Co-chair, Finance and Commercial Law Practice Group, 1993 - present

Co-chair, China Practice Group (with former Governor Gary Locke), 1994 - present

Chair, Executive Committee, 1998 - 2007

Representative Experience
Domestic and international finance, including development and negotiation of vendor finance programs for distribution of information technology in Brazil, Mexico, Europe, Australia and Korea

Software distribution and licensing, including negotiation of licensing agreements between software manufacturer and computer OEMs

Commercial and finance aspects of the Internet and eCommerce, including negotiation and documentation of private label and co-branded credit programs with Internet payment companies

International joint ventures and strategic alliances, including negotiation and documentation of co-brand credit card program in southern China between Chinese development bank and U.S. retailer

Prior Experience
Attorney-advisor, Agency for International Development, Bureau for Private Enterprise: helped develop, negotiated and documented small business and agricultural lending programs with private banks in Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia, Bolivia and Equador, 1983-1985

Served as a law clerk to Judge Jerome Farris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-1980

Representative Clients
Firm client relationship lawyer for: General Electric Capital Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Financing Corporation, Bank of America, N.A.

Publications and Presentations

Frequent lecturer on various aspects of domestic and international commercial law

Organizer, emcee and speaker for the following conferences:

• “Financial Services, Technology and Broad-Based Development in China,” co-sponsored by DWT and University of Washington, August 2007
  
• “Financial services reform in China,” sponsored by Washington State China Relations Council, August 2006
  
• “Shanghai Expo 2010 – The Dragon Takes Flight,” sponsored by Washington State China Relations Council, January 2005
  
• “China eCommerce,” co-sponsored by DWT and Microsoft, November 2000

Principal sponsor and member of organizing committee for Seattle visit of President Hu Jintao, April 2006

Organizer and regular speaker at the Commercial Law Study Group lecture series for in-house lawyers at Seattle financial institutions, 1991-1998

Memberships and Activities
Past Chairman, World Peace Through Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association, 1981

Vice President and former General Counsel of the Washington State China Relations Council, 1998 - present

Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Banking Law by Woodward/White, 2001-02; 2003-04; 2005-06; 2006; 2007; 2008

Named as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" in Financial Institutions and Transactions Law by Woodward/White, 2005-2007

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2002-2007

Education
J.D., with honors, University of Washington School of Law, 1979

• Executive Editor, Washington Law Review
  
• Order of the Barristers, Western Regional winning team Jessup International Moot Court Competition 1978

B.S. in Psychology, with honors, University of Washington, 1973