Admitted
1976, Washington and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Duke University, J.D., 1976
Law School Graduation Year
1976
College
Princeton University, B.A., 1969; University of Hawaii, M.B.A., 1972
Memberships
Seattle-King County, Kitsap County, Washington State (Member, Disciplinary Board, 1996-1999; Chair, 1998-1999; Member, 1986-1991, 1995-1996 and Chair, 1989-1991, 1999-2001, Court Rules and Procedures Committee; Member, 1991-1994 and Chair, 1993-1994, Court Congestion and Improvement Committee; Member, 1981-1983 and Chair, Election Board, 1981-1982, Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Young Lawyers Section) and American (Member, Appellate Practice Committee of Litigation Section, 1992-1995) Bar Associations; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Chair, Urban People's Law School); American Judicature Society; Washington Chapter of American Judicature Society; Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Author: series of articles on Washington Constitutional Convention of 1889, Washington State Bar News, January, 1989 through, May, 1990. Co-author: Washington's 1986 Tort Legislation and the State Constitution: Testing the Limits, 22 Gonzaga L. Rev. 193, 1987; Author: What You Should Know Before Seeking Review in the Washington Supreme Court, 40 Wash. St. Bar News 11, 25, 1986; Co-Editor and Contributor, Washington Appellate Practice Handbook, 1993. Author: Appropriate Scope of An Environmental Impact Statement: The Interrelationship of Impacts, 1976 Duke Law Journal 623. Lecturer and Organizer: First and Second Judicial Conferences, Republic of Albania, 1993-1994; Bar Review Associates of Washington, Trial Practice and Constitutional Law, 1981-1994. Lecturer, at over 100 seminar presentations on Appellate Practice, Tort Law, Constitutional Law and other legal issues. Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals, Division II, 1995.
Military
Capt., U.S. Army, 1969-1973