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Mr. Sokol is a Retired Founding Member of the firm.  He currently works independently as a Mediator and Arbitrator continuing his work serving as a neutral to help parties in the construction, design, surety and real estate industries resolve disputes.

Over the course of his 40-plus year career as an attorney, Mr. Sokol represented prime contractors, subcontractors, real property managers, small corporations, sureties and fidelity insurers. His practice included advising and organizing businesses, as well as the preparation of construction claims. He also had an extensive practice representing creditors in bankruptcy courts throughout the United States. Mr. Sokol handled complex corporate, commercial, construction and real property litigation, arbitrations and mediations.

Mr. Sokol has been a frequent speaker at the Western States Surety Conference in Seattle and at the Pearlman in Woodinville addressing wide ranging topics in the construction and surety industry.

Oregon Super Lawyers Magazine listed Jan as one of the top lawyers in the state for nineteen consecutive years: 2006 to 2024.

Mr. Sokol is also a Senior Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. The LCA is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition. Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership.