Before becoming an attorney in 1988, I bought, developed and sold real property, served on the Tacoma Pierce County Multiple Listing board as a member and president and was active in the Tacoma Board of Realtors where he served on the governing board. After beginning practice as an attorney, I continued to be involved in the real estate industry as a member of the board of directors for the Master Builders Association of Pierce County for 10 years, and am now a lifetime board member.

Among my many community activities, one of my most recent was perhaps the most rewarding. I served as a past president of The Tacoma Rescue Mission, where I also served as a Board Member for seven years.

My practice includes a broad range of real estate related legal services that are identified below in four (4) categories:

 Real Estate

 Boundary disputes

 Condemnation

 Conditions, covenants and restrictions

 Easements

 Environmental threshold determinations

 Dispute resolution

 Land use planning

 Leases and rental agreements

 Platting and subdivision of real property

 Purchase and sales agreements

 Real estate and asset based financing

 Title insurance

 Water rights and transfers

 Zoning hearings

 Quiet Title actions

 Land Use and Zoning

 Amnesty permits (Pierce County)

 Annexation and related agreements

 Bulkhead permits

 Compliance with requirements of real property development under the Growth           management Act

 Conditional use permits

 Critical areas (e.g., wetlands, flood hazard areas, steep slopes, fish and wildlife habitat, geological hazards, shoreline management and other critical areas regulations)

 Dock permits

 Environmental remediation

 Formal plats

 Large lot plats

 Non-conforming use permits

 Planned development districts

 Rezones, conditional use permits, variances, development agreements and other land use entitlements

 State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA)

 Shoreline substantial development permits, variances, conditional use permits, etc.

 Short plats

 Variances

 Water rights, transfers and other issues

 Construction

 Breaches of contract

 Change orders

 Construction agreements

 Construction claims

 Construction delays

 Cost overruns

 Dispute resolution

 Leasing agreements

 Labor disputes

 Mechanics’ liens

 Sales agreements

 Inverse Condemnation/Eminent Domain

 Full payment for property rights to be taken by condemning agency

 Full payment for diminution in value of remainder property, if applicable

 Pre-condemnation land planning

 Proof of Highest and Best Use of affected property

 Reimbursement of relocation expenses, if applicable

 Settlement objective usually significantly exceeding initial offers