Representative Experience
Extensive experience in state and federal court trials, mediations and arbitrations; bankruptcy and non-bankruptcy litigation concerning secured loans and out-of-court restructuring of creditor and debtor relationships

Prior Experience
Law clerk to The Honorable Donald S. Voorhees, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, 1976-1978

Guest lecturer, School of Law, University of Pune, Maharashtra, India, 1979

Bar Memberships
Washington State Bar Association

California State Bar Association

Professional Recognition
Named as one of “America’s Leading Business Lawyers” by Chambers USA, 2005-2006

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law by Woodward/White, 2003-04; 2005-06; 2006; 2007; 2008

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2005-2008

Civic
Board of Trustees, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (1990-1996; Vice-President, 1995-1996)

Board of Trustees, Childhaven (1996-2003; President, 2001-2002)

Board of Trustees, YMCA of Greater Seattle (2006-present)

Representative Clients
Archon Group
Banc of America Investment Services, Inc.
Bank of America, N.A.
Banner Bank
Children’s Hospital Foundation
Citifor, Inc. (Subsidiary of CITIC)
Downer EDI, Ltd.
GE Commercial Finance
James G. Murphy Co.
Oaktree Capital Management, LLP
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd.
The Republic of the Marshall Islands
Westward Seafoods, Inc.

Education
J.D., University of Southern California Law Center, 1976 (Editor-in-chief 49 Southern California Law Review)

B.A. in History, with Honors, Grinnell College, 1973