Christopher R. Rao is a lawyer practicing civil litigation, family, personal injury and 4 other areas of law. Christopher received a B.A. degree from University of Texas at Austin in 1987, and has been licensed for 29 years. Christopher practices at Rao & Pierce, LLC in Seattle, WA.
Mr. Rao, was a great lawyer. He got a settlement that took a lot of stress from me. The firm also wrote my will and my DNR. I would, and have, recommend him.
Among life’s mistakes, I’ve made some doozies. The second biggest one? Hiring Christopher Rao of Beacon Attorneys. After I retained Christopher, I learned he’d recently fallen out with his legal partner (hence the name change from “Rao and Pierce”). In the transition, the support staff were in flux and disarray. Early on, his team neglected to file critical documents. They made an embarrassing factual error about my son. To my repeated requests they were often nonresponsive. I harangued them for months to complete my will. Throughout, we let opposing counsel drive a simplistic narrative. “We’re keeping our powder dry”, Christopher would tell me. He did object to the judge about OC’s page counts… Our court orders? all drafted by OC. We lost and we lost, and each time Christopher declared some small victory. And he’d regularly criticize me. “I’m tough on my clients”, he’d tell me. Regularly I wondered if I’d hired an adversary, not an advocate.
After law school, Christopher taught business negotiation and web design at the University of Washington and ran a web design firm. After the gold rush Christopher returned to the law, first working for a downtown firm, then starting his own firm on Beacon Hill in 1999.
Christopher is a member of the South Asian Bar Association and the Rules of Professional Conduct committee of the Washington State Bar Association. He is currently Secretary of the Family Law Section of the King County Bar Association, and chair of its Local Rules sub-committee. Christopher teaches Continuing Legal Education classes on writing effective letters and on family law topics. He also has experience working at Catholic Community Services with victims of child abuse and child sexual abuse.
Christopher's law practice emphasizes family law, personal injury, and general civil litigation.
Christopher and his wife Josie dote shamelessly over their two handsome boys, Raja and Tristan. Christopher also invents strategy board games that help refine negotiation and business strategy skill sets. Member: Washington State Bar Association.
