Admitted
1983, Washington; 1985, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Cornell University, J.D., 1983
Law School Graduation Year
1983
College
Mount Holyoke College, A.B., cum laude, 1980
Memberships
Washington State and American (Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Insurance Coverage Committee; Vice Chair, Publications, 1992, Newsletter Editor, 1993) Bar Associations; Northwest Environmental Claims Association (Co-Chair, 1991, 1998-2001; Seminar Program Chair, 1996, 1997 and 1999).
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Visiting Fellow, Legal Research and Writing, The Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, 1983-1985. Co-Author: A Primer on the Use of Experts in the Defense of Third Party Toxic Tort Litigation, Pollution Liability, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section and Bureau of National Affairs, National Institute on Pollution Liability, with C. Tompkins; When Actions of the Insured Excuse the Carrier's Duty to Defend and to Pay, Insurance Law, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, with J. Grant, 1988; Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges and the Relationship Between Insurer and Insured in the Context of Hazardous Waste/Toxic Litigation, ABA Monograph, May 1989, with J. Grant revised 1996; Washington Underground Storage Tank Regulations, monograph, 1991; Digest of Washington Environmental Coverage Law, 1997 ed.