Professional
Highlights
• Served
as lead counsel for the issuer of $78 million in tax-exempt bonds for
the construction of a 310,000 square foot office building for King County
offices. Our work included the negotiation of a complex development agreement
with a private developer and a 30-year lease with King County. The project
was successfully completed and has been considered a model for public-private
developments as well as innovative construction techniques.
• Represented
Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company and its subsidiary The Quadrant Corporation
in negotiating and documenting the sales of millions of dollars of real
estate to home builders in their master planned communities, Snoqualmie
Ridge and Redmond Ridge. In addition to negotiation of sales, my work
has included serving as local counsel with regard to all aspects of drafting
and implementing community governance documents for these communities.
• Served
as counsel to a local developer from land acquisition to financing to
construction to condominiumization to sale of a 75-unit luxury residential
condominium project in Kirkland, Washington. All units were successfully
sold and control of the buildings has been transferred to the owners association.
• Represented
the developer of an innovative office development at the site of Seattle's
historic Union Station. The project involved the creation of air-space
condominium units over an existing parking garage. The units were then
sold to office developers and Union Station was converted to the headquarters
for Sound Transit.
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• Represented
Glacier Northwest, Inc. in a variety of land transactions including the
sale of a $42 million site to Pierce County for development of a utility
facility. The transaction included a creative lease-back of the site for
continued operation of our client's sand and gravel mining operations
in order to accommodate financing constraints faced by the County.
• Served
as counsel to Radford Court Properties in connection with the acquisition
of a ground lease from the University of Washington for redevelopment
of a 399-unit rental housing project for University students. Our representation
included the negotiation of the ground lease, a development agreement,
architectural and construction contracts and the issuance of $51 million
in tax-exempt debt pursuant to Revenue Ruling 63-20. The financing was
successfully closed and construction of the project is complete.
• Represented
a variety of developers in the preparation of condominium documents for
more than 30 residential, commercial and mixed-use projects in King and
Snohomish Counties resulting in the creation of more than 700 units. Projects
have ranged from a simple, four unit suburban project to the conversion
of an historic Pioneer Square building involving integrated commercial
and residential uses.
• Admitted
to practice in Washington and Montana.
• Before
moving to Seattle, I served as Legislative Counsel to U.S. Senator Max
Baucus, 1980-1983, with responsibility for natural resource issues, including
staffing of committee hearings, drafting of legislation, and writing of
speeches and policy statements.
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Professional
and Community Activities
Washington State Bar Association; Real Property, Probate & Trust
Section.
Montana Bar Association (inactive).
King County Bar Association; Real Property, Probate & Trust Section;
Community Legal Services Committee, Former Chair.
King County Bar Foundation: Member of Board of Trustees; Vice President
(2000-2001); President (2001-2002).
Initiative for Diversity: Co-Chair (2002-2004)
Recipient of 1999 King County Bar Association Pro Bono Award.
Community Associations Institute, Washington Chapter.
Chicken Soup Brigade: Past President, Board Member, and Capital Campaign
Chairman.
Greater Seattle Business Association: Past Board Member; Businessman
of the Year, 1996.
First Place School for Homeless Children: 2000 Capital Campaign.
Volunteer Attorneys for People with AIDS.
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Selected
Publications and Presentations
Speaker, "Potential Issues in a Complex Mixed-Use Redevelopment
Project and the Best Approaches for Resolving Them," Law
Seminars International, September 5, 2007.
Speaker, "Can't We All Just
Get Along? The Impact of Master Community Developer Covenants on Builder
Financing," Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S., June 5,
2003.
Education
University of Montana, J.D., 1980. National Appellate Advocacy
Team; Student Bar Association Outstanding Student Award.
Montana State University, B.A. with highest honors, 1975. Phi Delta Phi;
William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholar.
Outside
Interests
As part of the baby-boom generation that is determined to go down kicking
and screaming, I have enjoyed running for a lot of years. Recently, however,
I took up yoga to increase flexibility and decrease stress. So, when I'm
not walking the dog, taking cooking classes, going to the movies, or otherwise
enjoying life in Seattle, you might find me attempting headstands or omming
my way to inner peace.
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