VerifiedLawFirms editorial: Focus and practice areas — This is a Washington law firm built around real estate and the disputes that grow out of it.
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About Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess
Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess is a Washington law firm with offices in Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia. The firm practices real estate, land use, probate, construction, business, family, estate planning, and employment law, serving businesses and individuals across the Puget Sound area and Southwest Washington. The firm states that its attorneys have more than 100 years of combined legal experience and that it has served the region for more than 25 years.
Its work centers on civil litigation and transactional matters, including real estate transactions and disputes, construction litigation and construction defect, land use and permitting, landlord-tenant matters, business law, and probate and trust matters. The founding partner, Thomas Dickson, has practiced for over 30 years in real estate, construction, and business law. The firm also lists a Portland office and states that it serves clients in Washington and Oregon, including Renton, Puyallup, Federal Way, Bellevue, Kent, and King and Pierce counties.
Editor's Review
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Focus and practice areas
This is a Washington law firm built around real estate and the disputes that grow out of it. The core work covers real estate transactions, land use, permitting, and construction law. From there it widens into business law, probate, estate planning, family law, and employment law.
The pattern across the practice is a split between two kinds of work. One side is civil litigation: real estate and construction disputes, landlord-tenant matters, and probate and trust conflicts. The other side is transactional: contracts, acquisitions, and the permitting that development needs.
In my opinion the mix reads as coherent rather than scattered. Most of the practice areas touch property in some form, and the ones that do not, like family law and employment law, are the kinds of matters a regional firm's existing clients tend to bring in over time.
Where the firm works
The firm lists offices in Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia. It also names a Portland office and states that it serves clients in both Washington and Oregon.
The client map it describes runs across the Puget Sound area and into Southwest Washington. Named communities include Renton, Puyallup, Federal Way, Bellevue, and Kent, along with King and Pierce counties. That is a working footprint rather than a single city practice.
The firm states that its attorneys hold more than 100 years of combined legal experience and that it has served the region for more than 25 years. Those are the firm's own figures. They point to a settled regional presence, which matters for the kind of local real estate and land use work described here, where county rules and permitting practice differ from place to place.
How the team is built
The roster is deep for a regional firm, and the bios point in a consistent direction. Real estate, construction, and business litigation come up again and again across individual attorneys.
The founding side
Thomas Dickson is the founding partner and a litigator. The firm states he has practiced for over 30 years in real estate, construction, and business law. Robert Dickson works in civil litigation with a focus on construction, real estate, and business law, and his described clients range from large construction companies to individual homeowners.
Daniel Frohlich is credited with more than 20 years in the field, working in construction litigation, civil litigation, and real estate law. Heather Burgess focuses on real estate developers through acquisition, development, and permitting. Between them the founding names cover both the courtroom and the deal.
The partner bench
Several partners fill out the practice, and each bio narrows to a defined lane. George Knight is active in both civil litigation and transactional work, across business, real estate, construction, employment, and probate law. Daniel Pizarro handles real estate, landlord-tenant, contract, and probate and trust matters.
Cambria Queen practices real estate, estate planning, business, and probate law. Patrick Lynch works in litigation and transactional matters, including real estate contracts, land use, class actions, privacy, and securities litigation. That is a wider spread than most on the team, and it signals where the firm takes on more complex disputes.
Alexander Wisbey leads the Seattle litigation group and is described as a trial attorney who has first-chaired more than a dozen bench and jury trials. His bio also lists arbitrations, mediations, complex discovery, and settlements. Brian Kellett focuses on adverse possession, timber trespass, municipal issues, and other real estate and land use disputes, which are the kinds of niche property questions that do not appear on every firm's page.
Other named attorneys
Trevor Zandell graduated with honors from law school in 2005 and serves businesses, individuals, and families across Southwest Washington. Chris Pierce-Wright represents property owners in development and permitting, along with civil litigation and appellate matters. Salim Lewis passed the bar in 2017, one of the few dated credentials the site states outright.
What stands out for a reader
The clearest signal here is depth in a defined area. When most of a dozen-plus attorneys describe real estate, construction, and land use work, a client with a property dispute or a development question can reasonably expect the firm to have handled something close before.
The trial detail is worth noting too. A named attorney who has first-chaired more than a dozen trials tells you the firm keeps courtroom capacity in-house, not only settlement and paperwork. For construction defect and real estate disputes, that matters when a matter does not resolve early.
As a reviewer, I would flag what the public pages do not settle. The firm states relative figures for its age and combined experience but no specific founding year, and most attorney bios list practice focus without law school or admission dates. That is common for firm websites, and it is not a mark against the work. It only means a prospective client will want to ask those questions directly.
The honest read is a regional Washington firm with a property-centered practice, a broad partner group, and coverage that stretches from Seattle down through Olympia and into Portland. For real estate, construction, land use, and the estate and business matters that sit alongside them, the roster and the multi-office footprint give a client a clear place to start.
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Alexander WisbeyPartner
Alexander is a partner in the Seattle office and leads the Seattle litigation group. He is a trial attorney who has first-chaired more than a dozen bench and jury trials and handles arbitrations, mediations, complex discovery, and settlements.
