In law school, I can remember sitting in class, thinking about my future. Why was I in law school? What did I want to do with my degree? I remember thinking that I wanted a neighborhood law office serving my neighbors and taking on their legal issues. For the first 15 years, I was 42 floors high in downtown Seattle. It was a great view, but not accessible and too far removed from my neighbors.
Here, some 25 years after those thoughts in law school, and I am proud to say I have been practicing in my street-level, easily-located West Seattle law office for over 10 years! My clients love the fact that parking is easy and free.
I am available for my clients without the physical hurdles of the large firms. I do not believe in having to talk with three people in order to reach the person I am calling. My clients call and I answer the phone; when they email, I read and respond. Service to my clients is my number one priority.
LL.M. University of Washington School of Law, 1988
J.D. Gonzaga University School of Law, 1987
B.A. Eastern Washington University, 1984
Admitted, Washington State Bar Association 1987
Admitted, U.S. District Court 1989 – Western District of Washington
Admitted, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 1989
Member, Washington State Association for Justice
Member, Lawyer Pilot’s Bar Association
Former Legal Counsel and Board Member, Puget Sound Senior Baseball League
Neighborhood Legal Clinics Volunteer
Member, Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association (Airport Support Network volunteer for Winthrop (Methow Airport)
Arbitrator for King County Arbitration Department. Washington State Association for Justice. Participant, Youth & Law Committee; Neighborhood Law Clinics Committee; Family Law Services Committee; Fisheries and Maritime Section, SKCBA. Advisory Board Member of Divorce Lifeline. Judges appellate and moot court competitions frequently for Seattle University School of Law. Special District Counsel, Washington State Bar Association. Legal Counsel for Puget Sound Baseball League.
CURRENT PRIVATE PRACTICE October 1988 to present. Broad practice including general civil, business/corporations, collections, maritime, personal injury, and family law. Fifty percent or more of practice is litigation. Serve as King County MAR Arbitrator.
U.S. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION. 1986 Summer Intern Program. Conducted research and aided in trial preparation for the Regional Office in Seattle.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1983 Legislative Session, Olympia. Assistant to Chair, House Transportation Committee, and Chair, House Constitutions, Elections & Ethics Committee. Formulated conflict of interest survey for all House and Senate members. Wrote, The Internal Workings of the State Supreme Court.
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