Recent Articles
Seattle’s Residential Zoning Transformation: What Property Owners, Buyers, and Investors Should Understand
Seattle is in the midst of a significant transformation in residential land use policy. Longstanding neighborhood zoning patterns that historically favored detached single-family development are ...
Design Professionals Have Lien Rights Too.
Design professionals providing professional services for the improvement of real property also have lien rights under Washington’s Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s lien statute, too.[1] RCW 60.04, ...
Tariffs As Taxes — What Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump Means for Contractors and the WSDOT Specifications
In October 2025, we explored a pressing question for public works contractors: should post-contract award tariffs be reimbursable? The crux of that analysis was whether ...
Auzree Hightower joined ACS in 2019. Ms. Hightower has worked as a Paralegal since 2008. Her skills include electronic discovery, document review, law office tech and trial preparation.
Education
- B.S. in Business Administration – University of Phoenix, 2013
- Advanced Paralegal Certificate – Edmonds Community College, 2016