Matt Sayre founded the firm in 1969 when he opened his solo practice in Seattle's Columbia City District, succeeding the late James J. McBride whose practice there dated back to the early 1950's.  A general practitioner, Matt provided a broad range of legal services to the community.

In 1982, Matt moved his practice to a renovated building on Seattle's First Hill at 1016 Jefferson Street, just off Boren Avenue between Swedish and Harborview Medical Centers.  While there, he rose through the ranks to head the Seattle-King County Bar Association.  After 26 years, the firm relocated in 2008 to its present location, also on Seattle’s First Hill at 1320 University street, between Boren and Broadway.

Jeff Sayre joined his father in 1993 after several years at Perkins Coie, and the firm changed its name to Sayre Law Offices.  The next year, a second office was opened on Vashon Island.

Karin Treadwell joined the firm as an attorney in 1997.  She previously worked as a law clerk while still in law school.  Eric Nelsen began working at Sayre Law Offices in 1994 as an experienced legal secretary and paralegal.  He has worked for the firm since then, including part-time while in law school and as an attorney since his admission to practice in 2001.  Christine Martin first joined Sayre Law Offices as a law clerk in 2000, and has been an attorney with the firm since 2001.

Steve Sayre joined the practice in 2010 after several years developing a construction law and litigation practice with Ditlevson Rodgers Dixon, P.S., in Olympia.

Six attorneys staff Sayre Law Offices’ two locations—the main office on Seattle’s First Hill and a satellite office on Vashon Island. They present a wide range of experience. Commercial and residential real property litigation is emphasized and includes purchase and sale agreements, lease agreements and evictions, easements, covenants, boundary line adjustments and disputes, quiet-title actions, and construction law. The firm also concentrates on estate planning and probate, probate litigation, business-entity formation and litigation (to include corporations, partnerships, limited-liability companies and tenancies in common), personal injury litigation, family law litigation, and appellate practice.

Please direct any inquiries to Jeff Sayre at (206) 625-0092 or by email to jeff@sayrelawoffices.com