Practice focus
Appeals
General Practice
Litigation
Land Use and Zoning
Personal Injury
Real Estate
Austin Sisley
Austin's practice includes real estate, business, land use, landlord-tenant, and civil litigation matters. He assists clients with regulatory issues and supports the firm's litigation practice.
Practice focus
Business
Contracts and Agreements
Land Use and Zoning
Eminent Domain
Real Estate
Brian KellettPartner
Brian is a partner and litigator. His practice focuses on adverse possession, timber trespass, municipal issues, and other real estate and land use disputes.
Practice focus
Litigation
Real estate
Property disputes
Easements
Adverse possession
Probate
Cael Anacker
Cael's practice focuses on property and construction litigation, advising public and private clients. Before his legal career, he worked in construction estimation and project management at a specialty concrete company.
Cambria QueenPartner
Cambria is a partner in the civil litigation department. She practices primarily real estate, estate planning, business, and probate law.
Practice focus
Family Law
Estate Planning
Arbitration
Litigation
Appeals
Banking
Chris Pierce-Wright
Chris's practice includes representing property owners in real estate development and permitting, along with civil litigation and appellate matters.
Practice focus
Land Use & Zoning
State, Local & Municipal
Appellate
Business Litigation
Clemencia Castro Woolery
Clemencia is a business attorney with experience in employment law, business transactions, and banking law. Her employment law practice includes counseling, training, and drafting employment handbooks, policies, and executive employment agreements.
Practice focus
Business & Corporate
Employment & Labor
DFDaniel Frohlich
Dan has more than 20 years of experience in the legal field. His practice focuses on construction litigation, civil litigation, and real estate law.
Practice focus
Business Law
Construction Law
Real Estate Law
Litigation
Personal Injury
Probate
Daniel PizarroPartner
Daniel is a partner active in the firm's civil litigation department. His practice centers on real estate law, landlord-tenant law, contract law, and probate and trust law.
Practice focus
Real Estate
Landlord & Tenant
Contracts & Agreements
Probate
Eric SchachtAssociate
Eric is an associate who provides counsel and representation to businesses and individuals in real estate, corporate, and business law.
Practice focus
Litigation
Contracts and Agreements
General Practice
Real Estate
Commercial Real Estate
Corporate and Incorporation
George KnightPartner
George is a partner active in the firm's civil litigation and transactional departments. His practice centers on business law, real estate law, construction law, employment law, and probate law.
HBHeather Burgess
Heather's practice focuses on representing real estate developers through the phases of real estate acquisition, development, and permitting.
Practice focus
Environmental Law
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Environmental
Real Estate Law
Jacob Walker
Jacob practices in the firm's civil litigation department. His practice centers on real estate law, trust and probate law, general business law, and appellate litigation.
Practice focus
Appellate practice
Business law
Contracts
Estate planning
Intellectual property
International law
Jessica Kamish
Jessica practices in the firm's civil litigation department. Her practice centers on real estate disputes, construction defect, and general business law.
Practice focus
Land Use & Zoning
Probate
Kevin Hayes
Kevin has worked as a civil litigator since 2015. He represents clients through all stages of litigation in cases involving employment, professional licensing, contract, construction, personal injury, and real estate matters.
Laurence Tran
Laurence has a background in criminal defense and previously served as in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 company.
Practice focus
Criminal Defense
DUI & DWI
Domestic Violence
Patrick LynchPartner
Patrick is a partner practicing in the firm's litigation and transactional departments. He represents clients in disputes involving real estate contracts, land use, class actions, privacy, and securities litigation.
Practice focus
Commercial Litigation
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
RDRobert Dickson
Rob's practice centers on civil litigation with an emphasis on construction, real estate, and business law. He represents clients ranging from large construction companies to individual homeowners.
Practice focus
Real estate
Business
Estate and probate planning
Family law
Land use and zoning
Probate
Salim Lewis
Salim practices in the firm's civil litigation department, with a background in premises liability, police liability, medical malpractice, and product liability.
Practice focus
Personal Injury
Civil Litigation
Employment & Labor
Appeals
Shasta Kelley
Shasta grew up in a family of real estate entrepreneurs in and around Pierce and South King County. She graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Business Administration focusing on Finance and Law and Public Policy.
Practice focus
Real Estate
Business & Corporate
TDThomas DicksonFounding Partner
Tom is the founding partner of the firm and a litigator. For over 30 years he has represented clients in real estate, construction, and business law matters.
Practice focus
Real estate
Business
Estate and probate planning
Family law
Land use and zoning
Probate
Trevor Zandell
Trevor graduated with honors from law school in 2005. He serves businesses, individuals, and families across Southwest Washington.
Practice focus
Civil Litigation
Business Litigation
Construction Litigation
Land Use/Zoning
Real Estate
Yaamini SharmaAssociate
Yaamini is a litigation associate representing businesses and individuals in civil disputes in Washington state and federal courts.
Practice focus
Business Law
Construction Law
Insolvency
Business Litigation
General Practice
Litigation
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