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, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: Gonzaga University, J.D.
Member: Washington State Bar Association (Disciplinary Hearing Officer; Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual and Industrial Property; International Practice; Professional Development and Competency Committee; Judicial Recommendations Committee; Executive Committee State Bar Examiners); The London Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Biography: Recipient, Fulbright Award, Czech Republic, teaching "International Litigation & Arbitration," and "Comparative European Arbitration Law," 2008-2010. Chosen One of "Top Ten Lawyers in Washington State," in the areas of "Contracts/Agreements," 2008 CEO Magazine. Arbitrator and Mediator, Commercial, International, High Tech, Construction and Consumer Protection: American Arbitration Association; International Centre for Dispute Resolution; World Intellectual Property Organization; International Chamber of Commerce; Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution; FRCP 39.1 Arbitrator, US District Court, Western District of Washington; King County Mandatory Arbitration. Washington State Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection, Antitrust and Education Divisions, 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. Adjunct Professor of Law, teaching "Transnational Litigation and Arbitration," Seattle University School of Law, 2006-2009. Managing Editor, Gonzaga Law Review, 1974-1975. Law Clerk to Chief Judge, Harold J. Petrie, Washington State Court of Appeals, Div. II, 1975-1977. 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, 1998-2005.
Born: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 12, 1949