Gary L. Wolfstone
Seattle Trial Lawyer Highest Ethical Standards
Gary Wolfstone practices law in full compliance with the highest order of ethical standards. Mr. Wolfstone's gold standard is full disclosure to clients, integrity in pursuing financial recovery for clients, and making it clear to clients that he insists upon his client's co-operation and truthfulness in support of attorney-client collaboration seeking compassion and justice.
Mr. Wolfstone received a letter recently from the WSBA (Washington State Bar Association) congratulating him on his 50 years of bar membership. The bar association said that they value and applaud the service that Mr. Wolfstone has provided to the people of Washington State throughout his career. The bar association letter said that Mr. Wolfstone's long-time commitment to expanding justice and promoting the rule of law is exemplary.
Mr. Wolfstone has been practicing law since 1972. His personal injury practice covers bicycle accidents, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents and bad faith insurance claims He limits his law practice to the state of Washington in the United States. Mr. Wolfstone enjoys more than 7,777 Linked-in connections.
As a Constitutional lawyer and original thinker, Mr. Wolfstone has fashioned a Presidential Pardon which not only pardons federal offenses but also extends to and includes state law crimes. Contrary to the conventional wisdom ~ i.e., the print and broadcast media wisdom which is commonly accepted uncritically without the benefit of analytical thinking ~ Mr. Wolfstone reasons that the Presidential Pardon power is a "grant" of power and not a "limitation" of power. The founding fathers who drafted the U.S. Constitution have not included any express prohibition in our Constitution about pardoning "state law offenses" so it is clear that they leave open the "possibility" that Mr. Wolfstone has now offered as a "reality." Mr. Wolfstone offers this new Pardon Power to enrich the institution of the Presidency. Included on this web site is Mr. Wolfstone's book (Surviving the Impact of a White Collar Criminal Investigation/Prosecution), and the Presidential Pardon Power and the Wolfstone Pardon at discussed in Chapter 26 (Pardon, U.S. Constitution, Pardon Me Mr. President) at page 105. Mr. Wolfstone explains why the Wolfstone Pardon is beyond the scope of the Dual Sovereignty Doctrine.
By analogy, Mr. Wolfstone looks at the language in the U.S. Constitution conerning the power to tax. In Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution ("Congress shall have the power to lay and collected Taxes ...") Congress may tax subjects that it may not be authorized to regulate directly under any of the enumerated regulatory powers. So too, the President has the Power to Pardon subjects that the Executive Branch is not authorized to prosecute.
Gary Wolfstone was an early pioneer in working for diversity. In August of 1978 he tried a race discrimination case to a 12 person jury in Seattle with co-counsel. That jury returned a verdict in the plaintiff's favor for higher damages than counsel had chalked up in closing argument. Most significantly, that plaintiff has remained Mr. Wolfstone's close personal friend for the 40 years since the case was tried.
In May of 1996, Gary Wolfstone successfully completed the course of study in at the Harvard Conference on the Internet and Society. Shortly afterwards, Gary returned to Seattle and formed Seattle Web Design, Inc., a Washington corporation.
Gary Wolfstone is sensitive to the rich traditions of our profession and our community. Mr. Wolfstone is also aware of Seattle's reputation as "The last paradise out West." Mr. Wolfstone has participated in Seattle's dynamic movement into the Twenty-First Century.
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