Legal Experience

• Partner, INGRAM, ZELASKO & GOODWIN, LLP – 1987 to present; Associate – 1984 to 1986

Municipal Court Judge, City of McCleary – July 1990-present (19 years)

Municipal Court Judge, City of Montesano – July 1996-2009 (13 years)

Municipal Court Judge, City of Elma – 1986- 1995 and March 2006- present

General Counsel Port of Grays Harbor – 1998-present

General Counsel Grays Harbor Public Development Authority – 2001- present

City Attorney for Ocean Shores – 1999-2001 and 2007- present

Judge Pro Tem, Grays Harbor District Court No. 1 – 1988-1997

Court Commissioner and Judge Pro Tem, Grays Harbor Superior Court – 1993-1997

Partner in other Aberdeen law firm 1981-1984

Associate with Tacoma law firm 1977-1980

Areas of Practice

Personal Injury Law (pedestrian/auto accidents, wrongful death claims, slip/fall cases)

Municipal Law (general counsel, legal compliance issues, board resolutions, meeting minutes, notices, and other board documents, contracts, purchase and construction policies and contracts, disputes with state and federal agencies)

Business Law (corporate counsel, collections)

Employment Law (drafting and revising personnel policies and procedures, hiring issues, employment agreements, discipline, termination and termination agreements)

General Trial Practice (both plaintiff and defense, including professional liability, contract disputes and pollution liability)

Education

Sultan High School, Sultan, WA – June 1969

• Western Washington University – Bellingham, WA

    Bachelor of Arts, English Literature – June 1973

• Seattle University College of Law (formerly University of Puget Sound Law School) – Tacoma, WA

    Juris Doctorate – August 1977

 

Professional Memberships / Community Involvement

Washington State Bar Association, Member since 1977, Special District Counsel, October 1988-1997

Grays Harbor County Bar Association, Member since 1977, President 1989-1990

Timberland Regional Library, Grays Harbor Representative on Board of Trustees, 1990-2004, President of Board 1995

Library Council of Washington, appointed by Washington State Library Commission, 1998-2000, Chairman 1998-1999

Montesano PTA, Co-President (with wife, Linda) and Volunteer of the Year (with wife, Linda), 1992-1993 school year

Timberland Opportunities, Board of Directors, January 1987-1994, President of Board 1990 and 1991

Odyssey of the Mind, Coach and/or Judge, 1994-1999, Co-coach of Washington State Champion Team in 1994

The Daily World, Reader Advisory Board, Aberdeen, 1991 and 2010

Community Mobilization Against Substance Abuse (CMASA), Task Force Member, 1991-1993

"Judges In The Classroom" participant, 1992-1999

Grays Harbor Farmers Market, Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1994

Pro Bono Program and Law Day, Participant

Legal Professionals of Grays Harbor, "Boss of the Year", 1984

Speaker on Open Public Meetings Act, Lorman Seminars, 2001-2008

Driftwood Players, Aberdeen, active in numerous community theater productions

Arthur A. Blauvelt, lll - Partner

Ingram, Zelasko & Goodwin, LLP

120 East First Street
Aberdeen, Washington 98520-5246
Telephone: 360.533.2865
Fax: 360.538.1511

Email: ablauvelt@izglaw.com