Serving South King County and the Surrounding Areas.
Each year thousands of people are arrested in Washington. Some face serious felony charges, even more face misdemeanor charges. Some are first-time arrestees, others have been through the entire criminal justice process before. However, one thing that all people who...
Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC is currently hiring for the following positions: Bilingual Immigration Paralegal Bilingual Legal Assistant Our office is located in the heart of South King County and services clients throughout the state. Our suburban location offers...
You’ve worked hard to accumulate your wealth. As a result, it might be difficult for you to think about how you’re going to leave those assets to your loved ones. This might be especially true if you’re concerned about how your loved ones are going to use those...
Getting charged with a DUI can be a devastating experience that can have a significant emotional and financial impact. Many people do not realize that when they are charged with a DUI, they have a variety of defenses that could lessen or mitigate the consequences they...
It was not unexpected but still represented a punch in the stomach to many immigrants who fled their home countries for humanitarian reasons and illegally entered the U.S. On June 7, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that people who entered the country...
Most Kent area residents have at least one credit card. In fact, it is estimated that the average American has at least 4 credit cards. Most of the time a person is able to pay their credit card bills each month. But sometimes an unexpected event occurs that greatly...
Washington State residents struggling with overwhelming debt may want to file for bankruptcy to alleviate their debt, but hesitate from doing so because they do not want to lose everything. What they may not know is that it is possible to keep some property and a...
If you have an upcoming divorce, you are no doubt thinking about how the court will divide your assets. Like most Americans, your retirement account is probably one of your most valuable assets, and you might wonder whether half of it will go to your spouse or whether...
Pedestrians are a concern in Seattle and throughout King County. Since they are so vulnerable to injuries and death in an auto accident, it is a constant process to try and formulate strategies to enhance pedestrian safety. This challenge is compounded by more and...
There is a lot of confusion on what landlords can and cannot do right now under the current moratorium in Washington to evict a tenant. The simple answer is very little. Whether you have a tenant unable, or refusing, to pay rent, a landlord cannot evict. If the tenant...
