Central Washington Disability Lawyers
When you have health problems and financial worries, attorneys Tom Bothwell and Tim Hamill bring dignity and respect to your Social Security Disability or Labor & Industries case.
Get Treated Like A Person, Not A Case File
When health problems disrupt your life and your income, your situation is personal.
To get Social Security Disability or workers’ compensation benefits, you deserve a lawyer who personally handles your case.
Bothwell Hamill & Sutton, PLLC formed in 2006 with a mission to help people with serious health problems and financial worries in central Washington, including Yakima, Kennewick, Sunnyside, Ellensburg and Walla Walla.
Tom Bothwell has dedicated his career to winning Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits for people in need. Tim Hamill focuses on winning workers’ comp claims under the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
Tom and Tim are passionate about treating you with honesty, dignity and respect at a difficult time in your life.
With some law firms, you don’t work directly with a lawyer or even see your lawyer until you have a hearing with a judge.
If you can’t work, let us get to work to get you benefits.
How We Will Approach Your Case
When you have a lawyer from Bothwell Hamill & Sutton, PLLC, this is what you get:
- Experienced. Deep knowledge of disability or workers’ comp law
- Local. Knowledge of the health care providers you’ll see in central Washington
- Caring. Someone who explains your case in plain language, not confusing “legalese”
- Tough. Lawyers who take the fear of out a scary system
- Neighborly. Lawyers who believe in helping their neighbors in Central Washington
Applying For Social Security Disability Is Easy. It Is The Winning That’s Tough.
Most people get denied on the first try, even the most deserving people. The Social Security system is complicated and hard to manage. The best way to increase your chances of winning benefits is by getting an experienced attorney.
Tom Bothwell has over 40 years of experience in Social Security Disability law. He’s helped more people win benefits than any other attorney in Central Washington.
Whether you’re applying for the first time — or you’ve already been denied and need to appeal — let us put our many years of experience to work for you.
You PAY NO ATTORNEY FEE until you win SSD benefits.

Tom Bothwell
Social Security Disability Attorney

Tim Hamill
Workers’ Compensation Attorney

Bryant Sutton
Workers’ Compensation Attorney
Anyone Can Get Injured on the Job
You could work in any job — farm laborer, machinist, carpenter, welder, truck driver, health care worker, office worker — and find yourself hurting and needing workers’ comp.
Bothwell Hamill & Sutton, PLLC helps people from all walks of life.
In fact, we’ve helped more than a thousand people throughout central Washington. We fight to win benefits one person at a time.
Workers’ comp is a complex, specialized area of the law, with its own rules and procedures and even its own judges.
Tim Hamill spent almost 10 years with the Washington Attorney General’s Office, representing the Department of Labor & Industries at every level of the court system. Since then, he’s been fighting for individual workers even longer.
He knows what to expect and how to respond.
Claims managers are not there to make sure you get all the benefits you deserve. That’s our job.