Admitted
1973, Washington, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington and practice before Federal and State Courts in Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Georgia and Louisiana; 1984, U.S. Supreme Cour
Law School
Cornell University, J.D., 1973
Law School Graduation Year
1973
College
University of Notre Dame, B.A., cum laude, 1970
Memberships
King County (Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section), Kitsap County, Federal (Western District of Washington; Chair, ADR Task Force, 1995-1996; Chair and Co-Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1995—; Vice President, 2001; President, 2002; Chair, Committee on Court Congestion and Administration of CR 39.1; Lawyer Representative to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference (1995-1998); Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee Member, 1999-2002; Chair, 2003) and American (Member: Sections on: Litigation; Dispute Resolution) Bar Associations; Washington State Bar Association (Trustee, Trial Practice Section, 1983-1986; Member, ADR Section; Special District Counsel Panel, 1997—); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Sports Lawyers Association; International Society of Barristers.
Biographical
Research Editor, Cornell Law Review, 1972-1973. Author: The Recovery of Economic Loss in Washington Under Article Two of the Uniform Commercial Code, Washington Commercial Law Deskbook, 1982; Burning the House to Roast the Pig: Unrelated Individuals and Single Family Zoning's Blood Relation Criterion, 58 Cornell Law Review 138, 1973. Mediator, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association (Commercial and Large Complex Case Panels).