Bret M. Woody grew up in Tacoma, Washington, the city which he still calls his home. Watching the justice system work for some and not for others led him to his career as a criminal defense attorney. As a law student at Seattle University, Bret spent a year and a half providing public defense work in the King County court system. His work showed him every aspect of the criminal court system – from the jail to the jury. The diversity of this court experience showed him a multitude of different defendants and case facts.
During this time, he was able to learn the trade from some of the absolute best in the criminal defense business. Once passing the bar in 2014, he continued on with his commitment to indigent defense, working first as a public defender in Mason County, and then with the City of Olympia. Now fully private, he still keeps a fee structure which allows him to help people of different socioeconomic backgrounds; defending those who would otherwise be without representation.
In 2016, Bret started his own law practice, Eloquence Law, PLLC, and it grew rapidly. He has worked in courts spanning the entire State of Washington, but now focuses on a select few counties. He calls the counties of Thurston, Pierce, and Mason his main offices, but regularly practices in King, Lewis, Grays Harbor, and Kitsap counties as well. In addition to his criminal defense work, he actively seeks firearm rights restoration for clients that have lost those rights in the past, as well as clearing records, by way of vacating felonies and misdemeanors. He has also contested and won thousands of traffic infractions, and is now considered by many clients and colleagues to be a go-to in the field. Still, the vast majority of Bret’s time is spent in criminal defense.
Bret fully believes in the zealous representation and advocacy for his clients in all cases: whether they be public or private; high pay or low bono. He still to this day holds a core belief in the idea of justice, and works daily towards reaching it for his clients.
