In an era of ever-accelerating change, wisdom forged from decades of experience is a rare commodity. At Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, we have earned such wisdom through our decades of representing clients in the Pacific Northwest. Together, we possess over a century of legal experience, meaning our attorneys have seen it all. It is with this purposefully cultivated experience that enables us to provide specialized expertise across a broad spectrum of legal areas. By choosing Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, you gain access to a durable legacy of excellence and unwavering commitment to your goals. Allow the wisdom borne from our wealth of experience to be your guide through your legal challenges, securing your future with confidence.
Our Attorneys
OUR ATTORNEYS
Meet Our Team
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Robert P. Dickson
The core of Rob’s legal practice is civil litigation, with an emphasis on construction, real estate, and business law. He represents a wide range of clients, from large construction companies to individual homeowners.
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Thomas L. Dickson
Tom is an experienced litigator and the founding partner of the firm. For over 30 years, he’s helped clients prevail in their real estate, construction, and business law matters.
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Daniel J. Frohlich
With more than 20 years of experience in the legal field, Dan is a key figure at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, focusing on construction litigation, civil litigation, and real estate law.
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Heather Burgess
Heather’s practice focuses on representing real estate developers in all phases of real estate acquisition, development, and permitting.
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Chris Pierce-Wright
Chris comes to Phillips Burgess Tacoma from Seattle, where he served as an associate attorney focused on insurance litigation with Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson.
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Trevor A. Zandell
Since graduating with honors from law school in 2005, Trevor has been serving the legal needs of businesses, individuals, and families across Southwest Washington.
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Laurence Tran
Laurence Tran is a seasoned attorney renowned for his unwavering dedication to the pursuit of justice. With a background in criminal defense, he went on to become in-house for a Fortune 100 company.
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Jessica Kamish
Jessica practices in the firm’s civil litigation department. Her practice centers around real estate disputes, construction defect, and general business law.
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Clemencia Castro Woolery
Clemencia is a business attorney with substantial experience in employment law, business transactions and banking law. Clemencia's employment law practice includes preventative counseling and training and drafting employment handbooks, policies and executive employment agreements.
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Dustin Moyes
Dustin Moyes’ practice focuses on independent general counsel for businesses, construction, real estate, business, and corporate law.
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Daniel E. Pizarro
As a Partner at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, Daniel is active in the firm’s civil litigation department. His practice is mainly centered around real estate law, landlord-tenant law, contract law, and probate/trust law.
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Brian Kellett
Brian is a senior associate attorney and an experienced litigator. Though he handles a wide variety of civil litigation matters and trials, he specializes in adverse possession, timber trespass, municipal issues, and other real estate and land use disputes.
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Eric Schacht
Eric is an Associate with Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess and provides legal counsel and representation to businesses and individuals in various areas of law, including real estate, corporate, and business law.
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George Knight
As an associate at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, George is active in the firm’s civil litigation and transactional departments. His practice is mainly centered around business law, real estate law, construction law, employment law, and probate law.
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Cambria A. Queen
Cambria is an associate with Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess in the civil litigation department, where she practices primarily real estate, estate planning, business, and probate law.
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Andrew Hata
Andrew is the head of our Transactional Department and focuses his practice on corporate governance, real estate transactions, commercial contracts, and corporate finance.
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Shasta L. Kelley
Shasta grew up in a family of real estate entrepreneurs in and around Pierce and South King County. After graduating from Gonzaga University with her degree in Business Administration focusing on Finance and Law and Public Policy.
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Alexander J. Wisbey
Alexander Wisbey is a partner at the firm’s Seattle office and leads the Seattle litigation group. Alexander is an experienced trial attorney having first chaired over a dozen bench and jury trials and has extensive experience handling arbitrations, mediations, complex discovery, and settlements.
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Kevin Hayes
Kevin Hayes has worked as a civil litigator since 2015. He has experience representing clients in a variety of judicial and administrative settings through all stages of litigation in cases involving employment, professional licensing, contract, construction, personal injury, and real estate matters.
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Jennifer Yoo
Jennifer is an associate attorney in the Transactional Department at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess where her practice focuses on corporate transactions, real estate transactions, and general business law.
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Cael Anacker
Cael Anacker’s practice focuses on property and construction litigation. He advises public and private clients on a range of issues. Before he began his legal career, Cael worked in construction estimation and project management at a specialty concrete company.
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Kenneth Chan
As an associate at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, PLLC, Kenny is active in the firm’s civil litigation and transactional departments. Prior to working at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess, Kenny was an in-house attorney for a Fortune 100 company.
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Bethany Nolan
Bethany practices in the firm’s civil litigation and transactional departments.
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Laura Brindley
Laura practices in the firm’s civil litigation and transactional departments. Her practice centers around real estate law, construction defect, and general business law.
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Jacob Walker
Jacob practices in the firm’s civil litigation department. His practice centers around real estate law, trust/probate law, general business law, and appellate litigation.
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Morgan Cooper
Morgan practices in the firm’s civil litigation department. Her practice centers around real estate law, land use and zoning, and business litigation.
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Joanna Mrsich
Joanna is results-driven associate attorney in the Transactional Department at Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess where her practice focuses on corporate governance, real estate transactions, commercial contracts, and corporate finance. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Law and is a transplant from sunny Southern California. During law school, she was a member of the University’s Entrepreneurial Law Clinic,…