Legal Assistance

Region Legal Service Office Northwest Command Services Contact Information:

• RLSO Northwest Everett 
  2000 W. Marine View Drive, Building 2000, Room 158 
  Everett, WA 98207-1900 
  COMM 425-304-4551 / DSN 727-4551
• RLSO Northwest Bremerton 
  365 S. Barclay, Building 433, Room 118 
  Bremerton, WA 98314-5260 
  COMM 360-476-4275/ DSN 476-4275
• RLSO Northwest Bangor 
  1001 Tautog Circle, Building 1001 
  Silverdale, WA 98315-6305 
  COMM 360-396-6003 / DSN 744-6003
• RLSO Northwest Whidbey Island 
  1045 W. Midway Street, Building 2739 
  Oak Harbor, WA 98278-1300 
  COMM 360-257-2126/2127 / DSN 820-2126/2127

Operating hours at Naval Station Everett for Legal Assistance are Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. (closed for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.), Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and Walk-In Attorney Services (Active Duty in Uniform Only) Tuesday 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

For more information https://www.jag.navy.mil/

RLSO NW provides legal assistance to active duty service members and their dependents, and reservists on active duty for 30 days or more, and to retirees on a variety of topics. Legal assistance can include advice on topics such as consumer/financial affairs, disaster relief support and advice, family law, foreclosure advice and counseling, immigration, notary services, powers of attorney, landlord/tenant matters, Servicemembers' Civil Relief Act, small claims court matters, victim assistance, and wills/estate planning.

Pre-deployment services are given priority. Please contact your local office to see how it can best meet your pre-deployment needs.

The Legal Assistance Department will not provide assistance on the following services:

• command advice
• defense advice (except civilian misdemeanors)
• business advice
• financial planning advice
• drafting of living trusts
• representation in court (except in extremely unusual cases)
• advice over the telephone (only applies to retirees requesting wills must be in person for will intake)
• advice to individuals already represented by an attorney. Prior approval from existing attorney is required. If the attorney is fine w/client receiving advice from Legal Assistance JAG, then they will be able to receive services.
• assistance where there is a conflict of interest (e.g. divorce advice to both husband and wife)

Eligibility for legal assistance varies somewhat among the military services. Generally, Navy legal assistance is available to the following:

• Members of the armed forces on active duty (including members of a reserve component).
• Following release from active duty orders for 30 days or more, members of reserve components are eligible for legal assistance for a period beginning on the date of release from active duty and continuing for a period equal to twice the length of the period served on those active duty orders.
• Retired military personnel.
• Dependents (spouses and minor children) of those listed above, who are entitled to a military identification card.
• Inactive members of the reserve components, subject to federal mobilization, may receive deployment-related legal assistance. If reservists are on active duty orders for 30 days or more, we can provide services outside of deployment-related matters such as divorce, landlord tenant issues, SCRA, etc.
• Civilian employees and contractors deploying to or in a theater of operations may receive wills and powers of attorney.
• Civilian assigned outside the United States and its territories, including their dependents residing with them employees.

Valid military ID is required to receive services.

Defense Service Office West Branch Everett (DSO West)

The Defense Service Office provides legal representation to military service members at Administrative Separation Boards, Boards of Inquiry, and Courts-Martial, in addition to providing advice to service members on defense-related topics such as non-judicial punishment.

• Standard Consultation Hours are 8 to 11 a.m. Monday through Thursday
• Front Desk 425-304-4549 / Duty Officer 360-271-5664
• 2000 W Marine Ave, Room 110 Everett, WA 98207-5001
• email: navylegaldefensenw@navy.mil