Steven J. Peiffle - Arlington, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
    Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Christ College Scholar
    Honors: With High Honors
    Major: Finance

Current Employment Position(s)

• Shareholder

Classes and Seminars

• Fitness for Duty Evaluations, 2008 Foster Pepper PLLC Civil Service Conference, 2008 - Present
  
• Will Interpretation and Intestacy, Snohomish County Bar Association, 2015
  
• Estate Planning, Stillaguamish Senior Center, 2011

Pro Bono Activities

• Board of Directors, Housing Hope
• Citizens Committee, Arlington Schools and the Friends of Cascade Valley Hospital
• Arlington-Smokey Point Chamber of Commerce, Board of Directors, Past President, Past Secretary
• Arlington Kiwanis Club, Past President, 1988 - 1989
• Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Past President, 1995 - 1999

Representative Clients

• City of Arlington

• Public Hospital District #3 of Snohomish County

Representative Cases

• City of Arlington v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Bd.
  • Citation: 164 Wash.2d 768
  • Year: 2008
• Concerned Organized Women and People Opposed to Offensive Proposals, Inc. v. City of Arlington,
  • Citation: 69 Wash.App. 209
  • Court: WA Court of Appeals, Div. 1
  • Year: 1993
• Estate of O'Brien v. Robinson
  • Citation: 109 Wash.2d 913
  • Year: 1988
• Holden-McDaniel Partners, LLC v. City of Arlington, 197 Wash. App. 1027 (2017)
• In re Ltd. Tax Gen. Obligation Bonds of City of Edmonds, 162 Wash. App. 513, 256 P.3d 1242 (2011)

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1984
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1984
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Arlington School (Executive Board Member, Citizens Committee)
• Arlington Chamber of Commerce, 1986 - 1987 (Past President)
• Arlington Kiwanis Club, 1988 - 1989 (Past President)
• Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, 1995 - 1999 (Past President)
• Snohomish County Bar Association, 1992 - 1993 (Past President)
• Washington Bar Association, Land Use and Environmental Law Sections (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association, Law Practice Management and Technology Sections (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division (WYLD), 1988 - 1991 (Board of Trustee)
• De Novo, WYLD Publication (Editorial Advisory Board)
• WYLD, 1991 - 1992 (Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee)
• Barrister, American Bar Association Publication, 1989 - 1990 (Editorial Advisory Board)