Areas of Practice
Real Estate Transactions:

• Commercial real estate purchases and sales
  
• Condominium projects
  
• Resolution of property ownership and use issues
  
• Creation of easements, covenants, leases, and licenses

• Discretionary land use and subdivision approvals and permits
  
• Land use and subdivision hearings
  
• Development agreements
  
• Land use due diligence in connection with real estate acquisition and finance

Representative Experience

Real Estate Transactions:
Represented seller of major Puget Sound resort, including hotel, golf course, marina, restaurant, shopping center, vacant lots, undeveloped parcels, and sewer and water utility company (2001)

Represented purchaser of multiple parcels of timberlands in King County, Washington (2006)

Represent seller of 210-acre residential development in Kitsap County, Washington (2004-2006)

Represent seller of commercial parcels in 320-acre mixed use development in Gig Harbor, Washington (2003-2006)

Represented purchaser (with other DWT attorneys) in real estate due diligence review of purchases of lumber yards and truss and panel manufacturing facilities in California, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Texas, and Kansas (2003-2005)

Represented seller of 76,300 acres of timberlands in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California (2003)

Represented seller of 22,783 acres of timberlands in Glenn, Lake, and Tehama Counties, California (2003)

Represented purchaser of 1,339 acres of timberlands in Jefferson County, Washington (2004)

Represented seller of 426 acres of park space to Kitsap County, Washington (2004)

Represented developers in creation of residential condominium projects in Seattle, Bellevue, Auburn, Richland, Sequim, Vancouver, and Port Ludlow, Washington (2000-2006)

Represented lender in interim financing for Davenport Hotel in Spokane (2000)

Represent seller of theater in Seattle, Washington (2004-2005)

Land Use Planning:
Represented clients in land use hearings before the following agencies:

Auburn City Council
Auburn Planning Commission
Bainbridge Island Hearing Examiner
Bellevue City Council
Bellevue Hearing Examiner
Benton County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeal)
Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board
Chelan County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeal)
Douglas County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeal)
Gig Harbor City Council
Gig Harbor Commissioners
Gig Harbor Hearing Examiner
Grant County Commissioners
Grant County Planning Commission
Issaquah City Council
Issaquah Planning Commission
Jefferson County Appellate Hearing Examiner
Jefferson County Commissioners
Jefferson County Hearing Examiner
Jefferson County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeals)
King County Council
King County Subdivision Examiner
King County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeals)
Kirkland Planning Commission
Medina Planning Commission
Mercer Island City Council
Mercer Island Design Commission
Mercer Island Hearing Examiner
Mercer Island Planning Commission
Okanogan County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeal)
Pierce County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act appeal)
Prosser City Council
Prosser Planning Commission
Renton City Council
Renton Hearing Examiner
Sammamish City Council
Seattle City Council
Seattle Design Commission
Seattle Design Review Board
Seattle Hearing Examiner
Snohomish County Council
Snohomish County Hearing Examiner
Snohomish County Superior Court (Land Use Petition Act Appeal)
Whatcom County Hearing Examiner
Washington State Public Utilities Commission
Washington State Shorelines Hearings Board

Represent developer of Jefferson County resort expansion project including marina, restaurant, and 101 units of multi-family housing (2004-2006)

Represent developer of Grant County industrial facility (2006)

Represented owner and developer of 225-unit multi-family and mixed use building on Aurora Avenue in Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle in land acquisition, design review, master use permit, street vacation, and project sale (1998-2002)

Represented shopping center owner in successful opposition to proposed Kirkland comprehensive plan and zoning code amendments (2003)

Represented developer of Mercer Island retail project in six successful contested hearings, including design review approval, environmental review approval, court approval following appeal under Land Use Petition Act, and city council approval of development agreement (2003-2004)

Represented independent power producer in land use due diligence for $125 million financing project in Walla Walla County, Washington (2003-2004)

Represented lender in oil refinery land use due diligence for $400 million financing project in Washington (2003)

Represented developer of multiple residential subdivisions in Jefferson County, Washington (1997-2001)

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association,
1989-Present

Seattle-King County Bar Association,
1989-Present

Pro Bono Attorney for Habitat for Humanity, Friends of Youth, and Refugee Women’s Alliance

Board Memberships
Executive Committee, WSBA Real Property, Probate, and Trust Section, 2005-2007

Executive Committee, International School PTSA, 2004-2007

Board of Directors, SPLASH, 2006-2007

Board of Trustees, Norwood Village Corporation, 2007 (President, 2007)

Education
J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 1989

• Member and Associate Editor, Washington Law Review, 1987-1989