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    Carl A Munson

    Carl A Munson

    5.019 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 28 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: I graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in Spokane in 1997. I started working as a Deputy Prosecutor in the Yakima County Prosecutor’s office that fall. As a Deputy Prosecutor, I prosecuted cases from Driving Under the Influence to serio...
    Rating:  9.3
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    Michelle Hull

    Michelle Hull

    5.017 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 27 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Family, Divorce & Separation
    Bio: Michelle Hull has been practicing family law for 18 years. She is originally from Chicago, but is a Pacific Northwest transplant, having been raised in Vancouver, British Columbia and Washington come from an athletic family, a hockey oriented fami...
    Rating:  9.3
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    Henry King Chae

    Henry King Chae

    5.07 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 21 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury
    Bio: It’s not so much about us as it is about you. This is about you and only you. You are the person of paramount importance to Chae Law PLLC. Maybe you are an accomplished professional or family person or a stay-at-home mom or dad, or someone just st...
    Rating:  9.1
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    Laura Suzanne Shaver

    Laura Suzanne Shaver

    5.041 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 14 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Sex Crime, Violent Crime and more
    Bio: Laura Shaver has been practicing law since 2011, focusing on criminal defense. She focuses her practice on the representation of juveniles and adults accused of misdemeanors and felonies. Ms. Shaver began her legal career in the San Diego Public D...
    Rating:  10
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    Octavian Bogdan Jumanca

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    Octavian Bogdan Jumanca

    4.918 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 12 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Immigration
    Review: "I had the immense privilege of hiring Octavian Jumanca in June 2023 to represent me in my asylum case. From the very first consultation to the day we won the case on June 10, 2025, Mr. Jumanca and his incredible paralegal team—especially Sol Haris..."
    Rating:  8.1
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    Steven W. Woods

    Steven W. Woods

    4.822 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 42 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury
    Bio: I have practiced law for over 30 years, and have been working in Wenatchee since 1986. East Wenatchee was my home growing up and I returned to practice law after beginning my career with a brief stint in Yakima. Living in the Wenatchee Valley allo...
    Rating:  9.4
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    Thomas Stine Peters

    Thomas Stine Peters

    5.01 review
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 20 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Contracts & Agreements and more
    Bio: I started practicing law prosecuting misdemeanor and felony cases in Douglas County, OR. I then opened my practice in Jackson Hole, WY where we focused on civil litigation and criminal defense. Following our relocation to King County, WA, we have ...
    Rating:  7.5
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    James Bible

    James Bible

    5.01 review
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Car Accidents, Personal Injury and more
    Bio: I am dedicated to achieving justice for my clients. We are skilled at assisting you with your personal injury or criminal defense needs. We are trial attorneys. I pride myself in thouroughly preparing each case I handle so that we can achieve the ...
    Rating:  9.6
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    Jakob Daniel McGhie

    Jakob Daniel McGhie

    5.01 review
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 11 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Expungement
    Bio: Jakob spent his childhood in a small rural community in Southern Idaho. He moved to Washington State at eighteen when he began his undergraduate studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from Gonzaga in 2011 with a bachelo...
    Rating:  10
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    John Lucky Lufkin

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    John Lucky Lufkin

    4.614 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 22 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Divorce & Separation, Child Custody
    Review: "Lucky and his team provided excellent support through the entire legal process. Throughout the entire time I worked with him, he maintained clear, concise instructions and steps along the way as well as reassurance whatever things would get compli..."
    Rating:  8.0
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    Howard Stanton Stein

    Howard Stanton Stein

    5.033 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, DUI & DWI and more
    Bio: I am proud to be an attorney. My staff and I are with professional and caring people. Every day I advise and represent people as if my life depended upon it. As you can see I have many years of experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney and as a...
    Rating:  10
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    Christian J. Phelps

    Christian J. Phelps

    4.26 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 30 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "Guided me through the criminal justice process making this time in my life less stressful. Kept me in the loop regarding every move that was made and the decision making process. I was able to reach him at all times and he always answered any ques..."
    Rating:  10
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    Stephan R. Illa

    Stephan R. Illa

    5.01 review
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Bio: STEPHAN R. ILLA is a criminal defense attorney in private practice. Since his graduation from the Yale Law School in 1984, he has represented individuals and entities accused of serious criminal misconduct in state and federal courts throughout th...
    Rating:  10
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    Elizabeth Annaliese Arwood

    Elizabeth Annaliese Arwood

    5.06 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 15 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Juvenile, Family and more
    Bio: Elizabeth is an experienced attorney and serves clients in the areas of family law, juvenile law, and criminal defense. Within the area of family law, she has assisted clients with parenting and child support, parentage, nonparental custody, disso...
    Rating:  9.8
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    Kari Leigh Reardon

    Kari Leigh Reardon

    5.02 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense
    Review: "In september of 2007 I was 16 years old and got arrested for Taking Motor Vehicle Without Permission, Theft of a Firearm, Residential Burglury w/ firearm enhancement, and Drive-By Shooting. (I was addicted to DXM and going through a really rough t..."
    Rating:  10
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    Jeffry K. Finer

    Jeffry K. Finer

    5.03 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 41 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Civil Rights, White Collar Crime
    Bio: I am nearly retired. I REVIEW and when appropriate accept cases for clients with criminal charges as well as clients needing representation in civil rights claims. Our work reaches across the spectrum, from complex and difficult cases with intense...
    Rating:  10
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    Michael P Brodsky

    Michael P Brodsky

    4.977 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 29 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Expungement and more
    Bio: My goal is to provide aggresive competent, compassionate and timely legal representation to you and your loved ones. I welcome the opportunity to talk with you and to discuss how I can be of service. I am a sole practitioner located in Bellingham,...
    Rating:  9.0
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    William Allen White

    William Allen White

    5.011 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 47 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Speeding & Traffic Ticket
    Bio: Bill is a native of Tacoma, Washington, having attended elementary through High School and graduating from Wilson High School in 1968. He served in the U.S. Army and while there began his legal career. He supervised a brigade legal section support...
    Rating:  9.7
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    Christine Bennett

    Christine Bennett

    5.033 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 16 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Federal Crime, Uncontested Divorce and more
    Bio: After growing up in Oregon, I moved to the East Coast where I attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a cum laude distinction. After college, I spent six month in South America and had an internship with Habitat For Humanity in La P...
    Rating:  8.8
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    Kenneth Harmell

    Kenneth Harmell

    4.69 reviews
    Washington Criminal Defense Attorney
    Criminal Defense Lawyer Licensed for 26 years
    Practice Areas:  Criminal Defense, Violent Crime, Sex Crime
    Bio: Ken Harmell offers more than twenty years of legal experience, with a practice that emphasizes defending those who have been charged with the most serious offenses including murder, vehicular assault and homicide, rape, child molestation and domes...
    Rating:  9.7
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