Representative Experience
Strategic counsel to established and emerging companies, including entity formation, debt and equity financings, mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances and governance matters

Representation of purchasers and sellers in numerous transactions in technology, retail, manufacturing, finance and professional services industries

Counsel to investors and investment funds in debt and equity financings

Prior Experience
Law clerk to the Honorable Lloyd King, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of California at San Francisco

Representative Clients
Associated Grocers, Incorporated
CellarTracker, LLC
Dilettante Chocolates, Inc.
Icebreaker Nature Clothing
Fatburger Corporation
Gemba Research LLC
Seattle Gourmet Foods
Spectra Lux Corporation
University of Puget Sound

Memberships and Activities
American Bar Association

Washington State Bar Association

California State Bar Association

CHOICES Education Group, Board Member and Corporate Secretary

Professional Recognition
Rated “AV” (Highest) by Martindale-Hubbell

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Corporate, M&A, and Securities Law by Woodward/White, 2004-2007. Named in Corporate Law, 2008

Listed in Who’s Who in American Law

Selected to "Super Lawyers," Washington Law & Politics

Education
J.D., University of California, Hastings School of Law, 1990

B.A., in Business Administration and Finance, cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Washington, 1987