LENELL NUSSBAUM
LAW OFFICE OF
LENELL NUSSBAUM
Market Place One, Suite 330
2003 Western Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-728-0996
Fax: 206-448-2252
lenell@nussbaumdefense.com
www.nussbaumdefense.com
APPELLATE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Lenell Nussbaum represents individuals in criminal investigations,
trials, and appeals in state and federal courts. She is counsel
of record in more than 60 published appellate opinions. The
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers presented
her with its William O. Douglas Award for extraordinary courage
and dedication to the practice of criminal law. She recently
lectured on the United States Constitution at a law school
in Russia. She serves as a Justice on the Suquamish Tribal
Appeals Court. She has testified before the legislature and
frequently teaches seminars on criminal law topics. She is a past
President of WACDL, a founding member of the Washington
Appellate Lawyers Association, and a member of the Washington
Sentencing Guidelines Commission. She graduated in 1980 from
the University of Michigan Law School.
ROBERT G. CHADWELL
MCKAY CHADWELL, PLLC
600 University Street
Suite 1601
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-233-2800
Fax: 206-233-2809
rgc1@mckay-chadwell.com
www.mckay-chadwell.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
SECURI TIES LITIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
Bob Chadwell’s law practice focuses on federal white collar
criminal defense such as government program fraud, securities
fraud, and environmental offenses. He has represented individuals
and corporations in the criminal arena, with clients ranging from
an oil company executive in an environmental investigation (no
charges were filed), a prominent stockbroker charged with tax
fraud (who was acquitted at trial), an international construction
company in a government contracting fraud investigation (no
charges were filed), and an Internet-based company involved
in the sale of unregistered securities (case was resolved without
criminal charges against the company by a unique settlement
with regulators). Bob is a member of the Board of Trustees for
the UW Physicians.
JOHN MCKAY
MCKAY CHADWELL, PLLC
600 University Street
Suite 1601
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-233-2800
Fax: 206-233-2809
jlm@mckay-chadwell.com
www.mckay-chadwell.com
GENERAL LITIGATION
POLI TICAL LAW
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
John McKay is Professor from Practice at Seattle University
School of Law where he teaches Constitutional Law of Terrorism
and National Security Law. He joined the faculty full time in
2007 and previously served as the United States Attorney for the
Western District of Washington (2001-2007). Professor McKay
frequently lectures on the topics of business and government
ethics, leadership, and accountability. He serves as expert witness
and consults on criminal prosecutions in state and federal courts.
MARK W. PROTHERO
HANIS IRVINE PROTHERO,
PLLC
6703 South 234th Street
Suite 300
Kent, WA 98032
Tel: 253-520-5000
Fax: 253-893-5007
mprothero@hiplawfirm.com
www.markprothero.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/D WI
Mark W. Prothero is a partner with the Kent firm of Hanis Irvine
Prothero, PLLC. Mark has been named to the Super Lawyers
list annually since 2006. Mark represents people accused of
everything from license violations, DUIs, and drug offenses to
domestic violence, sex offenses, and homicides. Since 1990,
Mark has been an expert in forensic DNA evidence. He was
co-lead attorney for the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway, from
2001-2004, for which he shared the King County Bar Association
Lawyer of the Year Award in 2004. In 2009, Mark helped win the
release of a young man wrongfully accused of murder. In 2010,
Mark was appointed by Governor Gregoire to be the first criminal
defense lawyer on the State Forensic Investigation Council. Mark
welcomes all criminal referrals, especially on matters involving
DNA or other forensic evidence.
JEFFREY B.
COOPERSMITH
DLA PIPER LLP (US)
701 Fifth Avenue
Suite 7000
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-839-4800
Fax: 206-839-4801
jeff.coopersmith@dlapiper.com
www.dlapiper.com
SECURITIES LI TIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
Jeffrey B. Coopersmith, a partner in DLA Piper’s Seattle office,
represents companies and individuals in white collar criminal
cases and investigations, and related civil matters, that involve
allegations of fraud and misconduct in connection with securities,
tax, banking, health care, and many other substantive areas.
Mr. Coopersmith’s representation of clients and his corporate
internal investigation work draw on his eight-year career as a
federal prosecutor in the Office of the United States Attorney for
the Western District of Washington, where he was responsible
for coordinating the Office’s corporate and securities fraud
enforcement and received the inaugural Thomas C. Wales Award
presented to the most outstanding prosecutor in the office.
