I have been practicing in Washington State for 40 years.  My practice is primarily litigtation.  I have tried over 100 trials to verdict.  I focus on employment law, personal injury law, civil rights law and commercial litigation.  I have represented cities, school districts, and counties throughout the state.  I am currently the 4th District Governor to the Washington State Bar Associations Board of Governors.  I have practiced before the United States Supreme Court, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Washington State Supreme Court, the Washington State Court of Appeals, the United States District Court, both in the Eastern District and the Western District, as well as most of the Superior Court's in the State of Washington.