Professional
Highlights
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Lead trial counsel for plaintiff landowner in a jury trial resulting in
a seven figure damage award for a regulatory taking.
• Lead
trial counsel for a defendant in a four month jury trial brought by 250
residents alleging personal injuries, including cancer, by reason of exposure
to airborne emissions from a pulp mill. Case settled after verdict.
• Lead
trial counsel for defendant in a four month jury trial claiming breach
of contract, fraud and misrepresentation allegedly causing the destruction
of businesses in Alaska. Case settled after verdict.
• Lead
trial counsel for defendants in several product liability jury trials
claiming damages by reason of exposure to asbestos containing products.
• Lead
trial counsel in a two month jury trial of nineteen wrongful death claims
arising out of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington state. Case
settled after verdicts.
• Lead
trial counsel in a variety of trials involving real estate issues including
condemnations, CERCLA, fraud and misrepresentations.
• Admitted
to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the Washington State
Supreme Court, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern
Districts of Washington, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Court for the
District of Alaska.
Top
Professional
and Community Activities
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Bar Association; Litigation Section.
Washington State Bar Association, Litigation Section.
King County Bar Association.
Selected
Publications and Presentations
Lecturer, for the Washington State Bar Association and King County Bar
Association Continuing Legal Education programs on litigation topics,
including the ethics of litigation, condemnations, commercial litigation,
legal malpractice, and regulatory taking.
Education
University of Virginia School of Law, LL.B., 1968.
George Washington University, B.B.A., 1965.
Outside
Interests
Golf.
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