Phil A Olbrechts

I have worked with Mr. Olbrechts as a colleague for the past 8 years. Mr. Olbrechts is, foremost, an ethical and hard working attorney. He is very professional and is amongst the most knowledeable land use attorneys in the state of Washington. Mr. Olbrechts is fair and works hard to ensure that every... party has an opportunity to be heard. His work is of high quality and defensible. His rates are reasoanble, particularly in light of his experience. In working with Mr. Olbrechts both in the capacity of City Attorney and in his role as a Hearing Examiner for various cities, I have always been impressed with Mr. Olbrechts attention to detail, easily understandable and well written documents and decisions, and his accessible personality. Mr. Olbrechts truly cares about his clients - the staff, the electeds, the lay bodies and the citizens they represent. Smaller cities can often be difficult places to work because of entrenched idiologies or politics or simply because of a lack of experience with development. Despite the often persistent pressure to acquiesce to a large developer, a grandstander or an agenda, Mr. Olbrechts brings a personal commitment to providing fair, balanced, legally defensible decisions that meet both the intent and the spirit of the law.