Steven Whitman Thayer
Steven W. Thayer, PS
For more than 40 years Steve Thayer has dedicated his practice to defending people who have been persecuted by the police and prosecuted by the government. He has successfully defended clients throughout Southwest Washington in virtually every kind of criminal case including murder, manslaughter, assault, DUI, vehicular homicide, marijuana grow/manufacture cases, sexual assault including date rape, child molestation and child pornography, domestic violence, and drug possession and delivery cases.
Attorney Thayer is a founding member and former Vice President of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has been AV Preeminent rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review process for 25 years, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer many times over the years in a survey of Washington attorneys conducted by the Washington Law and Politics Magazine.
He has won many cases in the Washington Court of Appeals in the State Supreme Court. Those include:
State v. Imokawa, 4 Wn.App.2d 545 (2018); State v. Orick, 129 Wn.App. 654, 120 P.3d 87 (2005); State v. Boethin, 126 Wn.App. 695, 109 P.3d 461 (2005); State v. Barker, 143 Wn.2d 915, 25 P.3d 423 (2001); State v. Weisberg, 65 Wn.App. 721, 829 P.2d 252 (1992); State v. Morgavi, 58 Wn.App. 733, 794 P.2d 1289 (1990); State v. Jones, 55 Wn.App 343, 777 P.2d 1053 (1989); State v. Kelley, 52 Wn.App. 581, 762 P.2d 20 (1988); State v. Claflin, 38 Wn.App. 847, 690 P.2d 1186 (1984); State v. Acosta, 101 Wn.2d 612, 683 P.2d 1069 (1984); State v. Shoemaker, 28 Wn.App. 787, 626 P.2d 538 (1981); State v. Ellis, 21 Wn.App. 123, 584 P.2d 428 (1978).
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Appeals, Drug Crimes, Expungement, Fraud, Gun Crimes, Internet Crimes, Sex Crimes, Theft, Violent Crimes
- Domestic Violence
- Domestic Violence Criminal Defense
- DUI & DWI
- Criminal Appeals
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Washington
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- 9th Circuit
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- U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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- English
- Attorney at Law, Owner
- Steven W. Thayer, PS
- - Current
- Seattle University School of Law
- J.D. (1976) | Law
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- University of Oregon
- B.S. (1972) | General Social Science
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- Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- 2000-2001, 2003-2012, 2020-2023
- AV Preeminent Peer Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
- 1997-2023
- Client Champion - Silver
- Martindale Hubbell
- 10.0 Superb Rating
- Avvo
- Best Criminal Defense Attorneys in Vancouver
- Expertise.com
- Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Founding Member
- Current
- Activities: Board of Governors, 1987-1989; Secretary, 1989-1991, Vice President/West, 1992-1993 and 1997-1998
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- Washington State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Clark County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Washington State Bar # 7449
- Member
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- Graphic Testimony Washington Criminal Defense
- Vol. 2, No. 1
