About McFerran Law
Our Real Estate Attorneys at McFerran Law approach the practice of real estate law in two major areas: We are transaction orientated, but also litigation focused.

Our Experience in Negotiating Real Estate Transactions
We are well equipped to assist our clients with their real estate transactional needs including:
- Purchase and Sale Agreement drafting
- Estate planning, Will and Trust document drafting
- Lease negotiations and drafting leases: commercial & residential
- In-House, Full-Service escrow department: residential and commercial
- Deeds and Easements negotiating and drafting
- Business Opportunity escrow closings.
We firmly believe that involving an experienced real estate attorney at the stage of transaction negotiations and drafting will ensure a favorable outcome from the start by, in most cases, precluding controversies occurring afterward that may lead to litigation.
Our Legal Expertise in Real Estate Litigation
However, should the need arise, our Real Estate Attorneys at McFerran Law are experienced and well equipped to litigate all types of real estate disputes. Our attorneys are uniquely positioned to provide you with an energetic, results-driven system of dispute resolution.
In your first meeting at McFerran Law, it will become immediately clear to you that our clients matter and we know real estate law. Our attorneys are constantly developing legal strategies to help our clients achieve the best results possible.
There is no routine matter at McFerran Law. We customize our services to your specific legal needs.
Our Over 35 Years of Experience Includes Representation of:
- Property owners throughout the State of Washington
- Buyers and sellers of real estate
- Residential and Commercial eviction actions
- High-net worth individuals
- Owners of real estate: commercial & residential
- Adversarial Heirs in probate proceedings
Adversarial Proceedings are Our Stock in Trade
Our vast experience in adversarial proceedings include:
- Superior Court trials
- Arbitration proceedings
- Federal court trials
- Appellate court practice
- Mediation proceedings
- Binding arbitration
- Various forms of alternative dispute resolution
We attempt to resolve disputes outside the court room, but are fully prepared to aggressively represent our client in state or federal trial and appellate courts.
If You Need to Talk with a Real Estate Attorney
If you need a real estate attorney in the Seattle/Tacoma area or elsewhere in the State of Washington or, for that matter, anywhere in the United States, our attorneys are here to help. We have helped clients nationwide with their real estate legal needs. We offer representation to clients all over Washington State including Seattle, King County, Pierce County, Thurston County, Mason County and throughout the rest of the State of Washington as well as throughout the United States.
To view a complete list of the areas that we offer representation, see our Practice Areas.
OUR TEAM OF REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS

Edward McFerran
Founder/Shareholder/Real Estate Attorney
Mr. McFerran is a graduate of Seattle University Alber’s School of Business. He received his law degree with honors in 1987 from the University of Puget Sound School of Law. Read More

Jean Meschke Bouffard
Shareholder/Real Estate Attorney
Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, in Portland, Oregon and earned her Juris Doctorate with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law in 1985. Read More

Matthew Link
Shareholder/Real Estate Attorney
Matthew Link attended Seattle University School of Law. He graduated cum laude in 2013 and received the CALI award in
Property Law. Read More

Heather Walley
Real Estate Attorney
Heather is a career associate real estate attorney with our law firm. She graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. Read More

Gurpreet Gill
Real Estate Attorney
Gurpreet Gill is an associate real estate and business attorney at McFerran Law. He previously received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington. Read More

Sheree Tonioli
Office Manager
Being a boutique law firm focusing on real estate related matters, her job involves a wide variety of endeavors and is the backbone of our real estate practice. Read More

Susy Heatherly
Vice-President for Operations and Administration Tax Deferred Exchange
Susy Heatherly is an extremely long-term career employee with our law firm with over thirty-two (32) years of continued employment. We are proud to have Susy as an employee.
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Shelly Hummel
Residential/Commercial Escrow Assistant
Shelly Hummel is a success story all her own. She is a woman who always amazes her fellow workers at our law office with her tenacity and determination. Actually, all of us at the law firm knew Shelly long before she became an employee.
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Adam Grubbs
Certified Exchange Specialist
Adam Grubbs is a very special person at our law office. He is not an attorney. He is not a paralegal. He is definitely not a legal assistant. Who, then, is Adam Grubbs and what does he do at McFerran Law?
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Kelly Vinson
Senior Litigation Paralegal
Kelly Vinson is a career litigation paralegal at our law firm. She focuses her practice working with our real estate litigation attorneys. Our litigation group is really somewhat separate and apart from other aspects of our law practice.
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Megan Nelson
Senior Paralegal
Megan Nelson is a Senior Paralegal at McFerran Law. She assists two of our real estate attorneys in a practice that emphasizes both transactional legal work as well as light litigation.
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Cecile Hedrick
Senior Paralegal
Cecile Hedrick is one of our Senior Paralegals at McFerran Law. She works exclusively with our 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange Group, assisting clients throughout the entire United States.
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Julie Coblentz
Administrator/Accounting
Julie Coblentz is the first person you see when you walk into our office in Tacoma. We don’t want to say that she is our receptionist as she is so much more and her contribution to our firm is broad and diverse.
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