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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Nigel Avilez practices in Seattle and focuses solely on these issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://mercerlawpllc.com/firm-profile/">http://mercerlawpllc.com/firm-profile/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have taken one “independent contractor” case to hearing at the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (with a favorable result), and advise members of the construction industry on these issues regularly - am happy to answer any questions as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><b><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Julie Sund Nichols<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Whitehouse & Nichols, LLP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>P.O. Box 1273<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>601 W. Railroad, Suite 300<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Shelton, WA 98584<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>360.426.5885 phone<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#002060;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>360.426.6429 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com [mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roy D. Pyatt<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 16, 2015 2:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> cole-gilday@stanwoodlaw.net; WSBA Real Property Listserv<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] issues with L&I<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>L&I has been actively pursuing employee versus independent contractor cases with great vigor recently. Sounds like that may be the case with PC. My colleague, Tim Calderbank, is well versed in this area and would be happy to assist.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3D3E40;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#3D3E40;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>Roy D. Pyatt | Attorney</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#404040;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><br></span><a href="http://www.landerholm.com/"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=206 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D07856.A05C79C0" alt="Description: Landerholm-mail-signature1665C"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><br></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#404040;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>805 Broadway Street, Suite 1000<br>P.O. Box 1086<br>Vancouver, WA 98666-1086<br></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#F37421;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>T: 360-696-3312 | T: 503-283-3393 | F: 360-696-2122<br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#F37421;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><a href="http://www.landerholm.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#F37421'>www.landerholm.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com">mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gregory L. Gilday<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 16, 2015 12:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> WSBA RPPT Real Property Discussion Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] issues with L&I<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had a PC call me today and he is looking for an attorney to help him work through some issues with L&I. L&I is coming after him saying he was a full time employee and now needs to pay a lot of money in back due premiums. <br><br>Client is in north Snohomish County. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;punctuation-wrap:hanging;text-autospace:ideograph-other'>-- <span style='position:relative;top:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Very Truly Yours,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Gregory L. 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