Mr. Coopersmith believes that the defense of a white collar
criminal case should start long before charges are ever brought.
PETER OFFENBECHER
SKELLENGER BENDER, P. S.
1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3401
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-623-6501
Fax: 206-447-1973
poffenbecher@skellengerbender.com
www.skellengerbender.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
As a shareholder with Skellenger Bender, Peter Offenbecher’s
practice focuses on complex criminal defense in federal and state
courts. For over 30 years, he has provided vigorous representation
to a broad range of clients at the investigative, trial, and appellate
stages of the criminal justice system. Mr. Offenbecher also
helps businesses and individuals manage regulatory and criminal
investigations in a variety of areas, involving environmental
regulations, customs and import and export laws, health care
regulations, public contracting regulations, securities laws, food
safety regulations, and insurance and banking regulations. He
works with clients to assure compliance with the lawful authority
of regulators and to ensure the maximum protection available
under the law. Mr. Offenbecher is also available to assist lawyers
subject to disciplinary investigations.
STEVEN W. THAYER
STEVEN W. THAYER, P.S.
1111 Main Street
Suite 660
Vancouver, WA 98660
Tel: 360-694-8290
Fax: 360-694-7921
steve@swthayer.com
www.swthayer.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: DUI/D WI
Trial and appellate practice since 1977, with an emphasis on
criminal defense and DUI litigation. Reputation based primarily
upon results achieved in a variety of DUI, sexual assault, marijuana
grow, assault, and homicide cases. WACDL Founding member
and former vice president. Rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.
Super Lawyers 2000, 2001, and 2003-2010. Representative cases
include: State v. Orick, 129 Wn.App. 654, 120 P.3d 87 (2005);
State v. Boethin, 126 Wn.App. 695, 109 P.3d 461 (2005); State v.
Morgavi, 58 Wn.App. 733, 794 P.2d 1289 (1990); State v. Kelley,
52 Wn.App. 581, 762 P.2d 20 (1988); State v. Claflin, 38 Wn. App.
847, 690 P.2d 1186 (1984); and State v. Acosta, 101 Wn.2d 612,
683 P.2d 1069 (1984). Over 30 years protecting the rights of people
persecuted by the police and prosecuted by the government.
KRISTINE A. COSTELLO
COS TELLO & ASSOCIATES,
PLLC
1000 2nd Avenue
Suite 1780
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-749-5020
Fax: 206-749-5074
kcostello@costellolawfirm.com
www.costellolawfirm.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
Kris Costello graduated from Boston University School of
Law and was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1991.
She is a member of the United States District Court for the
Western District of Washington. Kris advises and represents
licensed professionals, businesses and corporate leaders facing
allegations of wrongdoing. She also represents individuals during
criminal and civil investigations and at formal civil and criminal
proceedings. Kris has litigated numerous complicated white collar
cases in federal court. She teaches trial advocacy at the University
of Washington School of Law and the National Institute for Trial
Advocacy. Kris serves on the Federal Bar Association’s Executive
Committee as Treasurer, is a member of The National Trial
Lawyers and is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
SUZANNE C. HOWLE
THOMPSON & HOWLE
Two Union Square
601 Union Street, Suite 3232
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-682-8400
Fax: 206-682-9491
showle@thompsonhowle.com
www.thompsonhowle.com
ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION
ELDER LAW
Suzanne C. Howle was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in
1980 and the Washington Bar in 1982. Since 1984, Suzanne
Howle’s practice has emphasized guardianship, probate, estate
planning, and representation of fiduciaries in various roles. She
co-authored the guardianship section of the King County Probate
and Guardianship Manual, published in 1995, and edited the
updated manual in 2002. She has been lead co-author and editor
of “Chapter 10: Probate and Guardianship” of the Washington
Lawyers Practice Manual for many years. She is past Chair of the
Elder Law Section of the Washington Bar Association and was a
founding Director and past President of the Washington Chapter
of NAELA. In addition to recognition in the Super Lawyers list, she
has been honored as one of the top lawyers in Seattle in peer
surveys by Seattle Magazine and Seattle Business Monthly.
