Nicholas (Cole) Douglas is a partner at Cochran Douglas, which has its offices in Tacoma, Washington. Concentrating his practice on personal injury matters, ranging from car accidents to product liability and wrongful death, he also takes on sexual abuse cases, serving clients throughout the state of Washington. Douglas is a compassionate and empathic attorney, taking the time to listen to his clients and answering all their questions. He provides personalized solutions for each of his clients cases and understands the pain they must be going through, especially when they are injured by another person’s careless actions. Graduating cum laude and with dean’s list honors, Douglas obtained his Juris Doctor from the Seattle University School of Law. He received his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the Willamette University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Willamette University’s Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Douglas is licensed to practice in Washington and before the United States District Court for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington. He has received much recognition for his contributions to the field of law, including being named to the Top 40 Under 40 and Top 100 by The National Trial Lawyers, and receiving an Avvo rating of 10 out of 10. Douglas was also recently selected to the 40 Under 40 List by the South Sound Business Journal. Douglas has also consistently been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyers since 2018. Active in his affiliations with the legal community, Douglas is a member of the Honorable Robert J. Bryan American Inns of Court, the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the King County Bar Association and the Thurston County Bar Association. He is also an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice and the past president of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association’s New & Young Lawyers Section.

You deserve a top rated law firm that you can trust to help you following an accident, or criminal investigation. Our experienced lawyers at Durflinger Oliver & Associates have a proven track record of protecting clients, and helping them move forward in life. Things are almost never as bad as they seem. Call us, and we can help put your mind at ease with a smart plan of attack. If you have been charged with a crime, received a traffic ticket, or have been injured because of someone’s negligence, the choice you make in an attorney will have long lasting consequences. Criminal charges can result in Article 15 and Chapter proceedings, jail, fines, and treatment. All of these things are expensive, and potentially life altering. Traffic tickets, while less serious, can affect your insurance rate, and even your license. An accident can result in massive hospital bills, suffering and bankruptcy. When you need help, our team is here for you. At Durflinger Oliver & Associates you don't have to settle for a single attorney when you can hire a team of experienced lawyers to fight for you. Our attorneys have a half century of collective litigation experience. That means you can rest assured that your case will receive the benefit of 50 years of courtroom practice and experience working with judges, insurance adjusters, and opposing attorneys. Best of all, you get this team at a great value, so you don't have to settle for a single, less experienced lawyer. Founding Partner and Of Counsel attorney James Oliver paid for college by serving in the Army Reserves. In college, he co-captained his university’s NCAA Men’s Volleyball team. As a result of his athletic experience and military service, he understands the value of a team, and the needs and concerns of service members and their families. That’s why he built this firm, and that’s why he instituted the Military Discount offered to service members by Durflinger Oliver & Associates. Founding partner Natalie Durflinger graduated with honors from both the University of Washington and Gonzaga School of Law. At Gonzaga, Natalie was a Thomas More Scholar, and founded the university’s American Civil Liberties Chapter, serving as President. She also performed community service locally, and in Central America before following her passion for criminal defense and establishing Durflinger Oliver & Associates with James Oliver. Natalie’s practice is dedicated almost exclusively to misdemeanor criminal defense including domestic violence, driving offenses, drug charges, and property crimes. She has an established reputation as an aggressive defense attorney who is respected by judges and prosecutors alike. Natalie also has shared her Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure knowledge as a College Adjunct Professor. Senior Associate Martha