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Brian Hanis named by Super Lawyers as a 2014 Rising Star

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HIP congratulates Attorney / Partner Brian Hanis on being selected to the 2014 Washington Rising Stars List by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. 

Brian focuses his practice in the areas of Bankruptcy, Landlord / Tenant and Real Estate.

This is Brian’s fourth year in a row receiving this award.

Gregory Cromwell and Amy Meharry speak at Director’s Training session

On Thursday June 19th,  HIP partner attorney Gregory Cromwell and associate attorney Amy Meharry presented information and answered questions for over fifty directors of Homeowner’s and Condominium Associations (HOAs) at a Director’s Training session sponsored by Around the Clock, Inc., a property management company located in Kent.  The seminar was held at the Kent Senior Center. The approximate two-hour presentation covered topics of interest to HOAs including issues such as Fair Housing Act discrimination involving Rules pertaining to children, the preparation of concise, proper Board meeting minutes, a legislative update on use of electronic transmission of notices for owners’ meetings and the requirement that annual owners’ meeting minutes be available to owners within 60 days of the meeting date, case law updates on recent Court decisions affecting Associations, how to effectively and properly handle owners’ records access requests; an overview of collection tools and the legal process for handling collection matters; and some of the latest issues regarding how the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act applies to assessment collection for Associations. Their presentation was followed by a Q&A session where the attending directors were able to ask and get answers to many other questions on issues of interest to their Association.  The event was very successful and appreciated by the attendees who actively participated in the event through their questions and discussions with Greg and Amy.

HIP’s Immigration Department attends The Kent School District’s Resource Fair

 

June 12, 2014 – The attorneys of HIP’s Immigration Department attended the Kent School District Resource Fair held at the Birch Creek Youth Center.  Cynthia Irvine, Florian Purganan, Mary-Beth Leeper, and Meghan Kelly-Stallings, fielded questions from community members and provided written information about DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), an immigration benefit available to certain noncitizens who arrived to the U.S. as children.  Various local businesses, public agencies and nonprofits also attended the event organized by the Kent School District, Centro Rendu and the King County Housing Authority.

Attorneys Meghan Kelly-Stallings, Florian Purganan, Cynthia Irvine and Mary Beth Leeper.
Meghan Kelly-Stallings, Florian Purganan, Cynthia Irvine, and Mary Beth Leeper.

 

Immigration Attorney, Mary Beth Leeper
Immigration Attorney, Mary Beth Leeper

 

 

HIP Welcomes Legal Intern Kevin Munsch

 

June 5, 2014 – HIP is pleased to announce that Kevin Munsch will be the firm’s intern for the summer.

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Kevin currently attends The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law in Tucson, Arizona.  A double Wildcat, he also completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Arizona.  During that time, he majored in business management and completed the McGuire Entrepreneur Program, and kept busy athletically as well.  As a student-athlete, he was a member of the men’s swim team where he was a 5 time NCAA All-American and served as team captain during his senior year.