Frank J. Chmelik

Principal

FRANK J. CHMELIK
360.671.1796

Practice Areas:
Business
Municipal Governments
Environmental Law
Probate and Estate Planning

Education:
Claremont Men’s College (B.A., cum laude,
     Economics, 1978)
Hastings College of Law (J.D., 1981)

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Washington State Bar Association - admitted (1984)
Minnesota State Bar Association - admitted (1982)
California State Bar Association - admitted (1981)
United States District Court – Northern District of California
United States District Court – Western District of Washington

Current Community Involvement:
Bellingham Bay Rotary Club
Rainier Foundation, Board of Directors – Seattle, Washington
Bellingham YWCA, Board of Trustees

Additional Background:
Frank started his legal career as a U.S. Army JAG Corps officer where he served as a prosecutor and defense counsel. He then worked for the Seattle law firm, Karr Tuttle Campbell. In 1987, he moved to Bellingham where he co-founded a law firm with Steve Mura, now a Whatcom County Superior Court judge. Frank’s practice emphasizes business law, municipal law, environmental law, estate planning, and probate. Each year, since 1999, Frank has been chosen by Washington Law & Politics Magazine as a “Super Lawyer®” representing the top 5% of the lawyers in Washington. Frank served as a member of the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates and as a member of the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Military Law.