2014

Navigate Law Group was founded in December 2014 by Amber Rush, Eli Marchbanks, and Colin McHugh, originally named MRM Law Group, PLLC. All three attorneys worked together at a prior law firm in Spokane, Washington. They wanted to work on the west side of the state, and were planning on being based out of Portland, Oregon. They landed in Vancouver, Washington because they were only licensed in Washington at the time and needed to take the Oregon bar exam still. They launched Navigate Law Group (formerly MRM Law Group) in Vancouver in the meantime (close to Portland, but still in Washington state), and started getting plugged in while studying for the Oregon bar exam. It turns out that they loved legal practice and life in Vancouver, and by the time they took and passed the Oregon bar exam they didn’t want to just abandon Vancouver. They had splashed into the Vancouver scene, were very technology savvy and efficient, and were providing high quality legal representation. Instead, they opened up a second office in Portland and practiced out of both. 

2015

In October 2015, Navigate Law Group hired their first attorney employee and added another attorney partner. Attorneys and staff were being drawn in because of the efficient business structure and firm culture that places a high value on wellness of the individual in order to do our best work. Four other attorneys joined in January 2016, including three additional partners, and we have been off to the races ever since. 

Today

Navigate Law Group is now a mid-sized firm located in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon. A perfect size to be an efficient and tight knit group. Our attorneys vary in practice area focus, backgrounds, and years of experience, which makes us a dynamic and well-equipped group to handle complex and simple legal issues. Navigate attorneys love their practice and work extremely hard protecting their clients’ best interests at all times.  

Navigate Law Group prides itself on having a flexible, client-focused model. Attorneys are able to choose the fee structure that serves their clients the best. We focus on billing models that make sense for our clients, so our attorneys can focus on providing value and expert legal advice.

It’s About Our Community!

Navigate values giving back to our community in order to provide true access to the justice system. Our attorneys volunteer numerous hours each month in a variety of settings around the community. 

We diligently volunteer every month with the Clark County Volunteer Lawyers Program (providing free legal help to low-income individuals), the YWCA (providing free legal help to victims of domestic violence), and the Veterans Legal Institute (providing free legal help to homeless, at risk, disabled and low income current and former service members).

At the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic Navigate Law Group also jumped into action when almost all of the local in-person free legal clinics had to shut down because in-person assistance could no longer be offered. We founded the weekly Clark County Virtual Legal Clinic to ensure the community could still have access to speak to an attorney for free if needed. This is a virtual free legal clinic where legal advice is provided remotely to the public. The Navigate attorneys volunteer their time every Thursday evening at this clinic to advise people in free 20-minute one-on-one phone calls and discuss a variety of legal issues – regardless of income levels.

Navigate Law Group also partnered with the Clark County Superior Courthouse and helped to create the Pro se Docket Legal Clinic each week. At this weekly clinic, our attorneys volunteer to help the Commissioners and unrepresented litigants with procedural questions and paperwork during their hearings. The legal system can be really complicated and it has really helped to have a volunteer attorney on hand to help out with documents or instructions when people are trying to handle their legal issues without an attorney.

Navigate Law Group values social justice work and giving back to the community, in addition to our private legal practice. Our clinics and volunteer efforts are well-attended and appreciated by the community. It directly provides people easy access to the justice system. 

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