm

1991 Lake Whatcom Blvd , Bellingham , Washington 98229

Practice Areas: Business

119 N Commercial St Ste 860 , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

I graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane in 1997. I started working as a Deputy Prosecutor in the Yakima County Prosecutor’s office that fall. As a Deputy Prosecutor, I prosecuted cases from Driving Under the Influence to serious felony sexual assaults. Approximately six years later my family moved to Bellingham and I continued working as a Deputy Prosecutor for the Whatcom County Prosecutor’s Office. In 2006, I opened my own office and have practiced criminal defense ever since. In 2016, I got the opportunity to come to work at Maxwell & Webb, PLLC. I currently represent injured workers, personal injury clients and continue to represent people accused of criminal offenses. In my career I have accumulated extensive trial experience, having tried over 100 cases to juries and judges, including lengthy murder, manslaughter and robbery criminal trials.. When I’m not at work, I enjoy spending my time with my wife and kids. I enjoy reading, music, sports, volunteering for Meals On Wheels, Toys For Tots and the Bellingham Community Meal Program and traveling.

Firm: Carmichael Clark, P.S.

1700 D St , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Litigation

Bryan Page practices civil trial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts, with an emphasis on business, commercial, and real estate disputes. He represents large and small businesses with operations in Whatcom County and throughout Washington, as well as individuals, facing complex legal problems. With a background in business, Bryan brings an understanding of the business and economic issues at play in every case. With this background, he is an effective advocate for his clients in the courtroom and is able to help clients resolve legal disputes effectively and efficiently in a way that meets his clients’ goals and objectives.

Firm: Shropshire Law Firm Pllc

1223 Commercial Street , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: General Practice

1414 F St , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Personal Injury

Firm: Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner

200 W. Chestnut Street , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Car Accidents

Adam is an attorney at Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner PLLC. He attended the University of Washington School of Law, completing his Juris Doctorate in 2012 and his LL.M. in Taxation in 2015. In 2011, Adam served as an extern to Justice Mary Fairhurst of the Washington Supreme Court.. Before commencing his legal career, Adam graduated from the University of Washington with a double major in economics and Spanish. Adam worked his way through college starring as a principal singer-dancer alongside the Rockettes in over 500 performances of the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, which included a solo performance in 66 shows at the Grand Ole Opry. Adam was also a winning contestant on the television game shows Wheel of Fortune and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Adam studied abroad in Mexico, Ecuador, and Spain and volunteered as a medical interpreter in Honduras and Bolivia. Today, Adam takes pride in representing his firm’s Spanish-speaking clients.. After law school, Adam worked as in-house counsel for Saturna Capital Corporation. Prior to joining Brett McCandlis Brown & Conner, Adam worked for one of Washington’s largest personal injury firms.. Adam was elected President of the Whatcom County Bar Association in 2024.. When not practicing law, Adam can be found screaming at children from the sidelines in his coveted role as Head Coach of the Flaming Hot Dogs, Whatcom County's fiercest 7-year-old soccer team.

Firm: Athena Waschke

PO Box 5326 , Bellingham , Washington 98227

Practice Areas: Family

Family law is about families. I am here to help families navigate the legal system so everyone can achieve the best outcome. I am a lifelong Whatcom County resident and have worked in the local legal community for over a decade. I look forward to working with you.

Firm: Martucci Law PLLC

1504 Broadway , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Family

114 W Magnolia St Ste 409 , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: ANDREW SCHWARZ

119 N COMMERCIAL ST , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Family

Nobody wants to have to hire a lawyer, but when you do, do it well. Money spent now on high quality legal help may prevent lots of heart ache later. When serious matters arise, you want to be able to say, "No matter what the outcome, I gave it everything I had to give." Call our office for a free consultation. Willie Williams will greet you and direct your call. We are here to serve your needs.. I have always fought for the underdog.  I fight for good people who are accused of having done something wrong.  I don't judge my clients, I listen to what they have to tell me.. I keep my clients informed and explain what I am doing.  I work hard to find the weaknesses in the government's position and to present the strengths in ours.  We don't always win, nobody does, but my clients know that they fought hard with top quality advocacy from a dedicated professional.. I also represent innocent victims of negligence.  I have secured monetary settlements and jury awards for the victims of police shootings, school negligence, and governmental abuse.  I represent people against insurance companies.  I stand with those who feel they don't have a chance against governments and companies that think they call all the shots.

Firm: Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC

300 N. Commercial Street , Bellingham , Washington 98227

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Employment & Labor , Health Care & Hospitalization, Insurance , Estate Planning

Firm: Law Office Alexander F. Ransom, PLLC

119 North Commercial Street , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI

Attorney Alexander F. Ransom provides professional and zealous legal services in criminal law. Alexander routinely handles cases in the District and Superior Courts of Whatcom, Skagit, and Snohomish Counties as well as in all of the local municipal courts.

