Seattle Criminal Defense and DUI Attorneys

SQ Attorneys

1524 Alaskan Way, Suite 110
Harborscape Professional Building
Seattle, Washington 98101
USA

(206) 441-0900

(206) 299-3029

www.sqattorneys.com

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SQ Attorneys is an experienced, dedicated law firm based in Seattle, Washington. We represent individuals who are unfortunately being investigated, arrested or charged with a crime in the State of Washington. Our founding partners, Greg W. Schwesinger and Saad Q.

Qadri have a combined twenty-one plus years of legal training and experience, the vast majority of which has solely been dedicated to assisting those facing Felonies, Gross Misdemeanors, and Misdemeanors in the Superior, District, and Municipal Courts of Washington State. Our overall training, dedication, work ethic and significant legal experience has resulted in key evidential suppression orders being signed, dismissal of cases, acquittals at trial, and significant reduction of criminal charges.

We are a small, intimate Western Washington criminal defense law firm principled on “team work”; we have specifically chosen to handle a limited number of criminal cases so as to best represent our clientele, and to give each and every case our undivided attention and care. This allows our team to devote its full energy and passion to each and every case and to each and every client, the honor of which we have to represent.

We are deeply concerned that our clients' rights be protected, that they receive a fair, just and equitable outcome, and that they understand the entire legal process involved in their case, from beginning to end. We honor and appreciate the great responsibility we owe to our clients, knowing that the service we provide can significantly impact not only their lives, but also their family members' lives. The results we secure for our clients ensure, to the greatest extent possible, the least negative impact on their professional and personal lives, not only for now, but also for the future.

We are a team of talented and experienced Seattle criminal trial lawyers. Our attorneys prepare every case with the expectation that the case may go to trial. Our reputation as successful Seattle criminal trial lawyers is well established and documented. This provides leverage at the negotiating table, and often results in our clients benefiting from the unparalleled results we obtain.

Not only do we have experience as Seattle defense attorneys, but we also have significant prosecutorial experience; this gives us a unique and very important perspective on how to successfully represent the interest of our clients in every single case we handle.

We are a team of aggressive, dedicated and passionate Western Washington criminal defense lawyers, and we recognize our responsibility to keep our clients informed, to ease their understandable fears, and to be available whenever questions may arise. We take great pride not only in our successes in obtaining excellent results for our clients, but also in our ability to earn the trust of our clients and the legal bar, and to make our clients’ experience in the legal justice system as positive as possible notwithstanding the tough situation they may face.

Areas of Law

Areas of Law Description

Our practice areas are as follows:

- Driving Under the Influence (DUI)

A Washington DUI conviction can have severe consequences on an individual’s personal and professional life; a person convicted of DUI in Washington faces the embarrassment of jail time, fines and the loss of his/ her driving privilege. The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys aggressively and effectively defend those arrested for DUI/ DWI in Western Washington. They are compassionate listeners, and empathize with the fear, frustration and shame that people commonly feel when faced with a DUI charge. If you or a loved one has been arrested for, or has otherwise been charged with, a DUI, contact SQ Attorneys for a free and confidential consultation - it is far too important to do otherwise.

- Assault, Harassment, and Malicious Mischief

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys, located in Western Washington, is a very skilled and experienced team dedicated to providing effective, aggressive representation for those charged with assault, harassment and/or Malicious Mischief in Western Washington. The team creates success by not only working with alleged victims to develop a relationship and encourage positive communication, but the team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the allegations are considered in creating an equitable and fair resolution.

- Crimes Against Properties

A good criminal defense lawyer in Seattle will have insight into how prosecutors handle Robbery, Burglary, Criminal Trespass and Theft/ Larceny cases. SQ Attorneys is a hard-hitting, highly skilled and experienced criminal defense firm that is extremely effective at getting its clients the best and most just and equitable result possible, so as to ensure the least amount of impact on their personal and professional lives.

- Domestic Violence

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the Criminal Defense Team of SQ Attorneys is highly skilled and experienced to provide aggressive representation for those charged with domestic violence in Western Washington. The team not only works with alleged victims to develop a relationship and to encourage communication, but the team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the case are considered, including law abiding behavior after the charge(s) was filed.

