The approach to my practice is two-fold: optimizing operations to comply with the laws up front, to position clients to best protect their interests down the line. I have a reputation as a “pinch hitter” who is called in for the hairy, scary matters that no one else wants to handle. I love a challenge and my job is to untangle the mess. I’m good at conveying the litigation risks in each matter, illustrating all the facts to give clients a level of comfort with the possible outcomes.

Rhia Funke is a business and real property litigator who has worked for decades with big banks and mortgage lenders, brokers, and servicers as well as hard money lenders, landlords, and property managers. With a practice spanning commercial real estate transactions and property partitions to compliance, evictions, and foreclosures, Rhia works in state, federal, bankruptcy, and appeals courts.

In complex bankruptcies, Rhia navigates party priorities and jurisdictional considerations to advocate for her client’s ideal position. In hotly contested commercial litigation, she defends commercial property owners’ positions in sales disputes, tenant disputes, and others. She is particularly adept at handling cases under Washington’s landlord/tenant regime. She also advises property owners and managers, brokers, and others in business incorporation and compliance as well as transactions involving real property. She also handles securities defense, regulatory work, and FINRA arbitrations.

Based on her familiarity with finance and real estate, Rhia provides comprehensive guidance to clients, many of whom have trusted her with a wide range of matters for many years. She previously managed her own firm and worked as a paralegal before attending law school. She handles matters with attentive care from intake to final resolution and prides herself on staying flexible and adaptable.

Rhia is particularly proud of receiving hotly contested matters under the wire – sometimes within minutes of a hearing – distilling the relevant facts succinctly, and successfully arguing to win against even the most difficult of opposing counsel. She takes a reasonable, empathetic approach that supports her case with members of the bar and bench alike.