Last year, a rare tornado that hammered the Western Massachusetts town of Monson missed Harold Bailey Jr.’s summer home there. The near-catastrophe reminded Bailey of the importance of preparing for the worst kinds of weather.

The Garvey Schubert Barer partner, in fact, has long been dedicated to keeping one of his clients, the Quileute Indian Tribe along Washington state’s coast, safe from storms. Bailey was instrumental in his firm’s battle to help the tribe acquire land outside its one-square-mile reservation, which is vulnerable to tsunamis.