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LINDA
NELSON LYSNE, CPA
Areas
of Concentration:
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Estate
Planning; Probate; Elder Law; Medicaid Planning; Tax and
Business Succession Planning. |
Professional
Experience:
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Ms.
Lysne is a licensed certified public accountant and
has worked in both private and public accounting,
including two years in the tax department of a “big
eight”
public accounting firm. She was admitted to the Washington
State Bar Association in 1986 and has practiced law
in private practice since 1987. Ms. Lysne joined Vandeberg
Johnson & Gandara in January, 2005 and currently
serves as Chair of Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara's Estate
Planning & Probate Practice Group. Her practice emphasizes
estate planning, including trusts, probate administration,
Medicaid planning, elder law, and business and taxation
associated with those areas of the law. Ms. Lysne has
spoken at tax and estate planning seminars, for professionals
as well as for various public interest groups. |
Academic
Degrees:
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JD
1985, University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle
University School of Law); BA (accounting) 1980, Western
Washington University. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Ms.
Lysne is past Co-Chair of the Irrevocable Life Insurance
Trust Section, which drafted the Washington State Bar
Association Life Insurance Deskbook, as well as a past
member of the Living Trust Section. She is also a member
of the Real Property, Probate and Trust and Elder Law
Sections. Ms. Lysne is a current member of the National
Association of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), Health Care
Providers, and serves on the United Way Planned Giving
Advisory Committee and University of Puget Sound Gift
Planning Professional Advisory Board. |
Community
Service:
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Ms.
Lysne is actively involved in her two young daughters’
educational and extracurricular activities. |
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DANIEL
C. MONTOPOLI
Areas
of Concentration:
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School
Law and Business Litigation. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Montopoli joined Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 1996,
the same year that he was admitted to the Washington State
Bar. Since that time, his practice has involved representing
school districts in litigation concerning constitutional
law challenges, civil rights, employment law, and special
education disputes. Mr. Montopoli has also represented
local and regional businesses in disputes involving commercial
law, employment law, and intellectual property. Prior
to attending law school, Mr. Montopoli was a writer, editor,
and filmmaker in New York City, where he produced numerous
books and films on medical and psychiatric issues. |
Academic
Degrees:
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JD
1996, University of Washington; BFA 1981, New York University. |
Honors
and Awards:
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Managing
Editor of University of Washington Law Review, 1995-96.
Teaching Fellow in the Basic Legal Skill Department, University
of Washington Law School, 1994-95 and 1995-96. Winner
of the 1982 Academy Award for Best Student Documentary. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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A
member and former officer of the Washington Council
of School Attorneys; former Instructor of School Law
at UPS School of Education; current Instructor of School
Law at the Education Program, University of Washington
- Tacoma. |
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DAREN
H. NITZ
Areas
of Concentration:
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General
Counsel and Business Law; Corporate Financing; Corporate
Transactions |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Nitz joined Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 2004, after
spending over fourteen years representing entrepreneurs,
public and private companies, underwriters, and venture
investors in private and public equity, debt and convertible
securities offerings in emerging and established businesses.
Mr. Nitz assists clients on a wide variety of corporate
matters, including venture formation, equity and debt
financing, corporate governance and planning, strategic
alliances, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as acting
as outside general counsel. |
Academic
Degrees:
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J.D.
1990, University of Southern California; M.S. (Econometrics)
1988, Arizona State University; M.B.A. (Corporate Finance)
1986, Arizona State University; B.S. (Economics) 1985,
Arizona State University |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Mr.
Nitz is a member of the Washington State and California
Bar Associations. He is a member of the Executive Committee
of the Business Law Section of the Washington State Bar
Association, as well as a member of the Corporate Act
Revision Committee of the Washington State Bar Association. |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Nitz is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Shidler
Center for Law, Commerce & Technology at the University
of Washington, and is active in Center for Technology
Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. |
email:
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MARK
R. PATTERSON
Areas
of Concentration:
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Business;
Corporation and Partnership; Commercial; Health Care;
Taxation; Securities. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Patterson joined a predecessor of Vandeberg Johnson &
Gandara in 1977. He was admitted to the Washington State
Bar that same year. Academic Degree: JD 1977, University
of Puget Sound; BA 1974, Washington State University. |
Honors
and Awards:
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Undergraduate
degree cum laude. Law degree cum laude. Editor-in-Chief
of the University of Puget Sound Law Review. Member of
Phi Beta Kappa. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Mr.
Patterson is a member of the Washington State Bar Sections
on Taxation and Business Law and its Uniform Commercial
Code Subcommittee. He has been a contributor and an editor
of the Washington State Bar's Commercial Law Deskbook.
He is a member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association.
