I was born in Idaho, raised in Las Vegas, and attended Brigham Young Univeristy and the University of Puget Sound School of Law, which is now known as Seattle University School of Law.

I am married, and my wife and I each have four children, and I have three grandchildren.  I am active in my church and have served in many positions from scout master to priesthood leader.  As a young man, I served as a missionary for two years in Denmark.  Rock climbing was my passion as a teenager and I build ham radios.  At age 22, I started Jolley's Thermal Accoustical Insulation, Inc., in Las Vegas, which I operated for 6 years.  If you stay in an older Las Vegas hotel, Jolley's insulation is in the pipe chases.  In 1983, I began a financial planning career with an office in Framingham, Massachusett's.  In 1990, I began law school in Tacoma, Washington, graduating in 1993 and passing the bar exam that year.

As an intern, I began preparing bankruptcies in 1992 and have represented individuals and companies in bankruptcies since that time.  

The other part of my law practice deals with estate planning, including complex tax planning.  Estate planning is something everyone should learn about because many will become disabled before the die and unfortunately, we will all die, and preparing for those events just makes good sense and is an act of love for those who survive us.