Admitted
1975, Washington; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Gonzaga University, J.D., magna cum laude, 1975; Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California
Law School Graduation Year
College
University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A., 1971
Memberships
Washington State Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual and Industrial Property; International Practice); State Board of Bar Examiners; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association.
Biographical
Managing Editor, Gonzaga Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Chief Judge, Harold J. Petrie, Washington State Court of Appeals, Div. II, 1975-1977. Washington State Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection, Antitrust and Education Division, 1977-1979. Associate Professor of Law, Torts, Products Liability and Constitutional Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, 1979-1987. Administrative Law Judge, HEP Board, 1980-1985. Commercial High Tech and International Arbitrator and Mediator, American Arbitration Association, 1988—. Arbitrator: World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; NASD. Founder, High Tech Conflict Solutions. Master of the Bench, Charles Powell American Trial Advocacy Inn of Court. Author: The Washington Consumer Protection Act vs. The Learned Professional, 10 Gonzaga Law Review 435, 1975; Truth and the Use of History to Interpret Our State Constitution, 2 DeNovo, Issue 7, March 1989. Executive Board, Northwest Folklife, 1998—.