Professional Experience Tyler Jones represents businesses in mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, and complex business transactions. As partner in charge of the Business Practice Group at Helsell Fetterman LLP, Tyler leads a team handling sophisticated corporate and real estate matters. His practice focuses on advising both buyers and sellers in middle-market M&A transactions across diverse […]
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Nicholas Harper-Smith
Professional Experience Nick represents family offices, family businesses and high net worth individuals in connection with a variety of matters. In general, these matters can be grouped as follows: Business and Personal Transactions. These include M&A transactions; corporate reorganizations; private equity / venture capital fundraisings and investments; real estate acquisition and development; and negotiating contracts […]
Brandon Gribben
Professional Experience Brandon’s practice focuses primarily on land use and general real estate issues as well as real estate and general commercial litigation. His clients include real estate developers, housing cooperatives, condominiums and individual homeowners. He has experience representing clients in all phases of real estate and commercial litigation in Washington and New York trial […]
Shawn Butler
Professional Experience Shawn practices in the firm’s litigation department, handling personal injury, commercial, and real estate litigation. He has experience representing clients in all phases of litigation in Washington courts. He also practices in the firm’s insurance coverage group, in disputes between policy holders and their insurance companies and supports the firm’s health care department, […]
Karen Kalzer
Professional Experience Ms. Kalzer practices employment and education law with an emphasis on defending complex litigation for communities of faith, non-profits, schools and private employers. Ms. Kalzer has handled and successfully resolved over 300 claims of employee misconduct by combining tough incisive legal tactics with an empathetic litigation approach and compassionate communication skills. Her practice […]
Michael Spence
Professional Experience Mike’s practice emphasizes real estate transactions and brokerage matters, land use/zoning, alternative dispute resolution and litigation. A significant part of his practice involves waterfront properties and aquatic lands. He is a certified mediator and arbitrator and has served as a court-appointed referee and expert witness on a wide array of real estate matters. […]
Kameron Kirkevold
Professional Experience Kameron Kirkevold’s practice focuses on complex guardianship, probate and trust matters arising under Washington State’s Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act (TEDRA). He joined Helsell Fetterman in 2010 after two years as an associate in his father’s firm of Kirkevold Law Offices, Inc., and has been a partner at the firm since 2016. […]
Laura Hoexter
Professional Experience As chair of the firm’s estate planning and probate group, Laura Hoexter’s practice focuses on wills, trusts and estates. She works with individuals to help them establish foundational documents, such as tax-saving wills and living trusts, financial and health care powers of attorney, and health care directives. She addresses complex issues that may […]
Scott Collins
Professional Experience As managing partner of Helsell Fetterman from 2001 to 2022, Scott Collins understands the operational aspects of business and how legal issues must be addressed within greater business considerations. Utilizing that perspective, he provides clients with cost-effective legal counsel achieving practical results that serve their business goals. Scott began his career representing lenders […]