Representative Experience
Commercial loan workouts, including through negotiation, foreclosure proceedings, and receivership

Arbitration and litigation of bankruptcy and credit related issues, including lender liability, preference, subordination, and similar issues

Representing of both debtors and creditors in cash collateral, case administration, and plan confirmation litigation

Representing institutional real estate lenders, a midsize public company in Chapter 11, a major bonding company, bankruptcy trustees and individual secured creditors and owners of troubled businesses

Representing both debtors and creditors in litigated and negotiated cases involving a variety of industries, including agriculture, construction and environmental remediation, retail, maritime and commercial real estate

Memberships and Activities
American Bankruptcy Institute

Washington State Equal Justice Coalition, Past Chair

American Bar Association, immediate past chair of the Commission on IOLTA

Steering committee of the Puget Sound Minority Clerkship Program, original member

Public Trust and Confidence Committee, sponsored by the state's Supreme Court and Bar Association

Serves on local and national bar committees concerned with providing civil legal services to the poor

Debtor-Creditor Resource Project, a nonprofit pro bono entity in the Western District of Washington, member of the board

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, 2001-2002; 2003-04; 2005-06; 2006; 2007; 2008

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006-2008

Education
J.D., University of Washington Law School, 1981

• Order of Barons
  
• Member, Moot Court Honor Board