Protection Order Attorney Everett
Compassionate Protection Order Attorneys Who Listen
Do you need a protection order to protect yourself against someone? Or has someone filed a protection order against you and you need to defend yourself against their allegations? Our skilled attorneys at Rice O’Neal PLLC can represent you in your protection order case, whether you’re the plaintiff or the respondent in the case.
With over thirty years of experience in criminal law, our attorneys have handled dozens of protection order litigation cases in Snohomish, Skagit, King, Island, and San Juan counties.
Our protection order litigation attorneys have successfully litigated protection orders on both sides, so we know how the process works, what evidence should be gathered and submitted, and what arguments are persuasive to help the court rule in your favor.
There are multiple types of protection orders under Washington state law. These include:
- Domestic Violence Protection Orders (commonly called DVPO): DVPOs are meant to protect against physical harm, assault, or fear of imminent harm by current or former intimate partners, family or household members, which can potentially include roommates.
- Sexual Assault Protection Orders (commonly called SAPO): SAPOs are meant to protect against no censual sexual conduct.
- Stalking Protection Order: Stalking Protection Orders are meant to protect people from intentional and repeated harassment or following / surveillance, and these can include behavior that occurs on the internet and social media.
- Anti-harassment Protection Order: Anti-harassment Protection Orders are meant to protect against unlawful harassment (conduct that seriously alarms, annoys, or harasses the victim and serves no legitimate or lawful purpose).
- Vulnerable Adult Protection Order (commonly called VAPO): VAPO’s are meant to protect vulnerable adults who is experiencing or threatened with being abandoned, abused, exploited, or neglected.
- Extreme Risk Protection Order (commonly called ERPO): ERPOs are meant to prohibit a person from having or obtaining a firearm if the court finds that they pose a significant danger of causing injury to themselves or others in the near future.
Our protection order litigation attorneys have successfully prosecuted and defended protection order cases. If you need a protection order, or if one has been filed against you, please reach out today to schedule a consultation to discuss your case.