Steven W. Thayer
Top rated criminal defense attorney in Vancouver, Washington
Steven W. Thayer, P.S.
Practice Areas: Criminal defense, Appellate, DUI-DWI; view more
Licensed in Washington since: 1977
Education: Seattle University School of Law
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Steven W. Thayer, P.S.
112 W 11th StreetSuite 200
Vancouver, WA 98660 Visit website
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For more than 40 years Steve Thayer has dedicated his practice to defending people who have been persecuted by the police and prosecuted by the government. Â He has successfully defended clients throughout South West Washington in virtually every kind of criminal case including murder, manslaughter, assault, DUI, vehicular homicide, marijuana grow/manufacture cases, sexual assault including date rape, child molestation and child pornography, domestic violence, and drug possession and delivery cases. Â He is a founding member and former Vice President of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Â He has been AV Preeminent rated by the Martindale-Hubbell peer review process for 25 years, and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer many times over the years in a survey of Washington attorneys conducted by the Washington Law and Politics Magazine.
He has won many cases in the Washington Court of Appeals and in the State Supreme Court. Â Those include:
State v. Imokawa, 4 Wn.App.2d 545 (2018); State v. Orick, 129 Wn.App. 654, 120 P.3d 87 (2005); State v. Boethin, 126 Wn.App. 695, 109 P.3d 461 (2005); State v. Barker, 143 Wn.2d 915, 25 P.3d 423 (2001); State v. Weisberg, 65 Wn.App. 721, 829 P.2d 252 (1992); State v. Morgavi, 58 Wn.App. 733, 794 P.2d 1289 (1990); State v. Jones, 55 Wn.App 343, 777 P.2d 1053 (1989); State v. Kelley, 52 Wn.App. 581, 762 P.2d 20 (1988); State v. Claflin, 38 Wn.App. 847, 690 P.2d 1186 (1984); State v. Acosta, 101 Wn.2d 612, 683 P.2d 1069 (1984); State v. Shoemaker, 28 Wn.App. 787, 626 P.2d 538 (1981); State v. Ellis, 21 Wn.App. 123, 584 P.2d 428 (1978).
Practice areas
Criminal defense, Appellate, Criminal defense: DUI/DWIFocus areas
Assault & battery, Drug & alcohol violations, Motor vehicle offenses, Murder, Sex offenses, Criminal domestic violence, DUI/DWI
- 80% Criminal defense
- 10% Appellate
- 10% Criminal defense: DUI/DWI
First Admitted: 1977, Washington
Professional Webpage: https://www.swthayer.com/Attorneys/steven-w-thayer/
- President's Award-For Distinguished Service To The Highest Traditions Of The Criminal Defense Bar-Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2015
- AV® Preeminent™ 5.0 out of 5, 1997 - 2022, Martindale-Hubbell®
- Certificates of Appreciation for Distinguished Service, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers 1991,1998, Washington Association of criminal Defense Lawyers
- Super Lawyers, 2000, 2001, 2003-2012, 2020, 2021,2022
- State v. Acosta, 683 P.2d 1069 (Wn.S.Ct. 1984)
- State v. Shoemaker, 28 Wn. App. 787 (1981), 1981
- State v. Imokowa, 4 Wn. App. 2nd 545 (2018), 2018
- State v. Barker, 143 Wn.2d 915, 25 P.3d 423 (2001)
- State v. Boethin, 109 P.3d 461 (Wn. App. 2005)
- State v. Claflin, 690 P.2d 1186 (Wn. App. 1984)
- State v. Orick, 120 P.3d 87 (Wn. App. 2005)
- State v. Ellis, 584 P.2d 428 (Wn. App. 1978)
- State v. Kelley, 762 P.2d 20 (Wn. App. 1988)
- State v. Vance, 184 Wn. App. 902, 339 P.3d 245 (2014)
- State v. Morgavi, 794 P.2d 1289 (Wn.App. 1990)
- Graphic Testimony Washington Criminal Defense, Vol. 2, No.1, February, 1988
- Member, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1978
- Washington, 1977
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
- Vice President, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1983
- University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, B.S., Major: General Social Science, 1972, 1972
- Criminal Defense Law
Office location for Steven W. Thayer
112 W 11th Street
Suite 200
Vancouver, WA 98660
Phone: 360-694-8290
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2000 - 2001, 2003 - 2012, 2020 - 2022