McLaughlin heads up the firm’s Personal Injury section. She is an Honors Graduate from the University of Puget Sound, and also from Seattle University School of Law. Martha's husband of 30 years is a retired Air Force officer, so Martha knows the difficulties endured by service members and their families. She also knows how to protect you and your family following an accident, or criminal charges. As a former prosecutor, she has been on both sides of the fight and understands what judges are looking for. Martha’s dedicated personal injury paralegal brings three decades of injury litigation experience to the firm, and the two professionals work closely with the firm’s other attorneys to ensure exceptional results for each of our clients. Tracey Munger represents clients accused of felony offenses, and clients in danger of losing their children in dependency proceedings. Her litigation experience began in Louisiana during law school, and continued on into Washington in 2002. She has represented clients in almost every court in the Puget Sound region, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Federal Court as well. She has won cases as simple as traffic infraction to as complex as federal drug trafficking and everything in between. As head of the Felony Section, Tracey decides which cases the firm will accept, and which staff to assign as support. Her reputation as a “street fighter” has been earned through countless negotiations, hearings, motions, and trials. After 14 years of practice in Western Washington, Tracey has a great understanding of, and appreciation for, the sacrifices of our service members and their families, and she works hard to protect them. Durflinger Oliver & Associates Of Counsel attorney Andrew Huff is a Seattle native who started his career as a prosecuting attorney with Kitsap County before being hired as an associate by well-known criminal defense firm Bennett Raney Moran and Gianneschi. In 2001, he went out on his own and started the Law Office of Andrew Charles Huff in Seattle. Andrew is a former board member of “Citizens for Judicial Excellence,” member of “National College for DUI Defense” and the “Order of Barristers.“ He is also an experienced Judge Pro Tem, which means that he clearly understands what needs to be done to protect his clients. Andrew is a valued teammate of Durflinger Oliver, and his contributions to the accused have brought relief to hundreds of Washington families. No legal team is worth a thing without high quality support staff, and the Durflinger Oliver team is exceptional. In fact, Durflinger Oliver has twice been awarded the “Firm of the Year” award by the Pierce County Chapter of NALS – The National Association of Legal Professionals. The staff at Durflinger Oliver make the weekly team meetings possible and productive and ensure that every client file is regularly team reviewed. This ensures the highest quality representation at the best value. In addition to our Military Discount, we also offer convenient payment plans, and bilingual Spanish services. We look forward to meeting with you for your free consultation. Call today to schedule your free meeting with an experienced attorney who can put your mind at ease and tell you what Durflinger Oliver can do for you. IF YOU DEMAND JUSTICE, DEMAND DURFLINGER OLIVER!

For over 22 years, John A. Sterbick has been dedicated to providing thorough and experienced legal advice. Here at the Law Offices of John A. Sterbick, we specialize in a wide variety of practice areas including Internal Revenue Services (IRS) Tax Representation, Personal Injury, and Bankruptcy. With several expert attorneys and an exceptional support staff, the Law Offices of John A. Sterbick are dedicated to serving you and your unique legal needs. My Grandfather, Joseph B. Lee, was an accountant and my mentor. I learned a great deal about the IRS from him at an early age. Both my father and my sister were also attorneys in Tacoma, Washington. I studied Federal Tax Law at Seattle University School of Law in 1985. Upon graduation in 1988, I started my practice at Sterbick, Abel, & Sterbick. Through my tax practice, I learned that many tax debts can be discharged through Chapter 7 bankruptcy or paid through Chapter 13. I began practicing bankruptcy law in 2009. My firm has discharged literally millions of dollars of IRS debt for my clients. I am admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court, the United States District Court, and the Washington State Superior Court. I am a member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association and the Washington State Bar Association. I am married and blessed with my wonderful wife and children. When I'm not doing things with my family in my spare time, I enjoy ballroom dancing and the game of golf.