He is a member of the Business, Taxation and Science and
Technology Sections of the American Bar Association and
a member of the Washington Society of Health Care Attorneys. |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Patterson has been the president and a board member of
the Municipal League of Tacoma-Pierce County and a member
of the Board of Associated Ministries of Tacoma-Pierce
County. He is active in youth athletics, particularly
the Tacoma Swim Club, where he has been president and
a board of directors member. He has been a member of the
Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce's Legislative
Committee, and is a member of the Business Advisory Committee
of the Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma. |
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CONSTANCE
L. PROCTOR
Areas
of Concentration:
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Real
Estate Development and Financing, Conveyancing, Construction
and Financing, Commercial Leasing, Real Estate Arbitration
and Mediation, and Business Law. |
Professional
Experience:
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Ms.
Proctor was formerly a partner with Shidler McBroom
Gates and Lucas (now Preston Gates and Ellis), Alston
Courtnage MacAulay & Proctor
(now Alston Courtnage and Bassetti) and Karr Tuttle
Campbell in Seattle. She joined Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara
in 2006. |
Academic
Degrees:
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J.D. 1978 University of Washington School
of Law, BA degrees cum laude in Psychology and African
Studies and general honors. |
Honors
and Awards:
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Ms.
Proctor received the Outstanding Lawyer of the Year
Award in 1994 from the Seattle-King County Bar Association,
the Award of Excellence from the Loren Miller Bar
Association in 1997, Distinguished Alumna Award from
the University of Washington School of Law in 1998.
She has been listed in Seattle Magazine “Seattle’s
Top Lawyers”,
Best Lawyers in Americaand Washington Law & Politics “Washington’s
Super Lawyers”. Ms. Proctor is a recipient of
the Natalie Skeels Memorial Award for mentorship and
the Nordstrom Community Service Award. She has authored
publications for and is a frequently invited presenter
to legal professionals and private interest groups. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Ms. Proctor is a Trustee of the Seattle
King County Bar Foundation and of the Pacific Real
Estate Institute (immediate past president). She is
a member of Washington Women Real Estate Lawyers and
a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. She is a former
two term member of the Board of Directors of the Seattle
Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,
the Complex Arbitration Panel of the American Arbitration
Association, former chair of the Washington State Public
Disclosure Commission and a member of the University
of Washington Law Dean's Advisory Board. |
Community
Service:
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Ms.
Proctor serves on the Board of Regents of the University
of Washington (past chair and vice chair, 2nd term)
and is a member of Seattle Chapter of Links Inc. Former
Board service includes Trustees of Children's Hospital
and Medical Center, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Chamber
of Commerce (vice president), the Downtown Seattle
YMCA of King County, United Way of King County, Women
Plus Business, KCTS Channel 9, Catholic Community Services
of Western Washington, City Club, Leadership Tomorrow,
the Alumni Association of Vassar College and Children's
Hospital Foundation. Ms. Proctor served on the Washington
State Governor's Task Force on Juvenile Justice, the
Seattle Mayor's Task Force on the Symphony Hall, King
County Executive's Select Committee on Regional Finance
and Services, the King County Forum for Regulatory
Balance, and the King County Select Committee on Budget
and Finance. |
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H.
ANDREW SALLER, JR.
Areas
of Concentration:
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Civil
Litigation, including Commercial and Personal Injury matters;
Civil Rights; and Employment Law. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Saller was an Assistant Attorney General in the Labor
& Industries and Tort Claims Divisions from 1982 to
1987, and a Special Assistant Attorney General from 1987
to 1988, 1994 to 1996, and 2000 to 2002, representing
the Washington House of Representatives, Bates Community
College and several individual public officials. He joined
a predecessor of Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 1987.
He was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1982. Mr.
Saller is the managing partner of the firm. |
Academic
Degrees:
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JD
cum laude 1982, University of Puget Sound; BA 1976, The
Ohio State University. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Mr.
Saller is a member of the Washington State Bar Association
section on Litigation and the American Bar Association
Torts and Insurance Practice section. He is also a member
of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, the
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, and the
Washington Council of School Attorneys. |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Saller is on the Board of Legal Aid for Washington (Law
Fund) which raises private funding for civil legal services
for indigents. He has also provided pro bono services
for local residents and done volunteer work in Jamaica
as part of Greatshape and International Smile Power. He
is a past commodore of the South Sound Sailing Society. |
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RICHARD
D. THALER
Areas
of Concentration:
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Commercial
and Industrial Real Estate |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Thaler joined Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 2005.
Over the last thirty years he has represented real estate
developers and both individual and institutional investors
in a wide variety of purchase, sale, development, ground
leasing, space leasing and financing transactions involving
commercial and industrial real estate projects. Mr. Thaler
has also represented banks, life companies and pension
funds in a large number of construction and permanent
financings of commercial and industrial real estate projects
throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. |
Academic
Degrees:
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J.D.,
1973, University of Michigan; B.A., History, 1970, University
of Michigan
Recipient: National Bank of Detroit Estate Planning Award. |
Professional
Affiliations:
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Mr.
