KENNETH E. BREWE
BREWE LAYMAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PS
3525 Colby Avenue, Suite 333
PO Box 488
Everett, WA 98206
Tel: 425-252-5167
Fax: 425-252-9055
kenb@brewelaw.com
www.brewelaw.com
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
GENERAL LITIGATION
FAMILY LAW
Ken Brewe has been in practice since 1979 after graduating
from the University of Washington (1976) and the University
of Puget Sound Law School (1979). He is AV-rated (very high
to preeminent) by Martindale-Hubbell. Ken practices at
Brewe Layman, PS, primarily in family law involving complex
domestic relations matters (typically involving larger estates,
family-owned businesses, or professional practices) and living
together (meretricious) controversies. He provides family law
mediation services and presents frequently at CLEs. He is a
Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is
included in the 2012 Best Lawyers, is a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in
The National Trial Lawyers, and has been on the Washington
Super Lawyers list annually since 2001.
LORI LOPEZ GUZZO
SOCIUS LAW GROUP, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 4950
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-838-9108
Fax: 206-838-9109
lguzzo@sociuslaw.com
www.sociuslaw.com
ALTERNATIVE DISPU TE RESOLU TION
FAMILY LAW
Lori has been named repeatedly in the Top 50 Women list in
Washington Super Lawyers and has been recognized among the
magazine’s Top 25 Attorneys in Family Law. Her practice focuses
on marital dissolutions involving complex property issues or large
estates. In addition to handling contested matters, she serves as
collaborative law counsel and as a mediator. Lori previously
represented individuals and businesses in various litigation
contexts in state and federal courts in Washington, Alaska
and Oregon. Her clients benefit from her diverse experience,
particularly in cases involving challenging issues. While clients
usually hire Lori for her skill and experience, they can count on a
high level of personal attention and care during one of the most
difficult experiences they will ever face.
LINDA KELLEY
EBBERSON
LASHER HOLZAPFEL SPERRY &
EBBERSON, PLLC
601 Union Street
Suite 2600
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-654-2406
Fax: 206-340-2563
ebberson@lasher.com
www.lasher.com
PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENTS
Linda Kelley Ebberson leads her firm’s substantial Family
Law Practice Group. She and her firm provide tax, business,
estate planning, and real estate expertise for divorce clients
with complex estates. Linda is a skillful negotiator and trial
attorney whose typical clients are owners of publicly and
family-held Northwest businesses, executives, and professionals
or their spouses. She participated in the case preparation,
negotiation, and settlement of one of the country’s largest
marriage dissolutions. Linda is a Fellow in the American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She has been named in the
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers,
holding their highest AV rating since 1997.
CAMDEN M. HALL
CAMDEN HALL, PLLC
1001 4th Avenue
Suite 3312-13
Seattle, WA 98154
Tel: 206-749-0200
Fax: 206-749-0821
chall@camdenhall.com
www.camdenhall.com
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
APPELLATE
FAMILY LAW
Camden has extensive experience in resolving complex family
law matters and in providing second opinions on such matters.
He has also represented clients in law firm breakups and other
civil litigation matters, served as an arbitrator of attorney and
client fee disputes, and was an arbitrator on the Washington
State Bar Association’s former attorney Fee Arbitration Panel.
Camden has been a Seattle Municipal Court Judge Pro-Tem
and King County Superior Court Judge Pro-Tem. Camden is
listed in The Best Lawyers in America and has the highest
Martindale-Hubbell, AV, rating. He has broad trial and appellate
experience at all state and federal court levels.
H. MICHAEL FINESILVER
ANDERSON, FIELDS,
DERMODY & PRESSNALL, INC.,
P.S.
207 East Edgar Street
Seattle, WA 98102
Tel: 206-322-2060
les@a-f-m-law.com
www.a-f-m-law.com
Mr. Finesilver graduated from University of Oregon Law School
in 1973 and has practiced family law exclusively for over 38 years
in King and Snohomish Counties. He has argued numerous
appeals before the Washington State Court of Appeals and the
Washington State Supreme Court. He has served each year since
1998 as a Pro Tem Family Law Commissioner for King County.
