(Main Office)

The firm was founded in 1882. Over 120 years the firm has had fourteen partners. Three partners, J. A. Vander Stoep, Grant Armstrong and A. A. Hull have served terms as President of the Washington State Bar Association. The firm has a civil law practice with emphasis on estates, litigation and municipal law.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice. Insurance Defense, Guardianships, Wills, Adoption Law, Corporations, General Business, Probate, Real Estate, Taxation, Trust, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Administration Law.

Representative Clients:

Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis County
Chehalis School District
Lewis County Fire Districts 2,5 and 15
Tractebel Power
Boistfort Valley Water Association
Uhlmann Motors, Inc.
Interstate Auto Group, LLC
Gootee Chevrolet Co.
Century 21-Lund Realtors
Alcoa, Inc.
Warren Developments, Inc.
Steck Medical Group
Trust Department of Security State Bank
Michelin North America
Les Schwab Tire Centers
Allstate Insurance Group
Transnation Title Insurance Co.
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company (many non-disclosed insurance and self insured entities).

Address

345 N.W. Pacific Avenue P.O. Box 867
Chehalis, WA 98532, (Lewis Co.)

Phone

Phone: 360-748-9281
Fax: 360-748-3184

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Rene J. Remund (Member) born Chehalis, Washington, December 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, California; 1974, Washington. Education: Stanford University (A.B., 1969); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California (J.D., 1973). Member: Lewis County (President, 1980) and Washington State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Business Law; Trust and Estates; Elder Law; Corporate Law; Utility Law.Email: Rene J. Remund

J. Vander Stoep (Member) born Chehalis, Washington, May 20, 1957; admitted to bar, 1989, Washington and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Western Washington University (B.A., 1979); University of Washington (J.D., 1989). Order of Barristers. Washington State Representative, 1981-1987. Chief of Staff to United States Senator Slade Gorton, 1990-1993. Member: Lewis County (President, 2000) and Washington State Bar Associations; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Government.Email: J. Vander Stoep

Scott E. Blinks (Member) born Chehalis, Washington, August 18, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Washington and U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1986); DePaul University (J.D., 1992). Member: Lewis County (President, 2002) and Washington Bar State Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA); Washington Defense Trial Lawyers; Defense Research Institute (DRI). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Real Estate; Trust and Estates; Municipal Law; Guardianship.Email: Scott E. Blinks

David A. Jones (Member) born British Columbia, Canada, April 30, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Washington. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 1986); Seattle University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Washington State Bar Association; Washington Defense Trial Lawyers; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Practice Areas: Guardianship; Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Personal Injury; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Civil Litigation; Real Estate; Elder Law.Email: David A. Jones

RETIRED PARTNER

James A. Vander Stoep (Retired Partner) born Inwood, Iowa, May 14, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Washington and Oregon. Education: State College of Washington (B.A., 1947); University of Oregon (B.S., 1948; LL.B., 1950). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Federal Bar Association, Western District of Washington. Member: Lewis County, Washington State (President, 1989-1990; Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1984 and 1987) and American Bar Associations. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman, 1992-1993); American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Trust and Estates; Arbitration; Real Estate.