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Your company may have its own lawyer on staff, or even a full legal department. While having a lawyer on staff can be invaluable as a ready source of daily advice and review, when it comes to litigation, outside counsel is a must. Litigation is absorbing and time consuming, and if your in-house counsel is… Read More

“Aggressive litigation” is typically synonymous with “expensive litigation.” But not always. JP. Diener of our firm presented an excellent webinar describing the civil litigation process in general: https://beresfordlaw.com/webinar-youve-been-sued-now-what-introducing-the-litigation-process/. Once the plaintiff files the Complaint, the defendant typically files an Answer, and perhaps other claims of its own. From there, the standard next steps is Discovery –… Read More

Our world is full of contracts:  construction contracts, consulting contracts, retail contracts, employment contracts, settlement agreements, and, well, writing the list down on a stack of papers might result in a stack so thick that it would cover the distance from our Earth to the Moon. Despite covering an unimaginably wide variety of subject matter,… Read More

June 30th, 2022 Attorney Kelsey L. Affronte talks about default judgments: how to avoid them and how to respond. Read More

If you have found yourself in a pickle and are looking for a plan to get out of it, a demand letter is a simple and cost-effective means of communicating your desires. What Is a Demand Letter? A demand letter is intended for the person or company that wronged you. A good demand letter will… Read More

A personal representative or administrator of an estate stands in the shoes of the deceased person for the express purpose of wrapping up their worldly affairs.  The trustee of a trust is responsible for maintaining the property in the trust in a way that maximizes the benefit received by the beneficiaries of that trust.  In… Read More

Consider a very stressful, but not uncommon, scenario: a process server has just knocked on your door and served you with a lawsuit.  Perhaps a disgruntled homeowner has sued you as a member of the association’s board of directors.  Perhaps a neighbor has sued you for adverse possession of a portion of your property.  Perhaps… Read More

In 2020, Governor Jay Inslee issued dozens of proclamations to address the COVID-19 pandemic.  One of those proclamations went so far as to order all non-essential workers to “Stay Home – Stay Healthy.”  It cannot be doubted that the Governor’s COVID-19 proclamations had real and meaningful impacts on the daily lives of Washingtonians.  Like all… Read More

May 5th, 2022 Attorney Kelsey Affronte talks about What To Expect From Your Snohomish County Superior Court Case. Read More