Professional
Highlights
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Represented community groups before the State Supreme Court in two cases
which established the Appearance of Fairness doctrine in the United States.
See Smith v. Skagit County and Chrobuck v. Snohomish County.
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Served on the State Land Use Committee and developed a comprehensive Land
Use Code for the State of Washington in 1972, which unfortunately did
not pass the state legislature.
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Coordinated real estate and land use issues involving numerous large development
projects, including: Cornerstone Development, Harbor Steps, Washington
State Convention Center, Pacific Place/Nordstrom redevelopment, Seattle
Mariners' SAFECO Field, Weyerhaeuser's Snoqualmie Ridge Development, and
the Klahanie Master Plan Development.
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Represented Weyerhaeuser Company in the annexation of its headquarters
to the City of Federal Way and development of the Master Plan for the
headquarters property.
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Represented PACCAR in development of its Renton facilities, and truck
testing facilities in Skagit County.
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Represented numerous municipalities and government agencies in real estate
and land use matters, including City of Bellevue in its acquisition of
property for Bellevue Central Park, Port of Seattle in its acquisition
of the waterfront property for the Central Waterfront Development, the
City of Seattle in its acquisition of the Central Waterfront Piers, and
the University of Washington in its development of a Master Plan and negotiations
with Sound Transit.
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Serve as counsel to a wide variety of small to large residential and commercial
developers throughout Puget Sound.
• Recognized
in 2006 as one of the "Best Lawyers in Seattle" in Seattle
Metropolitan magazine (Environmental, Natural Resources and Real Estate
categories).
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Listed in the Best Lawyers of America, Natural Resources and Real
Estate law categories, every year since publication.
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Recognized as one of the "Super Lawyers" in Washington every
year since publication, by Washington Law & Politics, a local
legal and professional publication. Listed among the top 100 vote getters
for the 2005 survey.
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Recognized as a member of "Who's Who in Land Use, Real Estate, and
Environmental Law," by Washington Law & Politics.
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Admitted to practice in Washington State and the United States District
Court for the Western District of Washington.
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Professional
and Community Activities
Washington State Bar Association; Environmental and Land Use Section.
Member of Pacific Real Estate Institute, Lambda Alpha National Real Estate
honorary.
Board Member (Emeritus) of the Board of Trustees and Past President,
Board of Trustees, Whitman College.
Board Member, Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
Selected
Publications and Presentations
Featured Speaker "Water Water Everywhere," Joint King County
Chambers of Commerce Water Supply Committee, 1994.
Keynote Speaker, "History of Planning in Washington," Washington
State Growth Management Act, University of Washington, 1992.
Speaker and author, "Guidance for Growth," a symposium on Washington
State Growth Management Act, University of Puget Sound School of Law and
University of Puget Sound Law Review, 1992.
Co-Author, "Land Use Planning in Washington: Overdue for Improvement."
Willamette Law Journal, Vol. 10, 1974.
Education
University of Washington School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, 1966.
Managing editor of Washington Law Review, 1965-1966.
Whitman College, B.A., 1961.
Outside
Interests
Mountain climbing, hiking, traveling and golf.
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