Welcome!

Before we begin the substantive posts, we would like to introduce ourselves. We are both attorneys in the Seattle area, and have extensive but very different experience with Russia.

Lana Kurilova Rich was born and raised in Vladivostok, Russia. After graduation from the Far Eastern National University law school located in her hometown, she practiced in the area of commercial transactions and environmental law. She also clerked for a chief judge of a superior court in Vladivostok. Lana maintains her license to practice law in Russia.

Lana is also licensed to practice law in Washington state. She concentrates her practice on general business law, including business and commercial transactions, business planning, real estate, contracts, as well as corporate formation and governance. She assists in new business entity formations and in resolving business-related disputes regarding commercial leases, ownership issues, real estate and other issues. She also provide estate planning services and handles immigration and employment-related matters of her clients.

Mark Derricott practices immigration and business law. While devoting much of his practice to Russia and Russian clients, he also advises clients with the organization and operation of non-profit entities. His interest with Russia began when he started taking high school Russian classes. His first visit was in 1995 and he has returned several times over the last ten years. Mark has interned for a large Western firm its Moscow branch, and as well as with the Arbitrazhnii Court of the Primorksy Krai in Vladivostok, Russia.