Personal injury · family law · estate planning Tacoma, WA · est. 2011
Insurance companies settle differently with lawyers who actually try cases. For fourteen years, Harbor & Vale has prepared every injury claim as if a Pierce County jury will hear it — and handled our neighbors’ divorces and estates with the same care.
Free and confidential — and we will tell you plainly if you do not have a case.
Founded
2011 — fourteen years serving Tacoma and Pierce County
Admitted
Washington + Oregon state bars · W.D. Washington federal court
Injury fees
Contingency only — no fee unless we win your case
Access
You get your lawyer’s direct line — not a case manager’s voicemail
Practice areas
A deliberately small firm: we take fewer cases and work them harder, whether the matter is a collision, a custody schedule, or a will.
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Our lead practice · contingency fee
Car, truck, and motorcycle collisions, premises liability, and wrongful death. We deal with the insurers so you can deal with healing — and you pay nothing unless we recover for you.
No fee unless we win
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Divorce · custody · support
Steady counsel through divorce, parenting plans, and support — focused on protecting your kids and your future, not inflaming the conflict. Flat fees available for uncontested matters.
Flat fees available
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Wills · trusts · probate
Plain-English wills, trusts, and powers of attorney at package prices you see before you commit — plus steady hands for probate when a family needs them most.
From $1,200
will package
Case results
A few recent recoveries for injured clients. We publish the number, the case type, and how it resolved — nothing inflated, nothing cherry-picked from decades ago.
$2.4M
Trucking collision — settlement
Commercial truck crossed the centerline on SR-7; our client needed two spinal surgeries. Settled after depositions, before trial. 2024.
$975K
Premises liability — jury verdict
A Tacoma warehouse store ignored a documented spill for 40 minutes. The insurer’s best offer was $90K — a Pierce County jury disagreed. 2023.
$610K
Motorcycle crash — settlement
Left-turn driver “didn’t see” our client. Accident reconstruction and an early demand package resolved it in nine months. 2024.
Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Every case is different, and the value of any claim depends on its own facts, injuries, insurance coverage, and proof. Amounts shown are gross recoveries before attorney fees, costs, and medical liens.
Your lawyers
The lawyer you meet at your free case review is the lawyer who works your case — and the one whose cell number you’ll have.
Partner · personal injury & trial practice
A former insurance-defense lawyer who switched sides in 2011 — she knows exactly how adjusters value your claim, because she used to write those evaluations.
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Partner · family law & estates
Fifteen years guiding Tacoma families through divorce, parenting plans, and estate planning — with a mediator’s temperament and a litigator’s preparation when it’s needed.
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How it works
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A free, confidential conversation — by phone, video, or in our Pacific Avenue office. We’ll give you a straight answer about whether you have a case and what your options are, even if the answer is “you don’t need a lawyer.”
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Evidence preserved, records gathered, experts consulted, deadlines calendared. You get updates in plain English at every stage — and a direct line to your lawyer, not a portal.
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Settle or go to trial, sign or negotiate further — the decision is always yours. Our job is to make sure it’s an informed one, with every offer explained against what we believe the case is worth.
Client words
★★★★★
“The insurance company offered me $11,000 and called it generous. Rachel told me to let her handle it and go to physical therapy. She called every couple of weeks with real updates until it was settled — for a lot more.”
★★★★★
“Jonah kept my divorce from becoming a war. He told me early what was worth fighting for and what wasn’t, and my kids never had to watch their parents burn money in court.”
★★★★★
“After my husband’s crash we were drowning — medical bills, a totaled truck, an adjuster calling daily. One meeting and all of that landed on their desk instead of ours.”
★★★★★
“We put off our wills for a decade because it felt overwhelming. One evening appointment, a fixed price we knew up front, and it was done. Should have called years ago.”
Good questions
Still wondering about something? Call — a person answers during business hours, and the consultation is free.
Call (253) 555-0188Injury cases are pure contingency: no retainer, no hourly bills, no fee unless we recover money for you — and we advance the case costs. Family-law matters are billed hourly against a retainer, with flat fees available for uncontested divorces. Estate planning is flat-fee, quoted in writing before we start.
You ask us — that’s what the free case review is for. We’ll look at liability, your injuries or legal issue, and the available insurance, then tell you honestly whether a claim is worth pursuing. If it isn’t, we’ll say so and point you in the right direction.
Most cases settle — but they settle better when the other side knows your lawyers are ready to try the case. We prepare every file for trial from day one, and whether to accept a settlement is always your decision, not ours.
Honest answer: it depends. Injury claims often resolve in six to eighteen months, longer if surgery or a lawsuit is involved — and settling before your medical picture is clear usually means settling for too little. Uncontested divorces have a 90-day minimum in Washington; most estate plans are signed within three weeks.
Be polite, take their name, and don’t give a recorded statement before you get legal advice. Adjusters are trained to ask questions that shrink your claim. Once we’re involved, those calls come to us instead of you.
Yes. We’re based in Tacoma and appear regularly throughout Pierce, King, Thurston, and Kitsap counties, and we’re licensed in both Washington and Oregon.
Free, confidential case review — and for injury cases, no fee unless we win. The insurance company already has lawyers. You should too.
Hours
Mon–Fri 8:00–5:30 · evenings by appointment
Find us
1201 Pacific Ave, Suite 600, Tacoma, WA 98402
Parking
Validated garage entrance on Court C