A life estate is an interest in property than exists only during the life of the owner, and no further. A future interest is created in the heirs.

Carmichael Clark, P.S. is pleased to report that Bryan Page and Michael Kelps are being recognized as a Rising Stars by Washington Super Lawyers Magazine.

Bellingham law firm Carmichael Clark, P.S. announces that Simi Jain and Bryan L. Page are now Shareholders of the law firm. Both were formerly associate attorneys.

One of the most commonly employed estate planning devices is the Power of Attorney. This document generally comes in two varieties; a financial agency and a health care agency.

With this increase in population has come an increase in the number of both civil and criminal legal cases brought before in Whatcom County Superior Court.

In Jessee, the plaintiff tripped, fell, and injured herself on an old firehouse stairway which did not comply with building codes. Id.

HIPAA, was enacted in 1996, to address concerns over unfretted access to individual medical information.

LAW Advocates is the volunteer lawyer program in Whatcom County that provides free civil legal aid to low income people in a variety of areas.

PIP is no-fault insurance coverage for medical and other expenses, such as wage loss, loss of service benefits (payment to others for work you cannot do) and funeral expenses, which result from an automobile accident.

If you remember having this conversation some 30 years ago, and at the advice of you brother-in-law, got a Will drafted, it’s time to pull it out, dust it off, and give it a read.