Representative Experience
Preventive practices including handbooks, agreements, policy review and collective bargaining

Administrative hearings on such issues as OSHA/WISHA, wage/hour, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, NLRB and EEO

Courtroom litigation such as wrongful discharge, discrimination and breach of contract

Representing employers (both union and nonunion) on the West Coast, particularly Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska and Hawaii since 1979

Prior Experience
Clerked for Chief Justice Vernon R. Pearson, Washington State Court of Appeals (1977-1979)

Representative Clients
Representing retailers, healthcare providers, private clubs, newspapers, employer associations, waste recyclers, nonprofit agencies, timber industry and professional service providers

Publications and Presentations
Author, Lexis Law Publishing's Employment in Washington State

Co-author, firm's Washington Employment Law Deskbook

Co-author, PLI's Employer's Guide to Strike Planning and Prevention

Lectured and written extensively on employment law subjects

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section

Member and past treasurer, King County Bar Association

Longstanding member of Seattle Goodwill's Board of Trustees

Member and past President, Gonzaga Law School Board of Advisors

Member, Board of Regents of Gonzaga University

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Labor and Employment Law by Woodward/White

Education
J.D., Gonzaga University School of Law, 1977

B.A., Gonzaga University, 1971