Thaler is a member of the Washington State Bar Association
and the Alaska Bar Association. |
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PERRIN
WALKER
Areas
of Concentration:
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Preventive
Law and complex Real Estate, Business, Estate, and Trust
Litigation in state and federal courts. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Walker was an attorney for Weyerhaeuser Company for three
years prior to entering private practice. He joined a
predecessor of Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 1969. He
was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1966. Mr.
Walker currently serves as Chair of Vandeberg Johnson
& Gandara's Litigation Practice Group. |
Academic
Degree:
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JD
1966, University of Chicago; BA 1963, Brigham Young University. |
Honors
and Awards:
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Undergraduate
degree with high honors. As a law student he was a
Floyd Russell Meachem scholar. Professional Affiliations:
Mr. Walker has participated in several local and Washington
State Bar Association continuing legal education programs
in various areas of business law, including evidence,
corporate structure, attorney-client relations, ethics,
intellectual property, conflicts of interest, securities
and trade restraints. He has been active in several
local and state Bar committees and he was a founding
trustee and officer of the local Legal Assistance
Foundation. He authored the Pierce County Citizens
Ethics Review Code and served as a Commission member
and Chairman, 1979-1980. He was a member of the University
Place Community Council, 1993-1995, and served as
pro bono counsel through the pre-incorporation process
for the city of University Place. He is a Master member
of The Honorable Robert J. Bryan Inn of Court. Mr.
Walker frequently serves as a mediator and arbitrator
for private disputes. |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Walker is active in community and charitable affiliations
including the Pacific Harbor Council of the Boy Scouts
of America and is a BSA Silver Beaver recipient for
outstanding service to the youth of the community.
He currently serves as an Area Seventy in the Church
of Jesus-Christ of Latter-Day Saints. |
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ELVIN
J. VANDEBERG
Areas
of Concentration:
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Mr.
Vandeberg is retired. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Vandeberg served one year as a law clerk for Justice Frank
P. Weaver of the Washington State Supreme Court. He has
served as Chief Assistant Attorney General for the State
of Washington and as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for
Pierce County, Washington. He joined a predecessor of
Vandeberg Johnson & Gandara in 1959. He was admitted to
the Washington State Bar in 1954. |
Academic
Degrees:
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JD
1954, Gonzaga University Law School. Honors and Awards:
Law degree cum laude. Professional Affiliations: Mr. Vandeberg
is a past president of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association,
the Tacoma-Pierce County Estate Planning Council, the
Washington State Council of School Attorneys, and the
Washington State Society of Hospital Attorneys. His Washington
State Bar Association activities include membership on
the Board of Bar Examiners, the Continuing Legal Education
Committee (Chairman 1982 to 1983), and the Board of Continuing
Legal Education (Chairman 1984). He is a member of the
Washington State Bar Association Sections on Corporation,
Business and Banking Law (Chairman 1979 to 1980) and on
Taxation. He is a member of the American Bar Association
Sections on Business Law and Taxation, the American Bar
Association Forum Committee on Health Law and the Puget
Sound Inn of Court (President 1990-91). |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Vandeberg is active in civil affairs and currently
serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the
Tacoma-Pierce County Sports Commission and the Ark
Institute of Learning. He has served on the boards
of Friends of Lakewold, Cultural Council of Greater
Tacoma, City Club, Goodwill Industries of Tacoma, and
the Tacoma Community College Foundation.
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SCOTT
D. WINSHIP
Areas
of Concentration:
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Business
Representation; Commercial Transactions; Employment and
Labor Relations Law; Commercial Real Estate. |
Professional
Experience:
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Mr.
Winship served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney in both
King and Pierce Counties before entering private practice
as an associate with the Tacoma firm of Bonneville, Viert,
Morton & McGoldrick in 1988. In 1990, Mr. Winship
joined North Pacific Bank in Tacoma, Washington, eventually
assuming leadership of that institution as President and
CEO in 1995. Following the successful sale of North Pacific
Bank in 1998, Mr. Winship joined the firm of Johanson
Berenson LLP, a boutique business and corporate law firm
based in Napa, California, where his practice included
work in the areas of corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions,
leveraged buyouts, employment law, and Employee Stock
Ownership Plans. In 2002, Mr. Winship left the active
practice of law to help organize and open Northwest Commercial
Bank in Lakewood, Washington. |
Academic
Degrees:
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JD
1986, University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University)
School of Law; BA 1979, Seattle Pacific University. |
Honors
and Awards:
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Member
of the Order of the Barristers. |
Professional
Affiliations :
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Mr.
Winship is a member of the Washington State Bar Association
Section on Business Law. He is also a member of the American
Bar Association and the Tacoma – Pierce County Bar
Association. |
Community
Service:
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Mr.
Winship is on the Board and Executive Committee of the
United Way of Pierce County and serves as Treasurer for
that organization. He is a member and has been chair of
the boards of both the MultiCare Health Foundation and
the Nonprofit Center. He has also been the president and
a board member of the Municipal League of Tacoma-Pierce
County. |
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