Sarah E. Sannes, Attorney at Law, PSLiberty Bay Marina17791 Fjord Drive NE, Ste 146Poulsbo, WA, 98370United States (360) 598-3790

Sarah Elizabeth Sannes

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Poulsbo, WA
Licensed for 19 years

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About Sarah

Sarah graduated from Willamette University College of Law in 2002. While attending law school, she completed a two-year clerkship for the local district attorney's office. Upon graduation, she was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Richard J. Thorpe in Snohomish County before she joined the litigation firm, Cogdill Nichols Rein Wartell. In 2006 she relocated to North Kitsap County and opened her own office in Poulsbo. She spent her childhood on Bainbridge Island and is happy to raise her own family and practice law here.

When Sarah is not practicing law, she enjoys spending time with family and friends and gardening.

Practice areas

Family: 70%
Sarah focuses on Collaborative and contested family law cases involving divorce, legal separation, custody and paternity. When litigation is necessary, Sarah takes her clients all the way through trial and achieves positive results.
20 years
Guardianship: 15%
Sarah has experience in both contested and uncontested guardianship cases with both disabled and elderly alleged incapacitated persons. She has additionally worked as a Guardian ad Litem is such cases.
20 years
Wills and living wills: 15%
Sarah assists clients with basic estate planning services for clients who have non taxable estates. Her estate planning packages include wills, durable powers of attorney, trusts, end of life planning and community property agreements.
20 years

Languages spoken

English

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Sarah E. Sannes, Attorney at Law, PS

Liberty Bay Marina
17791 Fjord Drive NE, Ste 146
Poulsbo, WA, 98370

Sarah E. Sannes, Attorney at Law, PS

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License

State	Status	Acquired	Updated
WA	Active	2002	06/28/2022

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Awards

Award name	Grantor	Date Granted
Best Attorney Finalist	Best of North Kitsap	2018

work experience

Title	Company name	Duration
Owner	Sarah E. Sannes, Attorney at Law, PS	2006 - Present
Associate Attorney	Cogdill Nichols Rein	2004 - 2006
Clerk	Snohomish County Superior Court	2002 - 2004
Clerk	Marion County District Attorney's Office	2000 - 2002

associations

Association name	Position name	Duration
North Kitsap Schools Foundation	Board of Trustees	2015 - Present
Collaborative Professionals of Washington	Member	2015 - Present
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals	Member	2011 - Present
Kitsap County Bar Association	Member	2007 - Present
Washington State Bar Association	Member	2002 - Present

Kitsap Children's Musical Theater	District Liaison Officer	2015 - 2017

education

School name	Degree	Graduated
Willamette University College of Law	JD - Juris Doctor	2002
Washington State University	BS - Bachelor of Science	1997
Washington State University	Certificate	1997

legal cases

Case name	Outcome
Wickstrom v. Wickstrom, State of Washington Court of Appeals, Div. II, No. 52037-1-II	The Respondent, represented by Sarah, prevailed on all arguments at the appellate court level.

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4.5 stars4.3 (7)

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4 Star		14%
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Review Sarah Elizabeth Sannes

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Posted by anonymous
March 27, 2017

Sarah is a straightforward, diligent and skilled attorney. I had a difficult divorce and Sarah helped everything stay on track on move in the right direction. I would highly recommend her.

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Posted by Katrina
March 21, 2017

I worked with Sarah for a few months to redo a complicated parenting plan. She is smart, focused, and understanding. When dealing with these types of issues, it is important to get the best legal advice, but also someone willing to walk with you through the tough stuff and do so with compassion and kindness. I have recommended her to several people and will continue to do so.