Representative Experience
U.S. and international ship finance ship transactions involving preferred mortgage loans and charters of passenger ships, cargo vessels, tankers, fishing vessels, barges and tug boats

Aircraft leasing and aircraft secured loan transactions involving secured loans, true leases, finance leases, and synthetic leases of fixed wing and rotary aircraft for use by commercial air carriers, corporate aircraft, medical airlift

Rail car, locomotive and rolling stock leasing and secured loan transactions

Leveraged equipment lease transactions, including representation of owner participants and lessees of rail cars and rolling stock

Indian Tribal gaming and real estate development financing transactions, including operating lines, gaming equipment loans, construction lending, bond financing

Commercial lending transactions as counsel for agent and lenders in direct loans, participations, syndications, involving revolving loans, term loans, interest rate hedge and swap transactions; secured by inventory, accounts, assignments of leases, equipment, inventory, software licenses

Loan restructuring and workouts

Vessel mortgage and UCC collateral foreclosure litigation

Secured creditor and lessor representation in Bankruptcy reorganization proceedings

Capital markets syndication buy and sell transactions, vendor program financing documentation

Representative Clients
National, regional and international banks, leasing companies and commercial lenders

Memberships and Activities
Washington and Alaska State Bar Associations

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics, 2003, 2005

Education
J.D., cum laude, University of Wisconsin School of Law, 1981

• Order of the Coif


• Notes and Comments Editor, Wisconsin Law Review

M.B.A., University of Oregon, 1973

B.S., summa cum laude, Oregon State University, 1972