SARAH E. MACK
TUPPER MACK WELLS PLLC
2025 First Avenue
Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-493-2300
Fax: 206-493-2310
mack@tmw-law.com
www.tmw-law.com
LAND USE/ZONING
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL
Sarah Mack has over 25 years of experience representing
clients in complex project permitting and related litigation. Her
practice emphasizes water rights and water supply planning,
including administrative and judicial appeals, for both public
sector clients and private developers. She assists developers of
resorts, energy projects, municipal water supply facilities, and
commercial projects with land use and shoreline permitting,
environmental review, and litigation. Sarah also advises clients
on proposed legislation and administrative regulations relating
to land use and water law. Sarah is a member of the Washington
Water Policy Alliance and AWB’s Water Resources Committee
and a past member of the Executive Committee for the WSBA
Environmental & Land Use Law Section.
JAMES A. TUPPER, JR.
TUPPER MACK WELLS PLLC
2025 First Avenue
Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-493-2300
Fax: 206-493-2310
tupper@tmw-law.com
www.tmw-law.com
ENVIRONMENTAL
LAND USE/ZONING
ENVIRONMEN TAL LI TIGATION
James Tupper focuses his practice on environmental law, with
an emphasis on water quality, water resources, and shoreline
development. James has successfully represented business
associations and local governments in resolving complex
disputes involving stormwater regulation and water resources
policy. He frequently represents clients in matters before the
Environmental and Land Use Hearings Office, including shoreline
management, water rights, and NPDES permit appeals. He also
advises clients regarding hazardous waste cleanup issues in real
estate development and financing. James served two terms on
the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board and
Shoreline Hearings Board.
BENJAMIN G. PORTER
PORTER KOHLI, P. S.
1325 4th Avenue
Suite 940
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-624-8890
Fax: 206-587-0579
bporter@porterkohli.com
www.porterkohli.com
REAL ESTATE
TAX
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
Ben Porter’s many years of experience and his LL.M. degree in
taxation equip him with the tools necessary to provide his clients
with highly sophisticated gift, estate, and tax planning. Planning
and implementing transfers of wealth during lifetime and at
death have become one of the most innovative and creative
areas of law. These wealth transfers involve not only traditional
gift, estate, and income tax issues, but have come to include
intergenerational business succession planning, protection of
assets against losses due to beneficiary imprudence or creditor
claims, and philanthropic considerations. To carry out his client’s
goals, he uses various techniques in addition to traditional wills
and powers of attorney include formation of family LLCs, qualified
personal residence trusts, charitable lead and remainder trusts,
revocable grantor (living) trusts, and other techniques.
SAMUEL W. PLAUCHÉ, IV
PLAUCHÉ & S TOCK LLP
811 First Avenue
Suite 630
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-588-4188
billy@plauchestock.com
www.plauchestock.com
LAND USE/ZONING
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL
Samuel W. “Billy” Plauché is a partner at Plauché & Stock LLP,
an environmental and land use law firm focusing on natural
resource, marine, and shoreline issues. Billy assists clients with
strategic planning, project permitting, regulatory compliance,
natural resource damage assessments, and enforcement matters
under a variety of federal and state environmental statutes.
He also represents governmental entities, businesses, and
individuals in both administrative and judicial litigation. Billy’s
clients include natural-resource-based industries, proponents
of commercial and residential developments, proponents of
environmental restoration projects, and public sector clients
involved in environmental, land use, and infrastructure issues.
He is a Board member of the Puget Sound Restoration Fund.
LORA L. BROWN
LAW OFFICES OF
LORA L. BROWN
1000 Second Avenue
Suite 3500
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-344-8600
Fax: 206-292-0494
Lora@LLBrownLaw.com
www.LLBrownLaw.com
TAX
ESTATE & TRUST LITIGATION
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
Lora L. Brown practices exclusively in the estate planning,
trust, and probate arena. She helps clients evaluate and
implement planning options that achieve family needs and
desires, minimize taxes, and establish and meet philanthropic
goals. She represents fiduciaries and beneficiaries in negotiating
resolution of disputes in trust and estate matters. Lora serves
as special representative on various matters involving rights
of beneficiaries. Lora also represents clients in prenuptial and
cohabitation agreements. Lora is a Fellow of the American
College of Trust and Estate Counsel and currently serves as
State Chair. Lora is also past-chair of the WSBA’s Real Property,
Probate, and Trust Section.
