Washington Business Law Resources for Founders, LLCs, SaaS Companies, and Small Businesses

Why Washington

My connection to Washington is personal and goes back three decades. I grew up in a restricted nuclear submarine base in the former Soviet Union, in a place largely cut off from the outside world. In 1995, I arrived on Bainbridge Island as a Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island youth exchange student and completed my senior year at Bainbridge High School. I joined student government and played on the football team. That year shaped my view of what merit and opportunity look like when they actually meet.

Back in Russia, I founded the first Interact Club of Vladivostok. Years later, I returned to the United States through the green card lottery, earned my law degree on partial scholarship at Boston University School of Law, passed the California Bar, and built a California business-law and contract practice. Today I practice California law remotely from Thailand, appearing in California court hearings by Zoom and advising clients on US business law, contracts, SaaS, and AI commercial-use questions.

I am now in the process of applying for admission to the Washington State Bar. This Washington resource center is being built in advance of that admission for founders, small businesses, SaaS companies, and consumers who need practical, plain-English legal tools for Washington matters.

The Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island opened the door, but America rewarded effort. My life is what can happen when merit finally meets opportunity. Everything I saw here stayed with me. I wanted to come back and say thank you.

Quoted in the press release issued by the Rotary Club of Bainbridge Island, April 28, 2026, following my return visit to RCBI to thank the club after 30 years.