Mountlake Terrace Lawyers

Comprehensive risk management and defense representation of credit and collection professionals.

Vijay Gosalia is a founding member of Ortiz & Gosalia, PLLC. He currently provides legal services in the areas of tax controversy, bankruptcy and estate planning. Prior to establishing Ortiz & Gosalia, PLLC, Mr. Gosalia provided legal services as a solo practitioner at Gosalia & Associates, LLC from 2009 through June 2011. Mr. Gosalia currently serves as an attorney at the Federal Tax Clinic at the University of Washington providing pro-bono tax services to clients and has done so since 2008. In addition to being admitted to practice in the State of Washington, Mr. Gosalia is admitted...

Theresa Lorella became an attorney to help people find their voices in difficult and emotional circumstances. While she is a strong advocate in litigation, Theresa believes in reducing conflict whenever possible. She is specially trained in collaborative law and serves as a neutral mediator in settlement conferences. Theresa has significant experience representing clients in the technology industry and in high value asset cases involving real estate, work-related benefits, and stock award division. As a trained guardian ad litem (GAL), she is effective in cases involving parenting plans and nonparental custody.

I'm a 1982 graduate of the UCLA School of Law who has been practicing law in Bellevue since that year. My practice emphasizes plaintiff's personal injury and insurance claims, real estate litigation and other civil litigation cases. Before becoming a lawyer, I worked as a copywriter/creative director in advertising and as on-air talent at a commercial radio station. Communication is very important to me, whether with clients, insurance adjusters, opposing counsel or with a judge and jury. Litigation is difficult enough without struggling with your attorney. I try to make the process as easy as possible for my clients.

Lisa Christoffersen assists northwest businesses and professionals with work visas, employment-based and family-based permanent residency, and citizenship. She is active with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and has been named a Washington SuperLawyer.

Catherine Fleming has obtained record breaking 7 to 9 figure settlements on behalf of her injured clients. She focuses on injured bicyclists, pedestrians, and car crash victims.

Her excellent results and diligence has garnered praise from clients young and old.

With 20 years of experience, attorney David Dawson has the expertise to handle any and all major injury or death claims. He has recovered millions of dollars in settlements and verdicts for his clients on a wide variety of death and injury cases in Washington, and throughout the Northwest. Having spent his early lawyer years working for insurance companies, he knows all too well how they operate and how they put their profits and interests first. However, for the past 17 years, he has worked exclusively on behalf of injured victims, going up against big insurance. An avid cyclist himself, Mr....