WOLFGANG R.
ANDERSON
ANDERSON, FIELDS,
DERMODY & PRESSNALL, INC.,
P.S.
207 East Edgar Street
Seattle, WA 98102
Tel: 206-322-2060
www.a-f-m-law.com
FAMILY LAW
Mr. Anderson’s practice centers around dissolution actions.
He has been practicing for more than 45 years. His clients
range from middle-class America to professionals and athletes.
Mr. Anderson co-wrote a book for the layman, Divorce in
Washington, detailing the law on property division, custody, child
support, and maintenance. This book is sold exclusively through
his law firm, as is his latest book, Understanding Family Law in
Washington. Mr. Anderson has been a lecturer and appeared
on various television and radio programs. He has also served
as a Judge Pro Tem in both the superior and district courts.
Mr. Anderson is also a member of the prestigious national
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has an Avvo
rating of 10/10. He has been named in the Super Lawyers list
every year since 2006.
MATTHEW D. WELLS
TUPPER MACK WELLS PLLC
2025 First Avenue
Suite 1100
Seattle, WA 98121
Tel: 206-493-2300
Fax: 206-493-2310
wells@tmw-law.com
www.tmw-law.com
ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCES
LAND USE/ZONING
ENVIRONMENTAL
Matt is an environmental and natural resources compliance
attorney with a focus on marine and freshwater resource issues.
He represents large and small public- and private-sector clients
in regulatory proceedings and private negotiations relating to
water rights, toxic cleanup, project permitting, and land use.
Utilizing his strong science and policy background, Matt has
practiced for over 15 years as an attorney, bringing common
sense and perspective to help clients navigate the regulatory
process and efficiently achieve their objectives. Projects that Matt
is most proud to have been part of include: Thea Foss sediment
cleanup (private client); Boundary hydropower relicensing
settlement (municipal utility client); and Acquavella water-rights
adjudication settlement (municipal client).
SANDRA LYNN PERKINS
SANDRA LYNN PERKINS PLLC
1325 Fourth Avenue
Suite 940
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-381-8500
Fax: 206-299-3890
sandra@slplaw.net
ESTATE PLANNING & PROBATE
Sandra Lynn Perkins practices in the areas of estate planning
and probate law, including assisting clients with prenuptial and
postnuptial agreements, charitable transfers, and challenging
family issues. After 20 years in practice, she opened her own
law office in January 2000. Sandra is a Fellow of the American
College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC), and she has served
on the Executive Committee of WSBA’s Real Property, Probate,
and Trust Section. She is an active member of Washington
Women’s Foundation. Sandra is a third-generation lawyer who
grew up helping out in her father’s law office in Boothbay Harbor,
Maine. She and her husband, UW architecture professor Jeffrey
Ochsner (author of Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator,
and co-author of Shaping Seattle Architecture), live in northeast
Seattle with their cats, Summer, Autumn, and Lionel.
RITA L. BENDER
SKELLENGER BENDER, P.S.
1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3401
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-623-6501
Fax: 206-447-1973
rbender@skellengerbender.com
www.skellengerbender.com
PROFESSIONAL LIABILI T Y: DEFENSE
FAMILY LAW
Rita practices family law, adoption, attorney ethics and discipline.
Super Lawyers since 2001; Top 25 Family Law Attorneys, 2006,
2008; Top 50 Women Attorneys, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009,
2011. Fellow of the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys;
past member, Board of Trustees and Board of Grievances; fellow
of the American Academy of Assisted Reproduction Technology
Attorneys; member of Association of Professional Responsibility
La wyers. A frequent speaker on family la w, adoption and assisted
reproduction, and legal ethics, Rita also serves as a mediator
and settlement master. She is a designated counsel for the
Commission on Judicial Conduct. Rita speaks at universities and
public forums on issues of restorative justice.