Firm: Victory Legal Services, PLLC

222 Grand Ave, Suite A , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

As a partner in Victory Legal Services, PLLC, I focus on defending people who face criminal charges. I have developed particular knowledge and training regarding DUI charges, which I use to assist my clients. I also work extensively in defending against domestic violence allegations, and in defending serious felony and sex offense crimes. Regardless of the charge, I advocate for my clients through every step of the court process.. In addition to my work defending against criminal charges, I also assist clients in vacating and expunging old criminal convictions, sealing juvenile offender records, and restoring firearm rights. Helping people get a fresh start with a clean slate is a very rewarding part of my job.. All in all, it is an incredible feeling to come to work everyday knowing that I can help people through some of the toughest times in their lives.

Firm: Animal Law Offices, PLLC

114 W. Magnolia St., Ste. 400-104 , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Animal Law

Mr. Karp is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated and AVVO 10.0 Superb-rated Superlawyer (2020-2025) who exclusively practices animal law. Having graduated from Gonzaga University with a B.A. Honors and University of Washington with a J.D. and M.S. in statistics, this is his twenty-seventh (27th) year actively practicing law. He estimates having evaluated and/or handled over 10,000 animal law cases to date and has authored Understanding Animal Law, published by Carolina Academic Press in October 2016.. Mr. Karp founded and served as first chair of the Washington State Bar Association's Animal Law Section in 2002 and has held executive committee positions since its formation. He founded the Idaho State Bar Association’s Animal Law Practice Section in 2012 and continues to serve on its executive committee. He was also a vice chair of the American Bar Association’s (“ABA”) Animal Law Committee since its creation in 2004 through 2022.. Mr. Karp served six years as a contributing editor of the Animal Legal Report, produced by Animal Legal Reports Services, regularly writes on the topic of animal law, and routinely speaks around the nation about animal law, including at Yale, Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Vermont Law School. He has taught animal law as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington School of Law, Seattle University School of Law, and a lecturer at Edmonds Community College. He has been quoted in TIME, the National Law Journal, the ABA Journal, and other periodicals, including dedicated articles on his practice in the Seattle Times, Seattle Weekly, Pacific NW Magazine, and Seattle Magazine.. The American Bar Association's Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Animal Law Committee's annual Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award recognizes exceptional work by an Animal Law Committee member who, through commitment and leadership, has advanced the humane treatment of animals through the law. Mr. Karp received this award in 2012. In 2019, Mr. Karp received a SEEDS Award from the International Society for Animal Rights ("ISAR").. Mr. Karp has been elected to the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation as part of the 2020 class of Fellows in Washington. The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation is a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the highest principles of the legal profession and to the welfare of their communities. Fellows are recommended by their peers and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation, and is limited to one percent of lawyers in each jurisdiction.. Mr. Karp co-authored the ABA Tort and Insurance Practice Section’s Survey on Animal Tort and Insurance Law for over a decade, published three articles in Thomson West’s Causes of Action series (pertaining to injuries to animals by animals, intentional injuries to animals by humans, and Section 1983 claims involving injury to an animal); two annotations in American Legal Reports (pertaining to preconviction and postconviction forfeiture of animals and private prosecution of crimes); nine articles in the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence Trials (pertaining to veterinary malpractice litigation, use of force against and by animals, assistance animal access, litigating actions under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Bald and Gold Eagle Protection Act, cadaver dog evidence, animal fighting contests, litigating the Lacey Act, improper or inaccurate food preparation by food server resulting in allergic or offended reaction, regulation of commercial or retail breeding or sale of domesticated animals); co-authored one article in the legal encyclopedia American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts related to defending dangerous dog classifications; and completed an annotation on custodial disputes pertaining to animals in American Jurisprudence Proof of Facts. Mr. Karp is working on another treatise concerning litigating attorney misconduct by reference to animal imagery and other racist tropes.. He has chaired several animal law continuing legal education (“CLE”) conferences, spoken at over fifty CLEs around the nation, all on the subject of animal law, including in Hawai'i, New Mexico, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Florida. Mr. Karp also founded and chaired the first and second Animal Law Summit, an international, cross-jurisdictional, multi-day CLE.. With positive results, he argued before the federal district courts of Washington and Idaho, the Washington Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on the subject of animal law, resulting in some decisions that many regard as seminal:. Mr. Karp serves as an advisory board member for the Center for Wildlife Ethics. He also volunteered his time to the Northwest Wildlife & Rehabilitation Center, now part of the Whatcom Humane Society. Further, he completed a life-changing 10-day and, later, 3-day, course at the Vipassana Northwest Center.. Mr. Karp and his wife have been vegan for twenty-three and thirty-four years, respectively, and care for one cat, age 15.

301 Prospect St , Bellingham , Washington 98225

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

David Nelson has been practicing criminal law for 28 years in Whatcom County. He  handles DUI cases, Domestic Violence cases (all types of misdemeanor matters), Sex Offenses, all Felony charges and Murder cases.. In September 2013 Dave and his defense team successfully resolved a murder case by having the charges totally dismissed.. Dave has taught legal education courses to fellow attorneys in the area of criminal law and domestic violence.. Dave is a former Whatcom County Bar President.  He has served on local charity boards as a board memeber and President.