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Before I began law school, I had what I believed to be a healthy distrust of government. I had read the Federalist Papers, the Anti-Federalist Papers, the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and believed that if the patriots who founded this nation and wrote its founding documents distrusted government, I should, too. The impression I had after finishing school was that our system of justice was essentially a system of justice, and my distrust of government was significantly alleviated. However, it only took one case to receive a shocking wake-up call. I realized that an individual defendant in a federal...

Attorney Christopher Van Hall spent over a decade representing governments in employment and civil rights matters, litigating cases in state and federal court. Now he brings his experience and insight to represent individuals who are experiencing mistreatment at the hands of their employer or the government.

Chris Van Vechten moved to Tacoma from Portland in 2004 to attend the University of Puget Sound. He studied history, volunteered in the community, worked as a legislative staff member for a state representative and later a state senator, and even personally ran for school board before enrolling in Seattle University School of Law. Prior to launching the Law Office of Chris Van Vechten, Chris worked as a Rule 9 prosecuting attorney with the Thurston County Prosecutor’s Office and later with the Lakewood City Attorney’s Office. In addition, he interned with the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Civil Division...

An accomplished defense attorney with a background in prosecution.