[WSBARP] Abandonment of commercial lease in King County and possible prejudgment attachment in Pierce County?

[Roger Moss]

Would there be any point in asking whether your clients considered negotiating a lease workout before taking other action that will be expensive and probably not generate much of an ROI? Possibly in a mediated conversation.

As Kaitlyn Jackson put it in our presentation “Leasing in the Shadow of Covid," now would be an appropriate time for landlords to get what they can through reasonable effort, while maintaining low expectations. She called it “getting a haircut,” but for some reason I can’t remember what a haircut is.

Roger A. Moss, Esq.
Pacific Conflict Intervention
206.790.1971 Seattle
415.371.9724 San Francisco
www.pacific-ci.com

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> On Jun 1, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Stephen Crane <scrane at cranedunham.com> wrote:
> 
> Listmates:
> 
> Our client is the landlord of office space in King County that has 8 years to go on a 10 year lease.
> The tenants stopped paying rent in January, and closed their office and abandoned the property in March.
> 
> The tenants signed the lease personally, and also signed as guarantors.
> The tenants just listed their Pierce County home for sale, and may be leaving the area.
> The client is interested in seeking a prejudgment attachment on the tenants' personal residence, as that may be the only asset available to pay any judgment.
> 
> As far as I know, the real property in Pierce County is the only real property owned by the tenants, and is also their principal residence.
> 
> If there is jurisdiction in Pierce County, that is where I want to file the lawsuit, clearly, but the guarantee by the tenants is for a lease of real property in King County.
> Any thoughts about whether there the tenants can successfully object to jurisdiction of the lawsuit being first and/or solely filed in Pierce County (and the landlord seeking a prejudgment attachment), under the above scenario?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any input.
> 
> Steve Crane
> 
> Stephen J. Crane
> CRANE DUNHAM PLLC
> 
> 3600 15th Ave West, Suite 200
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> Seattle, WA 98119 
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