PHILLIP B. NAVARRO

Phone:  425.454.3374
Fax:  425.454.0087
Email: pnavarro@hansonbaker.com
Legal Assistant:  JoAnna Elam – jelam@hansonbaker.com

PRACTICE EMPHASIS AND EXPERIENCE

• Real Estates
              Commercial and Residential Purchases and Sales
              Condominium and Homeowners Associations
              Leasing
• Land Use and Environmental
              Environmental Litigation and Appeals
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution
• General Business
              Contracts, Licenses and Agreements
              Entity Selection, Formation and Maintenance
              Employment Issues

Phil counsels clients in commercial and real estate and property development transactions, as well as commercial leasing transactions.  He also has extensive experience in business counseling, including business acquisitions, sales and entity formation.   

EDUCATION

J.D., Hamline University, cum laude, 2001
      Associate Editor, Hamline Law Review
      Research Fellowship Award
      Minority Law School Scholarship
      Dean's Honor Roll
B.A., Western Washington University, 1997

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS

• Represented both buyers and sellers in large commercial real estate transactions.
• Assisted large regional health care organization to successfully arbitrate a lease dispute.
• Drafted contracts and employment agreements for local company involved in establishing cellular networks in the Dominican Republic.  
• Litigated a number of disputes involving easements, adverse possession claims and land use issues.

HONORS / AWARDS / UNIQUE RECOGNITION

Clerk to Justice Charles Z. Smith (ret.), Washington State Supreme Court, 2001-2003

PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

East King County Bar Association, Member
King County Bar Association, Member and Business Advising Panel
Washington State Bar Association, Member
Asian Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association of Western District of Washington, Member

BAR / COURT ADMISSIONS

Admitted to Washington State Courts, 2001
Admitted to the United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington

LANGUAGES

Spanish

PERSONAL

Phil spends his free time keeping active and physically fit.