The Law Office of Richard L. Hughes PLLC, an Olympia-based law firm was recently awarded the General Counsel contract for Skamania County Public Utility District #1 in Carson, WA after completion of a state-wide Request for Proposals process. With this new contract, the law firm is General Counsel to public agencies from the Olympic Peninsula to the Columbia Gorge, with budgets ranging from $11 million to nearly $300 million. Rick Hughes, Principal at the firm, continues to practice in the areas of employment law, real estate, contract law, and municipal law. For more information go towww.richardhugheslaw.com