James K. Gazori

For the last 7 months James defended our 17 yr old son whom was facing VERY serious charges-allegations were made that our child threatened to shoot up a local H.S., & to kill a fellow student because he was gay as well as threats to this gay students family, Sheriffs pounding at our door at 2am to a...rrest our son on probable cause (i.e. someone said our son said this) & he was charged w/ THREE FELONIES, later they added a misdemeanor for when our son did scratch this student w/ a pencil after he kept taking pictures of our son and posting them on social media this student also at one point rubbed his buttocks on our sons genitals, long story short our son had enough and reacted. Our lives were turned upside down, our home was searched and we had to remove all of our firearms, our son was detained for 5 days in juvenile hall and bail was RAISED higher by the judge than what prosecution asked for (Too much media on school shootings and everything else out on TV today) Things were becoming OVER-DRAMATIZED but what do you expect when the words GUN-SHOOTING-SCHOOL-GAY are being used. THE REAL story--our son had been sexually harassed/assaulted by this other student whom fell in love with him, our son tried to make it stop on his own and instead of taking this issue to us or to the school he did make some verbal comments in which he regrets terribly. Our son was actually friends w/ this student for a period of time until this students platonic friendship became an obsession. James helped us get a SAPO order a Sexual Assault Protection Order against this student for WHAT HE DID DO to our son. I still get emotional thinking about how my child was a victim first, Unfortunately the SAPO did not erase the comments our son made. James stayed the course through all the drama and uncomfortable subject matter (there WAS LOTS of graphic pictures, social media, texts you name it) James did not waiver. He was kind & took the time to explain to our son in great detail the law and how it works, he treated our teenager like an adult & we appreciated that. During the SAPO hearing & cross examination James treated the other student with the utmost respect HOWEVER did not let him off the hook regardless of how uncomfortable the subject matter was, James held the other student accountable for the things this student did say and do to our son. James painted the CORRECT picture to the judge whom reiterated this student did under the RCW/law sexually assault/harass our son. Our son had NEVER been in trouble before, great grades and gentle in nature and now he was expelled from school for an entire year and was looking at having multiple felonies all because he didn't know how to handle same-sex sexual harassment. We opted to put our son into counseling and paid a pretty penny for a psychological evaluation and risk assessment to satisfy all involved. James THANK GOD worked with us on a rate for his services, in our situation this case was not inexpensive, but James cost was the most affordable. I would gladly pay this again for the outcome we received. 4 gross misdemeanors, 12 months probation, 24 hours community service, No contact with the specific HS. Thank you James for everything you did for us, for being kind & understanding regardless of the subject matter, for listening to me over & over repeat the same things, James handled me a mom that was emotionally distressed & at times at wits end! Our case was unbelievably embarrassing/emotionally charged & James kept calm, light hearted & used humor which helped immensely. I highly recommend James especially if your case has anything to do with things that are uncomfortable to discuss or that would be media worthy. There was a point we were concerned that our case may have received media attention but we were able to keep things quiet & James kept our case confidential & respected our privacy. We would not have the outcome we have if it weren't for James knowledge/expertise of the law.