He is the author and lecturer at numerous continuing legal
education seminars in Washington State and is a co-author of
the Judge’s Deskbook for King County. He has co-authored with
Mr. Anderson a book for the layperson, Divorce in Washington,
generally detailing the law on property division, custody, child
support, and maintenance. Mr. Finesilver is the National Board
of Governors’ Representative for the Washington State Chapter
of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
THOMAS G.
HAMERLINCK
THOMAS G. HAMERLINCK, PS
10900 Northeast Fourth Street
Suite 2300
Bellevue, WA 98004
Tel: 425-990-1075
Fax: 425-635-7799
FAMILY LAW
Tom Hamerlinck graduated with honors from Harvard Law
School in 1981. His practice is limited to complex divorce cases.
Tom has been a fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial
Lawyers since 1993. He is the author of the property valuation and
division chapters in the WSBA Washington Family Law Deskbook
(second edition), and he has lectured at over 60 continuing legal
education seminars on divorce-related topics. Tom has been
previously named one of the 100 best lawyers in Washington
by Seattle Magazine and to the top ten list in Washington Super
Lawyers. He has also been listed in The Best Lawyers in America
since 1995.
JANET M. HELSON
SKELLENGER BENDER, P. S.
1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3401
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-623-6501
Fax: 206-447-1973
jhelson@skellengerbender.com
www.skellengerbender.com
FAMILY LAW
Janet Helson practices exclusively in the area of family law. In
practice since 1992, she joined Skellenger Bender in 2004. She
has particular expertise in parenting issues, including domestic
violence, the Relocation Act, interstate jurisdiction, de facto
parents, and nonparental custody. Ms. Helson served on the
State Bar Family Law Executive Committee from 2001 to 2007,
has served as a pro tem family law commissioner, is co-author
of Pretrial Motions Practice in the Family Law Deskbook, and was
named Attorney of the Year by the State Bar Family Law Section
in 2004. She is a frequent presenter at family law seminars
and serves on the National Family Law Advisory Council of the
National Center for Lesbian Rights.
STELLA L. PITTS
STELLA L. PI TTS & ASSOCIATES,
PLLC
1411 4th Avenue
Suite 1405
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-447-7745
Fax: 206-447-7746
stella@stellapittslaw.com
www.stellapittslaw.com
FAMILY LAW
Stella L. Pitts has been managing her own family law practice
Stella L. Pitts & Associates, PLLC since 2001. She concentrates
primarily on family law involving complex dissolution and
custody. Ms. Pitts is an experienced trial lawyer. Ms. Pitts entered
the legal profession by managing small law firms in Alaska
and Texas for over ten years. At the same time, she earned an
undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska, Anchorage
in 1980 with a major in business administration and a law degree
from the University of Houston Law Center in 1986. In her family
law practice, Ms. Pitts concentrates on restructuring families
through a focus on integrity and problem solving throughout
divorce situations. Ms. Pitts is a member of the ABA, WSBA,
KCBA, and the King County Washington Women Lawyers, of
which she served as president in 1996.
RAEGEN N. RASNIC
SKELLENGER BENDER, P.S.
1301 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3401
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-623-6501
Fax: 206-447-1973
rrasnic@skellengerbender.com
www.skellengerbender.com
HEALTH CARE
FAMILY LAW
Raegen Rasnic is a shareholder of Skellenger Bender, P.S.,
where her practice focuses on family law litigation, including
dissolutions of marriage and non-marital relationships, child
custody, and parenting disputes. Raegen is also a nationally
respected practitioner of adoption and assisted reproduction
law, handling surrogacy arrangements and egg, sperm, and
embryo donation. Raegen teaches Adoption Law as an Adjunct
Professor at Seattle University School of Law and is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys and American
Academy of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys.
Raegen also defends health care professionals in licensing
and disciplinary proceedings. She volunteers her time with
Legal Voice.
