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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dave,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I once referred a client to Ann Silvernale at Holmes, Weddle, & Barcott in Seattle. She does mostly L&I work and in the past was a staff attorney at L&I. She seemed extremely capable to me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Bob Pampell<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Robert Pampell, Attorney<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>21st Century Law Office, PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91'>19125 Northcreek Parkway, Suite 120<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#365F91'>Bothell, WA 98011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>voice: 425-329-2629<br>cell: 425-501-4784<br>email: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:rpampell@swcp.com" title="mailto:rpampell@swcp.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none'>rpampell@swcp.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.21stlawoffice.com/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;border:none'>www.21stLawOffice.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com <wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dave Culbertson<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 5, 2024 10:51 AM<br><b>To:</b> solo-and-small-practice-section@list.wsba.org; creditor-debtor-section@list.wsba.org; wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com; wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b>Cc:</b> Business Law Section <business-law-section@list.wsba.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] Target: L & I Firm or Attorney For Safety Violation Negotiation<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi, Folks. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This may a hard day to get much bandwidth from anybody, especially as election results start to pick up in the afternoon. But here’s the scenario:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A construction company has been hit with some fines by L & I for safety violations on the worksite. It didn’t pay them right away, so they increased. And then got some subsequent fines. Total fines are about 200,000, some 70,000 of which has already been garnished from a bank account. Company has good revenues, maybe 5 million per year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking for referrals to folks who have experience with working out something with L & I on this. This one is large enough that they need somebody who already has some experience, and I’d like to hand it off to them.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As a secondary goal, if anybody has some experience of negotiating with L & I on something like this and would be interested in sharing, I’d like to develop some background knowledge on this kind of case.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><a name="_Hlk52442782">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'>Dave Culbertson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><b>The Law Office of Davisson Culbertson</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'>PO 20403<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'>Seattle, WA 98102<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><i><o:p> </o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><i>Phone: </i>(206) 478-8134<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><i>FAX: </i>(866) 867-7796<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'></span><a href="mailto:dculbertson@culbertsonlawoffice.com" target="_blank"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><i>dculbertson@culbertsonlawoffice.com</i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'><o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk52442782'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>