Steven Avery

Steven Avery

also known as Steve

5.0
Rating: 7.9

Licensed for 31 years

Elder law Lawyer at Bellingham, WA
Practice Areas: Elder Law

Pacific Harbor Building, 801 Samish Way, Ste. 202, Bellingham, WA

About Steven

Biography

Practice Areas

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Practice Area

Elder Law 100%

Expertise in estate planning, guardianship, probate, long term care planning, and Medicaid planning.

32 years | 1,000 cases

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Licenses

Licensed in Washington for 21 years

State: Washington

Acquired: 2004

Active

No misconduct found

Licensed in California for 31 years

State: California

Acquired: 1994

Resigned

No misconduct found

Location

Avery Elder Law, PS

Pacific Harbor Building, 801 Samish Way, Ste. 202, Bellingham, WA, 98229

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Steven Avery's Reviews

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5.0 /5.0

31 Client Reviews

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Showing 1 - 5 of 8 reviews | Responsiveness

Posted by anonymous | March 23, 2021 | Hired Attorney | Trusts

One and done!

We met with Steven about creating our living trusts, having been told by our family attorney that we didn’t need a trust because probate is “so simple” in Washington. It turned out that his flat fee for three clearly worded trusts was significantly less expensive than probate costs for one of us (whi...ch our children would have had to pay for out of their inheritance). Steve had all the trust documents ready to sign by the end of the week and we’re quite happy with the work. He is a very easy person to work with. No hard sell or pressure, just straight answers and efficiency. We highly recommend him!

Posted by Robert | May 02, 2020 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning

Estate Planning Documents

Steve created our Trust, our Durable Powers of Atty.-General and Health Care and Health Care Directives, and out Wills. He provided us a Quit Claim Deed that allowed us to name the new Trust as owner of our new refi mortgage. He was very prompt in getting us our drafts, and the drafts were very thoro...ugh. After we read through them, he answered questions we had, and helped us understand our documents. When our input and changes were finalized, he got our final documents ready quickly. He also provided us PDF’s of all our final documents. He was easy to work with, and efficient with the process. He was provided all our documents for a package price, which was helpful for our budget, and knowing we wouldn’t be billed separately for each office and phone visit. We got the entire process done much more quickly than we anticipated. We would highly recommend him for Estate Planning documents.

Posted by anonymous | April 24, 2019 | Hired Attorney

Above and Beyond

Highly recommend Steven Avery. Steven took care of our simple legal needs the same day, and with personal care, during a very difficult time. He was thorough, kind, and made the entire process as simple as possible.

Posted by anonymous | October 11, 2018 | Hired Attorney | Wills & Living Wills

Mr. Martin

Personal, professional, service driven attorney. Steven Avery was extremely responsive, prompt and accommodating for our tight time schedule. He is knowledgeable and took the time to guide us through the process with detailed explanations when needed. The documents he provided were thorough and clear... which included a last will and testament, power of attorney and health care directive. This was not something we looked forward to but Steven Avery made the topics and process painless. Highly recommend his services in any capacity.

Posted by Barbara | March 20, 2016 | Hired Attorney | Estate Planning

A One-In-A-Million Excellent Experience

With only slightly over a week's notice, my husband learned he had to undergo heart surgery. No one is ever really prepared for this sort of news, but we were woefully unprepared to face possible medical issues given that our legal needs have been neglected for 30 years. We needed to update our Wil...ls, create a family Trust, execute health directives and all the rest but felt it would be impossible to accomplish all these goals within our extremely small time-frame. Once we contacted Steve Avery, though, we started to believe in miracles. After our first consultation with Steve, the draft documents arrived almost immediately and were tailored specifically to the needs we discussed. During our second consult with Steve, all our questions and concerns were answered in a clear, concise and friendly manner. And thanks to Steve's amazing abilities and high sense of responsibility, all our documents were signed, notarized and filed three days before my husband's scheduled surgery. We will never be able to express sufficient gratitude to Steve for accommodating our seemingly impossible demands. I should add that Steve is amazingly intelligent and simply wonderful to work with. He has the ability to explain foreign concepts in clear and understandable language, he focuses all his time and attention on the clients in front of him, he shares relevant information easily, he listens, and he gives the assurance that he will be a resource for you if you need his counsel in the future. We are extremely grateful for this continuity of support in our legal matters. My husband and I have dealt with a large number of high-value people over our long lives, but we've never before experienced such excellence. We have every confidence Steve Avery provides excellent service to all his clients, and we recommend him highly.

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Steven Avery's Lawyer Endorsements

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Emily Rose

Probate lawyer | Feb 01

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I appreciate Steve for his knowledge of probate law and his providing quality representation to families in our community."

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W. Railton

Elder law lawyer | Dec 08

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"Steve is a terrific attorney specializing in Elder Law. He has outstanding knowledge of this area of law, and stays up-to-date on the latest changes in various jurisdictions. I find Steve a pleasure to work with, and I refer clients to him with great confidence."

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Edward Wurtz

Elder law lawyer | Dec 04

Relationship: Fellow lawyer in community

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Frank Nunes

Litigation lawyer | Nov 09

Relationship: Supervised lawyer

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Peter Visser

Unknown lawyer | Dec 09

Relationship: Co-worker

"I endorse this lawyer."

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Experience

Rating:  7.9 (Very Good)

Honors

2017

Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

2013

Rising Star, Super Lawyers

Work Experience

2013 - Present

Attorney, Avery Elder Law, PS

2007 - 2014

Owner, Elder Law offices of Meyers & Avery

2004 - 2007

Attorney, Zender Thurson, PS

1999 - 2004

County Counsel, County of Fresno

1994 - 1999

Associate, Marderosian, Swanson, Oren & Paboojian

Associations

2004 - Present

Washington State Bar Association

Attorney Member

1994 - Present

State Bar of California

Attorney

2011 - 2017

Whatcom Counsel on Aging

Secretary

Education

1994

San Joaquin College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1987

California State University, Fresno

BS - Bachelor of Science

Speaking Engagements

2014

Caregivers conference

Estate planning, guardianship, Medicaid

Languages

English

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