Paul J. Lawrence

Acquisition, financing (construction and permanent) and leasing of regional shopping malls, office buildings, retail centers, golf courses and apartment buildings; conduit, corporate and project finance transactions; employment advice for termination and wrongful discharge claims, wage and hour disputes, and employee policy manuals; mediation services for real estate and employment-related disputes.

Mr. Rittereiser serves as a Managing Partner of HKM’s Seattle and Portland offices. He is also an experienced trial attorney. His practice focuses on employment law, complex civil litigation, and class actions. He has recovered more than $300 million dollars on behalf of workers including some of the largest wage and hour class actions in the United States. Mr. Rittereiser’s litigation practice disrupts industries challenging antiquated business practices that deprive workers of p...

Jessica Moore is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law. Jessica, who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Jessica is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Scott Blankenship believes that no person, government, or corporate entity is beyond the reach of the law, and is committed to seeing that our court system protects and advances fundamental rights, not only for his clients, but for our nation and community. He has built a law firm committed to enforcing justice for individual and employee rights. For more than two decades, the firm’s passionate and experienced lawyers have prevailed against the largest companies and entities in both tri...

Andrew May is an associate attorney at Envision Family Law, serving clients in Bellevue, Washington. With over 20 years in the legal field and a distinct focus on Family Law for the past decade, Andrew brings a thorough understanding to his practice. His professional journey includes extensive litigation experience, complemented by his role as a knowledgeable mediator. Andrew obtained his political science degree at Dartmouth College, followed by earning his Juris Doctor from the University o...

Jeffrey B. Coopersmith is a veteran trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor with a Pacific Northwest, California, and national practice focusing on white collar criminal matters and parallel civil and regulatory proceedings, federal and state False Claims Act investigations and litigation, internal investigations for private and public entities, and complex commercial litigation. During his eight-year tenure as an Assistant United States Attorney, Jeff handled some of the largest and most ...

Matthew Gerend practices in the firm’s nationally recognized Complex Litigation Group, representing employees, benefit plans, and consumers in litigation to enforce antitrust laws and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Matt has represented plaintiffs in federal courts across the country to redress harms stemming from breaches of fiduciary duties, investment fraud, anticompetitive conduct, and other misconduct that harms employees, benefit plans, and consu...

Cameron Fleury is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Family Law and Family Law Mediation. Cameron, who practices law in Tacoma, Washington, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Cameron is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Ken is the founder of Brewe Layman and has been in private practice since 1979. Ken focuses his practice on complex domestic matters, cohabitation (meretricious) disputes, injury claims and civil litigation. He also advises clients regularly on business and estate planning matters and frequently drafts/reviews various sorts of marital agreements. Ken also provides private family law mediation services on a regular basis. He has earned an AV rating (very high to preeminent legal ability rating...

Ryan J. McBrayer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Intellectual Property and Litigation - Patent. Ryan J., who practices law in Seattle, Washington, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Ryan J. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.