In 1909, E.B. Velikanje founded the law firm that later became known as Velikanje, Moore & Shore, P.S. in Yakima, Washington. Consistent with the principles of its founder, the firm is committed to delivering high quality, prompt, and affordable legal services for its clients.

In 1927, C.W. Halverson started practicing law in the Yakima Valley. He later joined with prominent attorney Bud Applegate to form Halverson Applegate. Halverson Applegate was committed to providing quality legal services to its clients.

In 2007, Velikanje, Moore & Shore and Halverson Applegate consolidated to form Velikanje Halverson P.C.  Velikanje Halverson is committed to quality, creativity, professional integrity, efficiency, and responsiveness. These values are the standards of excellence on which we have built our firm.

Velikanje Halverson through the individual talents, personalities, expertise, and the experience of its attorneys, provides its clients with strong and diversified resources to meet their many varied legal needs. Our firm's principal areas of practice include general legal and business counseling and litigation, real estate, commercial and financial transactions, probate and estate planning, personal injury and insurance litigation, bankruptcy law, workers compensation law, tax planning and litigation, and banking law. Within these areas of practice, we also handle all facets of agricultural law, including crop damage litigation, governmental regulation, and agri-business planning.