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Our Staff & Attorneys
: Lizanne Padula - Principal
 Lizanne
was born and raised in South Florida. After High School
she attended college in Denver Colorado where she
majored in Psychology. After college, Lizanne moved to
Kentucky for a short time before attending Law School at
the University of Cincinnati. Always passionate about
criminal law and litigation, she was elected Chief
Justice of the University’s Student Court. She was also
selected as a Research Assistant to Christo Lassiter,
her Criminal Law Professor. Shortly before graduation,
she was accepted as an intern to the Ohio Supreme Court.
Upon graduation, Lizanne, having always loved the
Northwest, moved to Washington and worked as a Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney in Franklin, Clallam and Jefferson
Counties. By choosing to work in smaller Jurisdictions,
Lizanne acquired diverse experience as a criminal trial
attorney. Lizanne, as a Prosecutor, handled everything
from DUI and DV cases to Drug and Homicide cases.
Lizanne eventually decided to open her own practice and
moved to the Seattle area. In the beginning she was
recruited by successful DUI Attorneys, such as Chris
Matson, Doug Cowen, Jon Fox, and George Bianchi to
“ghost write” and cover hearings. Soon, through this
exposure, she began to build a reputation as an attorney
adept at handling complicated and difficult cases.
These same Attorneys began referring cases to Lizanne
and the Law Office of Elizabeth Padula steadily grew.
As her practice expanded, Lizanne accepted an invitation
to join Goddard & Wetherall and created Goddard,
Wetherall, Wonder, and Padula. Lizanne continued to
build a reputation as an outstanding Criminal Defense
Attorney and in 2002 and 2003 received distinction as a
“Rising Star” by Law and Politics. Then in 2004 and
2005 she was voted a “Super Lawyer” by her peers.
Lizanne soon added Personal Injury to her areas of
practice. This was a natural expansion because, like
criminal defense, this area of law revolves around
investigation, negotiation and litigation.
Lizanne’s practice continued to expand and she created
Padula & Associates (P&A). P&A handles primarily
criminal defense and personal injury. P&A has three
attorneys and two support staff members. The firm is
also accepting Immigration cases due to the addition of
Joel Wolff (Red Rock Legal) and Ken Norris.
Lizanne is known as a tenacious attorney who is
unwilling to give up on her clients. She has
successfully negotiated hundreds of cases, prevailed at
trial, and been repeatedly victorious in her appellate
work. Last year Lizanne won a DUI related Appeal in the
State Supreme Court.
Lizanne is a soccer fanatic. She also enjoys hiking and
snow skiing with her daughter.
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The firms' principal is Lizanne Padula
who has built a reputation of taking difficult cases
that less tenacious attorneys turn down. In recognition
of this, Lizanne has been voted
"Super Lawyer" and "Rising Star" by her peers
multiple times. She also has an "Outstanding" rating
on
AVVO.com.
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Lizanne Padula
2320 130th Avenue NE Building E, Suite #250
Bellevue, WA 98005
Tel: (425) 883-3366
lizanne@paduladefense
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