Merry A Kogut, Attorney at Law
Key Peninsula Law
Merry A. Kogut is a Washington State Attorney who is proficient in “Plain English” communications and finding collaborative and practical solutions to complex legal issues.
Merry has been an attorney since 1986, and is especially experienced in employment discrimination, but also has expertise in adult guardianship/conservatorships, administrative law, consumer protection (including frauds/scams), homeowner associations, and simple estate planning.
She’s been a legal expert on JustAnswer.com since 2008, and an ARAG Legal Insurance attorney since 2023. She brings nearly 50 years combined legal, professional, and volunteer writing and editing experience to help you with your legal needs.
Merry no longer engages in litigation, but can provide coaching/drafting for Small Claims Court, mediation, and some proceedings in front of Administrative Law Judges for governmental agencies.
Earlier in her career, Merry served as a VISTA Volunteer in Olympia focusing on landlord/tenant problems; she served as a law clerk for the Washington State Court of Appeals, and as a discrimination specialist, investigator and legislative liaison for several state agencies.
She also helped establish the “Legal Writing Institute,” a national association of legal writing instructors and administrators. She was in charge of rule-making and policies for DSHS (the largest Washington State agency) and DRS, and officiated at all rule-making hearings for those state agencies.
Merry earned her law degree from the Seattle University (formerly University of Puget Sound) School of Law, where she served as a Law Review Editor and worked for the Legal Writing Program.
In her personal life, Merry is a hiker, kayaker, and recorder player, and a non-stop volunteer.
Some of her volunteer work has included
- A “service” trip for the Sierra Club’s restoration of a Yosemite campground
- Providing legal and other resources for many years at a Pierce County senior center
- Volunteering over a twenty+ year period for her homeowners’ association (including Board participation and heading up the “Rules” committee, resolving various disputes)
- Serving as a Tacoma Human Rights Commissioner (including drafting a major ordinance change that the Tacoma City Council adopted)
- Serving as a Better Business Bureau arbitrator while still in law school
- Serving on the Pierce County ACLU Board
- Serving on the Washington Supreme Court’s statewide guardianship committee
- Serving as an AARP volunteer in their free income tax preparation service
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Key Peninsula Law
Merry A Kogut, Attorney at Law
License Number: 16153
Contact Info
Key Peninsula Law
22415 S Herron Blvd NW
Lakebay, WA 98349-8143
United States
(253) 364-4665