Gary L. Wolfstone
Seattle Trial Lawyer Highest Ethical Standards
Mr. Wolfstone has been practicing law since 1972. He was admitted in Oregon in 1972 and admitted in Washington in 1974. He graduated from Whitman College and Harvard Law School. At Whitman College, he graduated Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, with Honors in Major Study (Economics).
Gary Wolfstone practices law in full compliance with the highest order of ethical standards. Mr. Wolfstone's gold standard is full disclosure to clients, integrity in pursuing financial recovery for clients, and making it clear to clients that he insists upon his client's co-operation and truthfulness in support of attorney-client collaboration seeking compassion and justice.
Mr. Wolfstone received a letter recently from the WSBA (Washington State Bar Association) congratulating him on his 50 years of bar membership. The bar association said that they value and applaud the service that Mr. Wolfstone has provided to the people of Washington State throughout his career. The bar association letter said that Mr. Wolfstone's long-time commitment to expanding justice and promoting the rule of law is exemplary.
Mr. Wolfstone is passionate about seeking recovery for victims of personal injuries. His personal injury practice covers bicycle accidents, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents and bad faith insurance claims He limits his law practice to the state of Washington in the United States. Mr. Wolfstone enjoys more than 7,777 Linked-in connections.
As a Constitutional lawyer and original thinker, Mr. Wolfstone has fashioned a Presidential Pardon which not only pardons federal offenses but also extends to and includes state law crimes. Contrary to the conventional wisdom ~ i.e., the print and broadcast media wisdom which is commonly accepted uncritically without the benefit of analytical thinking ~ Mr. Wolfstone reasons that the Presidential Pardon power is a "grant" of power and not a "limitation" of power. The founding fathers who drafted the U.S. Constitution have not included any express prohibition in our Constitution about pardoning "state law offenses" so it is clear that they leave open the "possibility" that Mr. Wolfstone now offers as a new "reality."
Gary Wolfstone was an early pioneer in working for diversity. In August of 1978 he tried a race discrimination case to a 12 person jury in Seattle with co-counsel. That jury returned a verdict in the plaintiff's favor for higher damages than counsel had chalked up in closing argument. Most significantly, that plaintiff has remained Mr. Wolfstone's close personal friend for the 40 years since the case was tried.
In May of 1996, Gary Wolfstone successfully completed the course of study in at the Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society. Shortly afterwards, Gary returned to Seattle and formed Seattle Web Design, Inc., a Washington corporation.
Gary Wolfstone is sensitive to the rich traditions of our profession and our community. Mr. Wolfstone is also aware of Seattle's reputation as "The last paradise out West." Mr. Wolfstone has participated in Seattle's dynamic movement into the Twenty-First Century.
Mr. Wolfstone says: "Providence has smiled upon me. I have been a member of my bar association for 50 years; I have had the same CPA (Certified Public Accountant) for 50 years; and I have had the same bank for 50 years!"
Mr. Wolfstone applied to and was admitted to legal programs of study at Harvard University in 1969.
Mr. Wolfstone graduated from Harvard Law School in 1972. He decided in 1972 to teach and practice law.
Mr. Wolfstone was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa (top 10% of his college class) whose members include 17 U.S. Presidents, 42 Supreme Court Justices and more than 150 Nobel Laureates.
Mr. Wolfstone has now been an active WSBA member for 50 years and intends to go another 50 years!
Mr. Wolfstone has also been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
Mr. Wolfstone is a transitional member of the ABA, the American Bar Association, and has published widely as a legal scholar.
Mr. Wolfstone has served as a loyal member of Ivy League Clubs in the United States and in Europe where ever "Ivy" is valued!
Mr. Wolfstone has been honored for his 50 years of bar association service!
Gary L. Wolfstone
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