- Driving While License Suspended

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced team dedicated to providing aggressive representation for those charged with Driving While License Suspended in Western Washington. The SQ Team creates success by working with law enforcement, the prosecuting attorney’s office and the courts to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the DWLS allegations are considered in creating the most equitable and fair resolution possible.

- Hit and Run

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced team dedicated to providing aggressive representation for those charged with Hit and Run in Western Washington. The team creates success by not only working with alleged victims to develop a relationship and encourage positive communication, but the team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the Hit and Run allegations are considered in creating the most equitable and fair resolution possible.

- Negligent Driving

We are highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced team dedicated to providing aggressive representation for those charged with or cited for Negligent Driving in Western Washington. The team creates success by working with its clients to create a strategy to overcome the allegations brought against him/ her. The team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the allegations are considered in creating the most equitable and fair resolution possible.

- No Contact Orders

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced team dedicated to providing the aggressive representation for those charged with Violating No Contact Orders. The SQ Team creates success by not only working with alleged victims to develop a relationship and encourage positive communication, but the team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the allegations are considered in creating the most equitable and fair resolution possible.

- Reckless Driving

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys, located in Western Washington, is a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced team dedicated to providing aggressive representation for those charged with the crime of Reckless Driving in Western Washington. The team creates success by working with its clients to create a strategy to overcome the allegations brought against him/ her. The team also works with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the allegations are considered in creating the most equitable and fair resolution possible.

- Boating Under the Influence

SQ Attorneys is a highly skilled and experienced team of practitioners immensely dedicated to aggressively protecting the rights and interests of those accused of BUI in Bellevue or Seattle. The team creates success by working with law enforcement and the prosecuting attorney’s office to ensure that their client’s integrity and overarching humanity, as well as the totality of the facts and circumstances related to the allegations, are considered in creating a just, fair and equitable resolution.

- Sex Crimes

If you or a loved one is charged with, or under investigation for, a sex-related crime in Western Washington, you could face, among other things, the prospect of spending life in prison, or being required to register as a sex offender. You could also face losing your job, your family and your friends. The Criminal Defense Team at SQ Attorneys has the skill, knowledge and experience to protect those accused of a sex crime in Western Washington.

- Violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act (VUCSA)

The Seattle criminal attorneys that make up the criminal defense team of SQ Attorneys, located in Western Washington, is a very skilled and experienced team dedicated to providing effective, aggressive representation for those charged with VUCSA in Western Washington. As your drug defense team, SQ Attorneys will review all the evidence against you and will ensure that the government has not miscalculated your offender score, making you vulnerable to enhanced punishment. The SQ team creates success by working to ensure that all facts and circumstances related to the allegations are considered in creating an equitable, just and fair resolution.

- Military Service Member Representation

The SQ Attorneys criminal defense team takes great pride in being “military friendly”. The team aggressively and effectively defends service members in all branches of the United States Military – Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen - who have been accused of committing crime in Western Washington. The team works to ensure that its military clients’ not only have their civilian rights and honor protected, but also their military rights and honor protected; being dishonorably discharged from the military carries with it an enormous stigma and can affect not only an individual’s personal life, but also his/her professional life.

- Juvenile Cases

The Seattle Criminal Defense Team at SQ Attorneys is a very skilled and experienced team dedicated to providing effective, aggressive representation for juveniles accused of committing crime. Let SQ Attorneys advocate on your child’s behalf to ensure your child’s criminal record remains clean. SQ Attorneys will work to ensure that your child does not lose out on future job opportunities and/or college financial aid; don’t let a loved one’s immature, unwise mistake haunt his/ her future prospects at succeeding in life.

- Personal Injury

It goes without saying that it is of paramount importance to retain a qualified and experienced Seattle personal injury lawyer as soon as practicable when one has been injured as a result of an unfortunate accident in Washington State. Under select circumstances, SQ Attorneys, in association with the Law Offices of Gary E. Gill, P.S., has elected to assist those injured, or otherwise harmed, as a result of an unfortunate accident, including, but not limited to, auto accidents, burns, and/or general non-employment related causes of action. The combined forces of SQ Attorneys and the Law Offices of Gary E. Gill, P.S., seamlessly and tenaciously work to achieve the absolute best possible financial outcome for those who deserve nothing less than to be made whole.