Rick Biehl Law

12/03/2024

Our friends over at Shumaker Chiropractic still have a lot of tags left on their giving tree for teens in our community. If you are able to help, please stop by their office and grab one—or a few! 

02/16/2023

I invite you to join me, and many other fantastic local businesses as we share tips on actions you can take now to ensure financial security and peace of mind as you age.

Wednesday, February 22nd at 10am

I hope to see you there!

01/12/2023

Please join us tomorrow.

If you are thinking about estate or end-of-life planning, tomorrow, Thursday, January 12th attorney Rick Biehl will speak to the Rotary Club at noon. The meeting is at the Eagles Lodge. There is no cost to attend. Lunch is available if you choose to have lunch. This is a critical topic we all need to plan for. We hope to see you there!

01/04/2023

Join me for another free seminar—the third in the series—at the Lakeland Village Community Club on January 11th 4:30-6:00pm.

We’ll be discussing who has legal authority to make decisions regarding end of life.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP here 👇

https://facebook.com/events/s/free-seminar-will-writes-3rd-p/3431048013807522/?mibextid=RQdjqZ

We will also be live streaming it on the event page above. Looking forward to seeing you there!

12/05/2022

The Biehl family had so much fun participating in the Belfair Christmas Parade yesterday. (That’s Rick in the Olof costume. Making kids smile and giving warm hugs are his favorite!)

12/05/2022

We are linking with the Good Grief group again for the second seminar in our Will Writes series. Please join us this Tuesday to learn all about end of life/funeral planning.

This is an emotional topic of which many try to avoid discussing. However, it is so important to be prepared and to understand the process.

We hope you’ll join us!

11/04/2022

Join us next week for this free seminar!

08/22/2020

It is with immense sadness that I ask all of you for a little help. This family is friends of ours. They also own the coffee stand next to my office in Allyn.

They are wonderful people and a staple of our community. I have loved watching them grow their business, and bring light to our little town.

But they are in their hour of need. What they are experiencing is beyond painful. All of us need help at times in our lives-and right now they need help.

So I ask you to please donate if you can. They need help with funeral costs and keeping their business running while they mourn with family during this time.

Please share too.

Thank you, all!

Ellie and my daughter met in 2nd grade. They became fast friends and grew up together here in Shelt… Janeen McLaughlin needs your support for Ellie K's Family

07/06/2020

Because I have seen many people question the legality of the mask order—feeling that perhaps their rights are being violated—I think it may be helpful to see a bit of the legal basis for such a mandate. I have seen other attorneys write similar posts, but let me add my voice to theirs. This is strictly a legal analysis and not my personal opinion...

The mandate is legal and let me briefly explain why. RCW 43.06.210 gives the governor the power to declare a state of emergency. RCW 43.06.220 outlines those things the governor can then implement or prohibit by virtue of that order. Probably the most pertinent language here is 43.06.220(1)(h)-"Such other activities as he or she reasonably believes should be prohibited to help preserve and maintain life, health, property or the public peace."

The Secretary of Health has the power to carry out those orders per RCW 43.70.130. You can see that violation of the orders come with penalties per RCW 70.05.120. WAC 246-100-070 provides for the mandatory enforcement of such orders. Therefore, you can be penalized for violating the order.

It is important to note that the authority of the governor to declare a state of emergency with its accompanying powers has been on the books for decades. While I can’t speak for every state my guess would be that all of them have similar powers. I should also probably remind folks that governors (and the president) do not write the laws—legislatures do. Therefore, the legislature of the state would have to repeal this law.

To summarize, the governor is utilizing the powers given him via a law passed by the legislature of this state decades ago. It does not violate your constitutional rights. You may not like it, but it is not a violation of your rights. (If a suit was brought concerning these powers a court could find it to be a violation, but that has not happened to date. See Compagnie Francaise de Navigation a Vapeur v. Louisiana State Board of Health—this is still good law) I hope this provides a little context for how we find ourselves subject to these types of orders.