Are your kids gambling in video games?
By Ray Kahler
Unless parents and grandparents play video games themselves, it can be challenging for them to know what children are really doing when playing video games. It would come as a surprise to many parents...
George Floyd’s Killing and The Protest Movement: Civil Rights Lawyers Speak Out
Boating Accident Law in Washington State
By Ray Kahler
As boating season opens, more people than ever before may turn to the water for relief from staying at home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Unfortunately, collisions and injuries occur on waterways just...
New Partners at
A message from Paul Stritmatter:
My father started our firm 75 years ago after his discharge from the Navy at the end of the war. Since that time we have grown and...
Congratulations Fred! The First Virtual Swearing In Ceremony
Last week, new Stritmatter attorney Fred Rabb found out he passed the bar. This week, he received the high honor of being (remotely) sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu , with his family, friends, and law firm all present in a giant Zoom meeting. Here are some of the...
Ralston v. Tracy Nessl (McNamara) Set for Trial November 2020
This now-infamous case of alleged murder in Belize is finally set for trial on November 16, 2020 in Grant County, Washington.
Stritmatter Law represents the adult children of Tim McNamara, who died on Christmas...
Ride the Ducks of Seattle Closes For Good
On Friday March 13, 2020, Ride the Ducks Seattle quacked for the last time. Without any announcement, the company went out of business. The closure of the Seattle company followed the shuttering and sale in December 2017 of Ride the Ducks International (manufacturer of the ducks) to Ripley’s Entertainment. Both companies had...
Coronavirus Facts, Updates, and Community
Updated March 23, 2020:
NEW LEGAL ORDERS IN WASHINGTON:Governor Inslee has issued a series of executive orders addressing COVID-19. All are accessible here. Some important ones to note:
Hutt Family Statement
No interviews are being given out of respect for the baby’s recent death and family’s grief.
This is the family’s statement.
Dear Members of the Press and Community:
Yesterday our precious and beloved baby daughter, Elizabeth...
Making the Roads Reasonably Safe for Scooters—Not
By Daniel R. Laurence
Today the Seattle Times reports that the City of Seattle proposes to allow electric scooters in bike lanes but not on sidewalks. (See https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/scooters-would-be-allowed-in-bike-lanes-but-not-on-sidewalks-under-seattle-proposal/).
My friend asked me, why...