<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">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.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 1, 2020, at 10:03 AM, Stephen Crane <<a href="mailto:scrane@cranedunham.com" class="">scrane@cranedunham.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Listmates:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Our client is the landlord of office space in King County that has 8 years to go on a 10 year lease.</div><div class="">The tenants stopped paying rent in January, and closed their office and abandoned the property in March.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The tenants signed the lease personally, and also signed as guarantors.</div><div class="">The tenants just listed their Pierce County home for sale, and may be leaving the area.</div><div class="">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.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">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.</div></div><div class="">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?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks in advance for any input.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steve Crane</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><font size="2" class="">Stephen J. Crane</font></b><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><p class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><b class=""><font size="4" class=""><i class="">CRANE DUNHAM PLLC</i></font></b></span></p><p class=""><b style="color:rgb(0,112,192);font-size:12.8px" class=""><font size="2" class="">3600 15th Ave West, Suite 200</font></b><br class=""></p><p class=""><b class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class="">Seattle, WA 98119</span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""> </span></font></b></p><p class=""><b class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">phone:</span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><a href="tel:%28206%29%20292-9090" value="+12062929090" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">(206) 292-9090</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">email: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><a href="mailto:scrane@cranedunham.com" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">scrane@cranedunham.com</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></b></p><p class=""><b class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">fax: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><a href="tel:%28206%29%20292-9736" value="+12062929736" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">(206) 292-9736</a> </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" class="">web: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><a href="http://www.cranedunham.com/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">www.cranedunham.com</a></span><span style="color:rgb(0,112,192)" class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></font></b></p><p class=""><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)" class=""><b class=""><font size="2" class=""><u class=""></u> </font></b></span><b style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" class=""><font size="2" class="">This e-mail may contain confidential information which is legally privileged. The information is solely for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.<br class=""><br class=""></font></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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