ELM partner Skip Li was the featured speaker at the 2017 Seattle-King County prayer breakfast this past November. In his remarks, Skip spoke about his many years of work with young people, primarily college students, and how he approaches the challenge of having meaningful discussions about faith with students from different backgrounds. The Seattle-King County […]
Having successfully passed the bar exam, Connor Rankin was sworn in yesterday during a ceremony at the Norm Maleng Regional Justice Center. The ceremony was presided over by Judge Richard F. McDermott. Connor, who graduated in the spring from Seattle University School of Law, will begin practicing at ELM upon receiving his bar license. The event […]
On the fourth Wednesday of every month, you’ll find a group of ELM staff and attorneys serving dinner at the New Horizons drop-in center at 3rd and Cedar. The center offers hope to youth who are experiencing homelessness by providing cooked meals and a place to shower, among other services. Our managing partner, Lana Floyd, […]
Ellis, Li & McKinstry enters the New Year with three new associate attorneys. Brock Hartman, Cosmin Popa, and Peter Dolan all joined ELM over the course of this past year and bring vastly different experiences to their practice at ELM. They each focus on a different area of law, ranging from business litigation to estate […]
The Seattle legal community and our law firm lost a giant on March 5, 2016. Ron McKinstry, partner at the firm from 1992 until his retirement in 2004, died peacefully at age 89. He was surrounded by family at the time. Before he joined ELM, Ron was a long-time partner at Bogle and Gates, one […]
For the third summer in a row, we welcome a high school student from the YWCA GirlsFirst program. The mission of YWCA GirlsFirst is “to encourage leadership, instill confidence, develop skills, and provide opportunities to girls of color.” Our past interns have been highly intelligent and driven individuals who became valuable additions to our firm. […]
Spanking Public figures involved in physical discipline of their children have recently been in the news. Jan Olson, our criminal defense attorney, just went to jury trial where the uncontroverted facts were that our client spanked his 7 year old son on the bottom with a belt. Our client was initially investigated for felony assault […]
On June 2, 2014, the Seattle City Council passed into law new minimum wage standards that take effect April 1, 2015. In order to help employers understand the changing landscape, we summarize the key areas of the ordinance. The new law affects employers differently depending on their size. “Large Employers” employ more than 500 employees, […]
