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Maritime and transportation lawyers on the Seattle waterfront since 1979. We represent the fleets, carriers, processors, and insurers of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, and Washington employers well beyond the docks.

We didn't add maritime law to a long list. We built the firm on it.

Most of us come from working families, and it shows in how we practice: direct answers, honest assessments, and the same attention whether the client runs a three-billion-dollar carrier or a mom-and-pop fishing boat.

There are no diplomas on our walls. Jim Bauer set that rule in 1979, and it stuck. The work is the credential.

Ready to help and easy to reach. That has always been the strategy.

Our clients come to us by referral and stay for decades. They don't need a firm that does everything; they need one that knows their industry cold, picks up the phone, and takes care of what's asked.

That's the reputation we've built on the Seattle waterfront over forty-five years, and the one we intend to keep.

“They know our industry, they pick up the phone, and they tell us where we actually stand. That is why we have stayed with them for twenty years.”