Admitted
1980, Alaska; 1981, U.S. District Court, District of Alaska; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Western District of California; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of California; 2000, California and Hawaii
Law School
Seattle University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Law School Graduation Year
1980
College
Western Washington University, B.A., in Human Services, 1977
Memberships
Alaska and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Torts; Insurance) Bar Associations; Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member of the Board, 1991—); Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member, 1984—; State Representative, 1991—; Chair, Small Office Practice Section, 1993-1994; Governor, Young Lawyers Section, 1995; Member, Sections on: Aviation; Insurance; Products Liability; Small Office Practice; Committees on: Communications; Computers and Law Office Technology, 1998-1999; Speaker's Bureau/Peoples Law School, 1998-2000); Trial Lawyers for Public Justice (Member, 1997—); National Board of Trial Advocacy (Examination Author and Grader, 1997; Committee of Examiners, 1999); Western Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1993-1997; Parliamentarian, 1997-1998; Treasurer, 1998-1999; Secretary, 1999-2000); Consumer Attorneys of California; Attorneys Information Exchange Group (Member, 1997—); M Club (Member and Sponsor).
Biographical
Advocate, 1991. Fellow, 1996, National College of Advocacy. Author: The Single-Vehicle Accident: Road and Roadside Design as Proximate Cause, Trial Diplomacy Journal, Winter, 1990, Vol. 13, No. 4, Article reprinted at Litigation at Sunrise, ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, 1991; A Comparison of Computerized Time-Keeping System, Law Office Computing Magazine, February 1994; Finding Diamonds in the Rough: The Undiagnosed Closed Head Injury Case, ATLA's Annual Convention, New York City, N.Y., 1995; Tort Reform - the Destruction of the Social Contract, Alaska Law Review, Spring 1999. Columnist, Tales from the Far North, Western Trial Lawyers. Speaker: Computerized Demonstrative Techniques in the Courtroom, Alaska Academy of Trial Lawyers Roundtable, 1994; Legal Considerations for the Terminally Ill, Juneau Cancer Society, 1995; High-tech Demonstrative Techniques for use at Trial, Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, 1995; Technology & the Law, Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, 1996; Product Safety & Children - The Role of the Plaintiff's Lawyer in Improving Product Safety, Safe Kids, Anchorage, Alaska, 1997; Making Effective Use of Paralegals & Law Clerks in the Plaintiff's Practice of the 90's, Small Office Practice Section, ATLA Mid-Winter Convention, Boca Raton, Florida, 1997; Legal Ethics in the 1990's - Taking the High Road in an Amoral Legal World, Western Trial Lawyer's Annual Convention, Maui, June 1997; The Law Office of the Future - Using Web Sites, Scanners, and Other Star Trek Ideas for the Office of the Present, ATLA Annual Convention, San Diego, July 1997; Changing Trends in Insurance Bad Faith Law in the 9th Circuit, Western Trial Lawyer's Fall Seminar, Phoenix, Arizona, October 1997; Towards the Paperless Office - Handling Complex Products Liability Litigation in the Modern Law Office, New York Trial Lawyers Annual Convention, Bermuda, October 1997; Using Technology to Aggressively Litigate Products Liability Claims, Consumer Attorneys of Californi