(licensed to practice only in Washington)

Representative Experience
Member of trial team defending multimillion dollar false advertising and Lanham Act claims in three-week trial in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Member of trial team representing telecommunications company in complex multimillion dollar dispute involving breach of contract, antitrust and Communications Act claims; took or defended eight depositions and cross-examined witness at arbitration

Litigated appeal of adverse administrative ruling regarding legality of assessments collected by state agency in California Superior Court and California Court of Appeals

Assisted in representing telecommunications company in dispute over environmental warranties and representations made as part of sale of property

Litigated cases for variety of clients from a broad range of industries including banking, health care, telecommunications, agriculture, construction, and publishing, with issues including, among others, breach of contract, class action claims, fraud, tortious interference, false advertising, wrongful termination, violation of state and federal banking laws, stock options, negligence, and trusts and estates issues

Prior Experience
Law Clerk, Honorable John C. Coughenour, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington State, Seattle

Summer Associate, Stanislaw Ashbaugh, LLP, Seattle

Memberships and Activities
Admitted, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Admitted, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington

American Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

King County Bar Association

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

• Editor-in-Chief, Washington Law Review
  
• Order of the Coif

B.A., magna cum laude, Amherst College