Terence is a Washington native, practicing law in our state since 2006. He was raised in Eastern Washington, went to college in Bellingham (go Vikings!) and worked for 14 years as a financial and contracts analyst before deciding to turn his career upside down and go to law school. After graduating cum laude from Seattle University’s School of Law in 2005 and being admitted to the bar in 2006, he went to work for the State of Washington as an Assistant Attorney General, assigned to the Labor and Industries Division. There he developed skills as a litigator in workers’ compensation cases, representing L&I in Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) cases, Superior Court appeals, and Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) appeals. He also served as AAG counsel to the Electrical Inspectors’ Unit. Later he would continue serving the public as the Risk/Insurance Manager for Pierce Transit in Lakewood, and as the Records Officer and Public Records Officer for Washington’s Department of Licensing. Terence now finds himself serving families in need in Grays Harbor and Mason Counties, running his own firm and generally enjoying life in the shadow of Grays Harbor County’s beautiful courthouse.

Bailem started working with Artz Law Office in August 2023.