Mark F. Rising  
phone (206) 689-2108
mrising@helsell.com

AREAS OF PRACTICE
• Divorce and Family Law
• Business and Real Estate Transactions
• Commercial Disputes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Mr. Rising delivers aggressive and cost effective representation to individuals and companies in
the following areas:

Divorces Involving Business Assets
Disputes regarding ownership and control of businesses.
Disputes regarding the characterization of community
and separate property.
Disputes regarding valuation of businesses
and other assets owned by married persons.

Business Law
Business enterprise organization and governance.
Business entity and asset purchases, sales and leases.
Business operations contracts.

Business Litigation
Breach of contract claims.
Unfair business practice claims, including violation
of intellectual property rights, theft of trade secrets,
and breach of non-competition, nondisclosure and employment agreements.
Disputes regarding ownership and control of businesses.

Mr. Rising is committed to giving his clients personal service and the highest quality legal services available.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Trustee, King County Law Library (2002 to Present)
Chair, King County Law Library
85th Anniversary Campaign (2004)
Member and Past Chair, King County
Bar Association Legislation Committee
Member, Washington State Bar
Association Legislation Committee
Special Disciplinary Counsel to the
Washington State Bar Association
Co-Chair, Financial Aspects of Divorce, Washington
State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education
Seminar, February 2005

COMMUNITY INVOLEMENT
Cub Scout Unit Commissioner, Cubmaster, and Den Leader; Boy Scout Troop Treasurer and Troop Committee Member, Aquila District, Chief Seattle Council, Boy Scouts of America.

PUBLICATIONS
Contributing Author, Washington Antitrust
& Consumer Protection Handbook.

EDUCATION
University of Chicago Law School, 1983
Whitman College, 1979

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Admitted to the bars of Washington State, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

PERSONAL
Hobbies: Alpine snow and ice climbing, wilderness
canoeing, backpacking, fencing, and archery. Mr. Rising
also has a Black Belt in Judo

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