Vashon Lawyers

Gabriel Harrison was born and raised near Bellingham, Washington. He attended Western Washington University and in 2004 earned his undergraduate degree in History and Political Science. Gabe entered the University of Oregon Law School in 2009 and graduated in 2012.

Gabe has been practicing immigration law since 2013. He currently owns Harrison and Pai, PLLC with his law Partner, Holly Pai.

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.

Emma Kazaryan has a civil litigation practice with an emphasis on employment law. She has successfully represented clients in severance negotiations, workplace investigations, government investigations, and licensing matters. Her accomplishments include helping clients obtain professional licensure despite challenging obstacles and resolving a wide variety of matters (including workplace and government investigations) with stellar settlements for her clients. Emma’s pragmatic and focused approach to litigation has enabled her to resolve several cases with a motion for summary judgment. Emma’s transactional work – which includes drafting employee handbooks and policies for the firm’s employer clients and counseling them...

Brian McMahon focuses his practice specifically on intellectual property litigation matters for clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to individual inventors, involving technologies relating to chemical, mechanical, and electrical arts alike. In so doing, he has appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, several federal district courts, and the United States International Trade Commission.
Brian has extensive experience in all phases of litigation, including prelitigation investigation and due diligence, case management, strategy and development, discovery, motion practice, obtaining and opposing injunctive relief, damages analysis, expert witness preparation, depositions, settlement negotiations, mediation, trial, and appeals. Some highlights...

Stephen L. Day is currently in-house counsel for Isola Enterprises and Northwest Builders Finance, LLC, located on Mercer Island, WA. Prior to joining Isola and NWBF he retired from American Fast Freight (AFF), the parent company of Hawaiian Ocean Transport (HOT) and AFF, Inc. (AFFI), in June 2014. He joined AFF as Vice President, Corporate Counsel in June of 2005, became Chief Operating Officer thereafter and then served as President and CEO until retirement. He was also the Chairman, President and CEO of AFFI, AFF’s parent company at the time of his retirement. Prior to joining AFF,...

Gregory Albert is an attorney representing plaintiffs in legal malpractice cases in Seattle and throughout Western Washington. Mr. Albert grew up in Alaska and served in the U.S. Navy from 1996-2000. After graduating with honors from the University of Washington in 2004, Mr. Albert graduated from the University of Washington School of Law in 2009.

Todd R. DeVallance has over 20 years of experience handling high profile and complex family law matters. Todd is one of the few practicing divorce attorneys in Washington State with a LL.M. in Taxation and truly qualified to advise clients on potential tax issues resulting from divorce. He has handled numerous divorces involving Restricted Stock Units and retirement benefits. Todd has appeared on The Today Show, Anderson Cooper, FoxNews’ Fox & Friends, ABC News, and has provided expert legal analysis on national high-profile cases. Todd is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on the topic of tax consequences...