Overcast Law Offices is proud to call North Central Washington home. Our attorneys strive to be a part of the communities that they serve through professional and business associations and through volunteering.  Our roots and involvement in Washington, and particularly in North Central Washington, provide us with a practical understanding of the regional nuances that affect our clients. Our local knowledge, combined with our considered and calculated legal reasoning, results in advice that is effective, useful, and ultimately worthy of our clients’ time and resources.

Our firm is built upon the core values of being thorough, timely, and cordial. Providing good advice when clients need it creates value. Being cordial creates goodwill, which ultimately benefits our clients.

Lawyers

Tom Overcast

Tom has been in private law practice since 1985 and had an office in Edmonds, Washington until 2001.  Tom spent part of his youth in Quincy, Washington, and in 2001 he and his wife seized an opportunity to return to eastern Washington, where he opened law offices in Wenatchee and Quincy.  Tom’s practice emphasizes trust and estate planning and business planning.

Tom received his undergraduate degree in psychology (1971) and a Master’s of Arts in psychology (1973) from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington.  Tom then earned his law degree in 1979 and received his Ph.D. (psychology) in 1980 from the University of Nebraska—Lincoln.  Tom has found his education and training to be of great advantage in negotiations, client counseling, and relations in all aspects of practicing law.

Tom and his wife Kay Kenyon enjoy the many indoor and outdoor amenities of North Central Washington.  They play some golf, take advantage of the opportunities for hiking and cross-country skiing, and just generally enjoy the unsurpassed beauty of this place.

Rani Sampson

Rani primarily works with real estate, business and estate-planning matters.  Prior to going to law school, she negotiated the sales of more than 1,000 residential properties. She writes and enforces commercial and agricultural transactions, leases, and easements and assists businesses and non-profits with formation and governance questions. Her estate planning work focuses on wills, special-needs trusts, and other estate-planning strategies.  Rani is a strong advocate for the elderly and works tirelessly to protect their assets and dignity.

Rani graduated from Ohio State University as a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.  She got her law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law, where she was the Systems Editor on the Law Review Board, an ACE Contracts Scholar and earned a Tax Certificate for advanced studies in taxation.  She is admitted to practice in Washington, the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Washington, and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Washington.

Outside of work, Rani can be found enjoying the beauty of our area.  She is a ski instructor at Mission Ridge, a member of Wenatchee Row and Paddle Club, and a brown-thumbed gardener.

David Visser

David focuses his practice on matters related to trust and estate planning, real property, business planning, and civil litigation.

David was raised in Wenatchee before graduating from Seattle Pacific University in 2001 (BA – Business Administration) and completing the Washington State Bar Association’s Law Clerk Program. David passed the bar in 2009 and worked for a prominent firm in Bellevue, Washington for several years before returning to North Central Washington for the long term. David is licensed to practice in Washington state courts and the United States Federal District Court for the District of Western Washington.

Outside of work, David enjoys spending time with family, skiing, and cycling.

David Kazemba

David's practice focuses primarily on bankruptcy, creditor's rights, estate planning, and elder law.  David is licensed to practice in Washington state courts and the United States Federal District Courts for the Western and Eastern District of Washington.

David graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law with honors in May 2014.  During law school, David worked with University Legal Assistance, representing low income elderly individuals with issues of wills, probates, trust accounting, and public entitlements.  While in law school, David served as a judicial extern/clerk for Judge Robert Whaley in the Eastern District of Washington District Court and Judge John Rossmeissl in the Eastern District of Washington Bankruptcy Court. 

David is a published author in the area of bankruptcy.  He is also a frequent speaker locally and for National Business Institute on issues of estate planning, long term care, bankruptcy and guardianship. 

David likes to enjoy the outdoor activities of Wenatchee and spend time with his family. He is a former president of the Eastern District of Washington Bankruptcy Bar Association, serves as an officer for the WSBA Creditor/Debtor Section Executive Committee and currently sits on the board of directors for the Wenatchee Confluence Rotary Foundation. 

Kera Dexter

Kera grew up in Selah, Washington and moved to Wenatchee after graduating law school. Kera is licensed to practice in Washington state courts and the United States Federal District Courts for the Eastern District of Washington. Her practice areas include bankruptcy, probate, landlord/tenant, and business advising.

Kera graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law in May 2021. While in law school, she worked with University Legal Assistance helping individuals with their business needs such as forming their business, creating corporate documents, and reviewing contracts. She also interned with the Yakima County Prosecutor’s Office for two summers while in law school. She joined Overcast Law Offices in late 2021.

Kera spends her free time hiking, skiing, and camping. She also enjoys helping with her family’s farm. Kera can often be found walking her dogs on the Apple Capital Recreation Loop, her new favorite urban amenity—or tucked up reading a good book.

Laurence Chamberlain

Laurence P. (“Laurie”) Chamberlain is a recent transplant to the Wenatchee Valley from Minnesota, where he practiced law for over fifteen years. Formerly the managing attorney in a legal aid office there, he has extensive experience in landlord-tenant law, family law, and general civil litigation, in state and federal courts. Born and raised in Minnesota, he earned his B.A. at Whitman College and his law degree, cum laude, at Gonzaga University School of Law. He joined Overcast Law Offices in 2021, where he continues his commitment to ushering clients through complicated, stressful processes and helping them craft creative solutions to their unique problems.

He enjoys exploring the diverse landscapes in our backyard on foot, bicycle, snowshoes, and skis. He plays string bass with the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra and the Wenatchee Big Band. He is on the board of directors of the Rural Renewable Energy Alliance, a solar-power advocacy organization.

He makes his home in Wenatchee with his wife, two teen-age children, two dogs, and a cat.

Ben Jordan

Ben grew up on a small farm near Nashville, Tennessee.  He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2014. He worked as a paralegal before attending Gonzaga University School of Law. During law school, Ben studied international law in Florence, Italy, and obtained an international mediation certificate, and also worked as an intern in Kenai, Alaska and Rule 9 intern in Spokane in criminal and civil law. 

After working as a public defender for Chelan County for several years, Ben transitioned to civil practice in 2022. He enjoys helping his clients obtain favorable outcomes at all stages of dispute resolution. While he loves courtroom advocacy, he knows the most cost-effective path is avoiding litigation through robust negotiation. Ben represents clients in real estate, contracts, construction, business, land use, agriculture, and other matters. 

When not practicing law, Ben enjoys skiing, kayaking, mountain biking, and spending time with his partner, Kirsten, and their dogs.