Practice Areas
Business Law (representation of businesses and professionals); Business Litigation in trial and appellate courts; Real Estate Law; and Estate Planning.
Education
- J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center
- LL.M. degree from New York University Law School
- B.A degree from Gonzaga University
Career
- Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted to U.S. Tax Court
- Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Circuit)
- Admitted to U.S. District Court for Western District of Washington
- Admitted to Washington State Supreme Court
- Author “Professional Partnerships, PLLCs and LLPs,” Chapter in Washington Partnership and Limited Liability Company Deskbook (Second Edition) published 2020 by the Washington State Bar Association.
- Author “Professional Partnerships, PLLCs and LLPs,” Chapter in Washington Partnership Law and Practice Deskbook published 2009 by the Washington State Bar Association.
- Author “Professional Partnerships” Chapter in Partnership and Limited Liability Company Deskbook published in 1984 by the Washington State Bar Association.
- Co-Author “Debt-Equity Regulations” in Statutory and Administrative Developments: Planning for the Small Business Enterprise, published 1982 by the Corporation, Business and Banking Section and Taxation Section of the Washington State Bar Association
- Served as a Special District Counsel to the Washington State Bar Association 1984-1994
- Adjunct Professor, University of Puget Sound School of Law, 1974-1976
Community Involvement
- Chairman, Board of Directors, United Way of Pierce County
- Chairman, Board of Directors, Catholic Community Services of Pierce County
- Member, Greater Tacoma Community Foundation, Agency Loan Committee
3 Things You Are Most Proud of Professionally
- Rated “AV Preeminent” by Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating service
- Selected as a “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters news service
- Was listed in Who’s Who in American Law
3 Things A Client Wouldn’t Know About You
- Was a janitor at an all-girls high school while going to college
- Served on the staff of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson in Washington, D.C. while going to law school
- Served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps in Vietnam where awarded the bronze star medal