Legal Experience

• Associate, INGRAM, ZELASKO & GOODWIN, LLP, 2011 to present.

  Deputy Prosecutor, Grays Harbor County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, 2004 – 2011

Areas of Practice

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

Civil Litigation (contract disputes, collections)

Real Estate (landlord/tenant, unlawful detainers, commercial and residential evictions, lease enforcement, agreements and contracts, collections)

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)

Juvenile Law (sealing juvenile records, juvenile defense)

Criminal Law (felonies, misdemeanors, DUIs, traffic infractions, domestic violence offenses, driver’s license suspensions, weapons offenses, marijuana and other drug charges, restore right to bear firearms, restore civil liberties, vacate felony/misdemeanor convictions)

 

Education

Montesano High School, Montesano, WA – June 1996

University of Washington, Seattle, WA

              Bachelor of Arts, Political Science – June 2000

Cornell University Law School, Ithaca, NY

              Doctor of Law, Concentration in Business Law and Regulation – May 2004

 

Professional Memberships / Community Involvement

• Washington State Bar Association, Member since 2004

  Grays Harbor County Bar Association, Member since 2004, President, 2011 – Present

  Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyer’s Division, Member since 2004

  Young Lawyer’s Division YMCA Mock Trial Liaison, Present Chair, Chair Elect 2010 – 2011

  Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Member 2004 – 2011

  Grays Harbor Juvenile Justice Committee Gang Assessment, Task Force Member, 2011

  Speaker on Sealing Juvenile Records and Access to Courts, Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, 2010 – 2011

  Beyond Survival Advocacy Training, Legal Panel Member 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011

  Law Enforcement Domestic Violence Response Training, Speaker, 2008

  YMCA Youth & Government Mock Trial Competition, Attorney Rater, 2007 – 2009             

  Friends of the W.H. Abel Memorial Library, Board Member, 2007 – Present

 

Megan Valentine - Associate

Ingram, Zelasko & Goodwin, LLP

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

Email:  mvalentine@izglaw.com