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David A. Jakeman, founding attorney of Jakeman Shaklee Oliver PS, has been interested in foreign cultures and languages since he was a young boy. That interest culminated in his decision to dedicate his legal career to immigration. In high school, David studied Spanish and German. After his graduation, he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Mexico City and surrounding regions, where he grew to love the Mexican people and the Spanish language. After returning home from his mission he completed a Bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University in Near Eastern Studies, graduating magna cum laude. During his undergrad he studied Arabic, French, Italian, Slovak, and Spanish, and spent time living in Syria and Slovakia.

After completing his undergrad, David stayed at Brigham Young University and completed a Master of Public Administration with the intent of beginning a career in the Foreign Service. It was during his second year of the program that David realized that he wanted to pursue a career in the law. He attended the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University (...more)

Jonathan B. Shaklee is a graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law and was admitted to practice before the Washington State Supreme Court in November 2007. Prior to law school, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Spanish from Western Washington University.

Jon was born in Orange, California to an undocumented Mexican mother and a farm laborer father from Jalisco. Shortly after his birth, he was adopted and eventually moved with his family to southern Oregon. From a very young age, friends and acquaintances often questioned him about his adoption and ethnicity. These questions encouraged Jon to reflect on what it meant to be Chicano and how he could contribute to the immigrant community.

After high school, Jon completed a two year Spanish-speaking Mormon mission in Caracas, Venezuela and in various surrounding areas, including the island of Bonaire. Later, Jon also traveled to (...more)

Andrew Oliver is a native of the State of Washington and is the managing attorney for our firm’s Seattle Office. Andrew, who also goes by “Andy,” earned his law degree in 2007 from The George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC. He has been practicing immigration law in Seattle since that time.

During his years in Washington, DC, Andy worked in the legal departments of two national non-profit organizations: AARP and AAHSA (the American Association of Homes and Service for the Aging). Andy also served in his law school’s Health Insurance Counseling Project, assisting low-income clients in disputes with insurance companies and health care providers.

Andy has a longstanding commitment to serving populations with special needs, including elderly and disabled clients. For example, in 2004 he managed the AmeriCorps program in the Seattle Mayor’s Office for Senior Citizens (...more)