Jason S. Newcombe Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, and Traffic Ticket Defense Washington State Attorneys, PLLC | Tacoma Office Call (844) 925-2943 | https://www.washingtonstateattorneys.com/tacoma.html Your Tacoma Criminal Defense Attorney Tacoma is home. It is the city of the Tacoma Dome and Point Defiance, the Museum District, the waterfront along Ruston Way, the grit of downtown and the quiet of the North End. It is also the city where Jason S. Newcombe has been fighting for accused clients in Pierce County courtrooms for decades. From our Tacoma office at 201 St. Helens Ave, Jason and the criminal defense team at Washington State Attorneys, PLLC represent people charged with DUI, criminal offenses, and traffic infractions throughout Pierce County. Jason is an award winning Super Lawyer and has received more than 300 positive client reviews over many years of practice, earning the kind of trust that only comes from consistently delivering real results for real people. Call (844) 925-2943 today for a free and confidential consultation. Decades of Pierce County Courtroom Experience Jason has been handling criminal, DUI, and traffic cases in Pierce County for over two decades, and in that time our lawyers have appeared in every court in the county. When we say every court, we mean it. Our attorneys regularly appear in Pierce County Superior Court at the Pierce County Courthouse in downtown Tacoma for felony cases, family law matters, and appeals from the lower courts. We appear in Pierce County District Court for misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors, and civil infractions arising in unincorporated Pierce County, Eatonville, Edgewood, and elsewhere in the district's jurisdiction. We also appear in every municipal court in Pierce County, including Tacoma Municipal Court, Lakewood Municipal Court, Puyallup Municipal Court, Fife Municipal Court, Fircrest Municipal Court, Gig Harbor Municipal Court, Bonney Lake Municipal Court, Buckley Municipal Court, Orting Municipal Court, Roy Municipal Court, DuPont Municipal Court (held at Lakewood), Steilacoom Municipal Court (held at Lakewood), University Place Municipal Court (held at Lakewood), Milton Municipal Court (held at Puyallup), Sumner Municipal Court (held at Bonney Lake), South Prairie Municipal Court (held at Bonney Lake), Eatonville Municipal Court, Ruston Municipal Court (held at Fircrest), Carbonado Municipal Court (held at Buckley), and Wilkeson Municipal Court. That kind of local experience matters. Every courthouse in Pierce County has its own personality, its own prosecutors, and its own commissioners and judges. Jason knows the people, the practices, and the unwritten rules that make the difference between a case that drags on and a case that gets resolved the right way. DUI Defense in Tacoma and Pierce County DUI defense has been a cornerstone of Jason's practice since he tried his first DUI case as a prosecutor in 1996. That prosecutor's chair perspective, combined with decades of defense work in Pierce County, gives Jason a real edge in how he reads a case file and plans an attack. We challenge DUI cases on multiple fronts at once. Was the stop supported by reasonable suspicion? Were the field sobriety tests administered according to NHTSA protocols? Was the Draeger Alcotest 9510 breath test machine properly calibrated, was the operator currently certified, and was the fifteen minute observation period actually conducted? The Draeger has been the subject of serious, sustained scientific challenges by Washington defense attorneys, including concerns about breath temperature correction and fuel cell degradation. One critical point for Pierce County DUI clients: you have only seven days from the date of arrest to request a Department of Licensing administrative hearing to protect your driver's license. If you have been arrested for DUI in Tacoma, Lakewood, Puyallup, or anywhere in Pierce County, please call (844) 925-2943 right away so we can protect your license while we build your defense. Tacoma Criminal Defense A criminal charge can follow you for life. It affects jobs at JBLM and in the Port, it affects your ability to rent in Stadium or on the Hilltop, and it affects your family. Our Tacoma criminal defense lawyers handle the full range of Pierce County misdemeanors and felonies, including assault, domestic violence, theft, drug possession, harassment, malicious mischief, hit and run, reckless driving, no contact order violations, and minor in possession. We review the 911 call, the body camera and dashboard camera footage, the officer's report, the witness statements, and every piece of digital evidence. Then we push hard for dismissal, suppression, or acquittal where the facts support it, and for reduced charges or diversion when a negotiated resolution serves the client best. Pierce County Traffic Ticket Defense Paying a Pierce County traffic ticket is a guilty finding that will follow your driving record and drive up your insurance premiums for years. Before you mail that check, call us. Our attorneys fight speeding tickets, school zone and construction zone tickets, negligent driving, red light and stop sign violations, HOV violations, following too closely, unsafe lane changes, and no insurance citations throughout Pierce County. A short call could save you thousands. Visit Us or Call Us Today Tacoma Office: 201 St. Helens Ave, Suite 204B, Tacoma, WA 98402. Phone (253) 627-2222. Call (844) 925-2943 for a free consultation, or visit www.washingtonstateattorneys.com. We are ready to fight for you.