Unwavering Integrity. Proven Excellence.
Recognized Experience. We are a Firm Founded to Serve Pacific Northwest Clients.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Pacifica acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land on which we work.  We also are honored to live and serve communities on the ancestral lands of the nations whose current lands we call Washington including the Chehalis, Chinook, Colville, Cowlitz, Duwamish, Hoh, Jamestown, Kalispel, Kikiallus, Lower Elwha, Lummi, Makah, Marietta Band, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Nooksack, Palouse, Port Gamble, Puyallup, Quileute, Quinault, Samish, Sauk-Suiattle, Shoalwater, Skokomish, Snohomish, Snoqualmie, Snoqualmoo, Spokane, Squaxin Island, Steilacoom, Stillaguamish, Suquamish, Swinomish, Tulalip, Upper Skagit, Wanapum, and Yakama nations.

WHO WE ARE

Dynamic and value-driven

Pacifica was formed as an innovative law firm committed to the dynamics and values that drive Northwest companies and civic entities. Since our launch in 2011, we have grown significantly, and we now provide public and private clients with extensive experience in litigation, appeals, public finance, construction, real estate, nonprofit, and school district and municipal law.

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OUR MISSION

Talent, creativity and integrity

We are a law firm committed to serving public and private clients in the Pacific Northwest with focused and sophisticated talent, intellect, creativity and unwavering integrity. We offer a range of services to help our clients address their most pressing legal needs.

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OUR VALUES

Respect, care and honesty

We value each other and will treat every person with the same measure of respect and care that we would expect of them. We will be open, honest and civil in all of our dealings. We recognize that we are all linked in a community and are committed to giving of our time and means to that community. We value our differences and recognize the importance of diversity in our firm, in the legal profession and in our community at large. We value balance in our work and lives. We are committed to building an enduring law firm with a stellar reputation. We are committed to Pacifica’s continuous improvement, and in that improvement to every Pacifican’s continual personal and professional growth.

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DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

Committed to Meaningful Change

We are committed to realizing our statement of values in our differences and our recognition of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in our firm, in the legal profession and in our community at large. We acknowledge the work to be done, and celebrate progress where we see it. We pledge to conduct ourselves and our business in a manner that meaningfully advances the cause of racial equity and social justice. The firm’s Equity & Inclusion Team, Carlos Chavez, Stacey Crawshaw-Lewis, Lanna Do, Erik Jennings, Sarah Mack, Grace McDonough, Tobias Tobler, and Sarah Washburn, together with other firm leaders, will continue to focus on the real challenges and necessary opportunities to increase equity and inclusion at Pacifica and beyond.

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RECOGNITION