Firm Overview

Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC is a law firm with roots in the Pacific Northwest dating back to 1915. We pride ourselves on being the perfect size law firm for our clients – large and diverse enough to provide a variety of legal services, and small enough to enable our clients to experience personalized service. And it’s that personalized service that brings many of the Northwest’s closely-held businesses and their owners to depend on the firm and our lawyers to partner with them to create solutions to their problems and create opportunities for their growth.

An executive committee composed of three partners manages the firm. The committee’s goal is to create an exceptional environment where lawyers and staff are challenged and respected, and clients receive outstanding service and legal advice.

Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC is a general practice law firm dedicated to providing the range of legal services regularly needed by local and regional privately held businesses, local governments, Indian tribes, and the individuals who own and manage them. The firm prides itself on providing high quality legal services promptly and efficiently. The firm's practice is about evenly divided between litigation and transactions/counseling in the areas of construction, real estate, environmental and natural resource law, hazardous waste, municipal law, Indian law, employment law, business transactions, general commercial litigation, land use and development, family law, and estate planning and probate. The firm has a reputation as one of the premier construction and litigation firms in the Pacific Northwest region.