Jeff Smoot

In-person and remote mediation available

Mediation Experience

Labor and Employment

Contracts & Business Disputes

Real Estate

Condominium

Landlord / Tenant

Family & Divorce

ADR Experience

Mediator for The Mediation Center of the Pacific

Panel Mediator/Hawaii Bankruptcy Alternative Dispute Resolution (BDR) Program

Panel Mediator/Western Washington Alternative Dispute Resolution (LCR 39.1) Program

Private Mediator/Westwood Pacific Law PLLC

Training Received

Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County Professional Mediation Training

The Mediation Center of the Pacific Advanced Mediation Training

The Mediation Center of the Pacific Divorce, Estate & Family, and Civil Rights Mediation Training

Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Mediation Training

Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution Advanced Mediation Symposium

Education

Washington State Bar Ass’n Rule 6 Law Clerk Program

J.D. Equivalent
2007

City University (Seattle)

B.A., Legal Administration & Criminal Justice
2002

Certification

Washington Mediation Association Certified Mediator

Mediator
2024-Present

Work Experience

Principal

Westwood Pacific Law PLLC and predecessors
2013 – Present

Partner

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker LLP
2015-2017

Associate

Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson PLLC
2007-2013

Other Experience

Chair

Washington State Bar Association Law Clerk Program
2013-2015

Chair

King County Bar Association Solo & Small Firms Section
2025-Present