Buchalter

Legal Services | Washington, USA
tel: 206 319 7052 | fax:
1420 5th Avenue, Suite 3100 | Seattle | Washington | 98101 | USA

Main Contacts

Adam J. Bass

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Shareholder

Bradley W. Hoff

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Shareholder

Overview

Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for eight decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world. They rely on our forward-thinking to help them resolve problems before they arise.

At Buchalter, we practice in that spirit.

Our founding principle-providing our clients with the best business solutions-continues to lead us. We value each client relationship, recognizing that their success is our success. Our overarching goal-getting the best results for the client in a timely manner with sensitivity to cost-has engendered client loyalty, and the firm has grown from that loyalty.

Our lawyers are accessible, resourceful, skillful and adept at responding to change. Our technological capabilities keep case law and rule changes at our fingertips and client communications current, enabling us to create efficient, superior outcomes.

We strongly believe that technology is a tool that furthers the practice of law and have used that belief to develop a cutting edge platform for our firm. We use a meshed (NVPN) network to facilitate work among offices, Cisco VoIP telephony and Video-over-IP conferencing. Sharing documents is seamless through FileSite, which is also utilized to create our Client Extranets. To support our litigation matters, we use Concordance and Opticon, as well as LiveNote and Sanction. Unlike many firms, we have the capacity to process e-Discovery in-house, reducing client costs.

Buchalter lawyers are also active members of the communities in which they live and work. Leadership is a value the founding partners practiced and passed on to the current generation of attorneys. Our lawyers sit on the boards of prominent organizations, teach and lecture frequently. We actively participate in many associations and groups including the Public Law Center, San Francisco Legal Aid Society, Practicing Law Institute, California State Bar Association, the Los Angeles County Bar Association and the LACBA Domestic Violence Project, the Sojourner Center, the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Phoenix and many others.

Buchalter is consistently ranked among the leading law firms by Chambers and Partners, Best Lawyers, The Daily Journal and the Los Angeles Business Journal. It is also ranked among the leading firms nationally by American Legal Media and the National Law Journal.

Buchalter's commitment to reflecting and enhancing the rich diversity of the clients and communities in which we practice is more than eight decades strong. The firm's diversity of attorneys and staff provides clients with a greater array of creative talent and alternative thinking, benefiting all.

Lawyers Worldwide: 476

Areas of Practice

Professionals

Partners

Brian  Adkins

Brian Adkins

Shareholder
Marissa  Alkhazov

Marissa Alkhazov

Shareholder
Mark A.  Bonenfant

Mark A. Bonenfant

Shareholder
Kirsten J.  Day

Kirsten J. Day

Shareholder
David J.  Elkanich

David J. Elkanich

Shareholder
Jeffrey G.  Frank

Jeffrey G. Frank

Shareholder
Bradley W.  Hoff

Bradley W. Hoff

Shareholder
Leah  Lively

Leah Lively

Shareholder
Doug  Prince

Doug Prince

Shareholder
Joe   Sakay

Joe Sakay

Shareholder
Tereza   Simonyan

Tereza Simonyan

Shareholder
Marcus J.  Williams

Marcus J. Williams

Shareholder

Associates

Of Counsel

Amber  Bevacqua-Lynott

Amber Bevacqua-Lynott

Senior Counsel
John B.   Crosetto

John B. Crosetto

Senior Counsel
Jeffrey R.  Kaatz

Jeffrey R. Kaatz

Senior Counsel
Tiffany F.  Ng

Tiffany F. Ng

Senior Counsel
Jennifer  Oswald

Jennifer Oswald

Senior Counsel
Kyle   Rekofke

Kyle Rekofke

Senior Counsel
Midori  Sagara

Midori Sagara

Senior Counsel
John M.  Schultz

John M. Schultz

Of Counsel
Alexandra  Shulman

Alexandra Shulman

Senior Counsel
Scott G.  Warner

Scott G. Warner

Of Counsel

Articles

The DOL Announces New Overtime Exemption Rule Increasing the Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees

By: Leah Lively and Alexandra Shulman On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced a final rule, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional (EAP), Outside Sales and Computer Employees,” increasing the salary threshold for an employee to qualify for exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule takes effect on July 1, 2024. The DOL estimates that 4 million workers who are currently classified as exempt under the FLSA will become newly non-exempt and, therefore, entitled to overtime...

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Impacts California Developers

April 23, 2024 By: Alicia Guerra, John Epperson, and Braeden Mansouri On April 12, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an important decision that may have major impacts on developers in California, although the degree of impact will depend on how lower courts interpret that decision. In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, the Court ruled that a traffic impact fee imposed by the County of El Dorado based on a fee schedule in the County’s General Plan was a violation of the Takings Clause in the U.S. Constitution...

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Press

Buchalter Expands in Nashville, TN., Acquires New Office Space

1 May 2024. Buchalter is pleased to announce the expansion of its Nashville Office with the addition of eight attorneys and other professional staff. Shareholders Jay Bowen, Lauren Kilgore, and Lauren Spahn join from Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley, and Norton LLP, along with Rebekah Shulman, Jim Zumwalt, Jacob Clabo, Aaron Steinberg, and John Baxter. Already in Nashville are Real Estate Shareholder Josiah Reid, as well as Jeff Farano, Lucas Davidson, and Kaitlin White. "Our decision to expand in Nashville aligns with our growth strategy to better serve our clients and grow our capabilities in thriving business communities," said Adam Bass, President and Chief Executive Officer of Buchalter...

Michael Flynn Quoted in The Sum and Substance

Senate Committee kills bill to give regulatory relief to appraisers By: Ed Sealover March 18, 2024 Appraisers, an aging and thinning sector crucial to Colorado leaders’ goal of increasing the supply of housing statewide, will not get the regulatory relief this session that some industry leaders have said is crucial to avoiding further flight from the profession. But Michael Flynn, an attorney specializing in mortgage-related work, said that many problems with appraisals, such as using an unnecessarily pricey set of comparable properties to establish home value, aren’t found for more than five years...

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