Tired of throwing dirt at each other?

Bruce C. Galloway, Esq. is now available for mediations!

To request Bruce’s availability and terms for mediation, please call our office at (425) 334-4400 or send an email to mediator@glgpllc.com.  

Real Property, Trust and Estate (Probate/TEDRA) disputes can be extraordinarily complex and expensive to litigate. Emotional, factual, equitable and legal disagreements can delay resolution for months or years. By the time the parties get through arbitration (binding or not) or trial, they will have spent tens of thousands of dollars in attorneys’ fees. Then they stand to spend tens of thousands more before final judgment is rendered. Mediation is an alternative dispute resolution process that is faster and significantly less expensive. Good mediators focus on helping the parties come to an agreement on some or all the issues of their case. Resolution through mediation can substantially reduce the time and cost a trial demands. It can even eliminate the need for a trial altogether.

Experience counts.

Bruce ensures all parties to the mediation receive the benefits of his experience, respect, compassion, honest analysis, fair treatment, and forthright communication. To help the parties delve deep into problem resolutions, Bruce applies his broad experience as a lawyer, investor, land developer, home builder, business owner, and educator, including:

  • 36 years in the legal field of as a real property, trust and estate (probate) attorney

  • 10+ years as a Snohomish County real estate broker and agent

  • 10+ years as an educator in the field of real property

  • Three-time Rule 6 Legal Intern/Law Clerk Tutor

Bruce coaches the parties through the logical and legal strengths and weaknesses of their cases. He guides them toward reasonable, practical outcomes. In every conflict, Bruce can use his expansive real-world knowledge and keen understanding of relevant laws and jurisprudence at the federal, state, and local levels—and the more intimate human psyche—to explore every possibility for creative solutions to complicated real property disputes or trust and estate problems.

Bruce has represented individuals and entities across the real property and estate spectrum, from bewildered widows, estranged siblings, and quarreling neighbors to investors, developers, property owners, property managers, commercial tenants, and hard money lenders. As a seasoned litigator, he presented numerous intricate, factually convoluted cases to administrative bodies as well as local, state, and federal courts. As an expert negotiator, he keeps many high-profile, high-risk cases out of the courtroom while keeping clients’ money in their pockets. As an educator, he breaks down complex, multifaceted concepts into essential building blocks to ensure clear understanding. These skills make him an invaluable resource for mediation between seasoned professionals as well as laypersons.

Let Bruce help you resolve issues such as…

Purchase and sale of property

  • Title defects, liens, and other conveyancing issues

  • Property valuation

  • Undisclosed property defects

  • Disputes over broker commissions

Real estate lending and financing

  • Transactional disputes

  • Escrow disputes

  • Foreclosure

Commercial Landlord/Tenant

  • Triple Net (NNN) Leases

  • Habitability and quiet enjoyment

  • Personal Guarantees

  • Wrongful/Constructive eviction

  • Interpretation of lease provisions

  • Rent calculations

  • Zoning and permissible use restrictions

  • Subleasing

  • Allocation of common expenses

  • Purchase options

Construction

  • Breach of contract

  • Construction defects and warranty claims

  • Determining costs of delays

Real property

  • Property rights

  • Easements and Rights-of-Way

  • Boundary disputes

  • Covenants and deed restrictions

  • Eminent domain and inverse condemnation

  • Mineral rights

  • Soils issues

  • Water and riparian rights

  • Shoreland, High Water Mark, Lines of Navigability and Shorelands of the 2nd Class resolution

Property management

  • Performance and payment of contractors

  • HOA covenants and responsibilities

  • Co-owner or joint-venture disputes

Estate, Probate and Trust

  • Will and Trust Disputes

  • Rights of Inheritance

  • Vulnerable Adult Claims

  • (Post Death) Inter Vivos Gift Challenges

  • Fiduciary Duty issues and disputes