Representative Experience
Defending petroleum-industry clients in cost recovery and contribution claims under Washington’s Model Toxics Control Act (“MTCA”) at various sites and in administrative Clean Air Act appeal before Washington’s Pollution Control Hearings Board (“PCHB”)
Defending aquaculture client in appeal before Hearing Examiner with respect to shoreline permitting and exemption issues and State Environmental Policy Act (“SEPA”) issues
Completing and filing Dangerous Waste Annual Reports with the Washington State Department of Ecology for various clients
Defending client regarding conditional use permit appeal with respect to radio broadcast utility facility
Representing general contractors and owners in construction-related disputes and litigation
Member of litigation team representing employee with respect to non-competition agreement and trade secret issues
Member of litigation team representing various companies in TCPA "fax blast" cases
Drafting appellate briefing regarding preemption issues and validity of arbitration agreements in consumer contracts for telecommunications client
Prior Experience
Summer Associate, Davis Wright Tremaine
Publications and Presentations
“Show Me the Money?: Washington Adopts the Cost Prohibitive Defense to Arbitration Clauses in Consumer Contracts,” 27 Seattle Univ. L. Rev. 899 (2004)
Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association
Education
J.D., summa cum laude, Seattle University School of Law
- Editor-in-Chief, Seattle University Law Review
- Faculty Scholar Award 2004
- Phi Delta Phi
- Awards for Academic Excellence: Contracts, Property, Natural Resources, Professional Responsibility, Advanced Writing Seminar, Law, Language, and Literature, and Corporate Governance
- Best Oralist: Seattle University School of Law Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition
B.A. in Political Science, Western Washington University
