Practice Highlights
- Obtained a multi-million dollar settlement in a construction defect case on behalf of a national landlord client
- Assisted a large north Seattle homeowners group prevail in a contentious restrictive covenant dispute and successfully argued their appeal in the court of appeals
- Recovered millions of dollars in trust and probate disputes where assets have been misappropriated or mismanaged
- Helped numerous clients obtain insurance coverage where it had been wrongfully denied by the carriers
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Education
University of Washington – Seattle, WA
Juris Doctor, 1998
Managing Editor, Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
Vice President, Moot Court Honor BoardSeattle Pacific University – Seattle, WA
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, cum laude, 1985 -
Professional Recognition and Awards
Top Rated Real Estate Attorney in Seattle, Rising Star and Super Lawyer – Super Lawyers
Superb Attorney Rating – Avvo
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Presentations and Publications
Speaker, Commercial Real Estate Lease Defaults and Remedies- Minimizing Disputes and Avoiding Litigation, Strafford Publications (2015)
Author and Speaker, ICSC US Shopping Center Law Conference- Landlord/Tenant Disputes, Orlando (2014)
Speaker, Landlord and Tenant Law, Planning Ahead to Avoid Tenant Problems; Understanding the Commercial Eviction, Lorman Educ. Services (2013)
Speaker, Landlord-Tenant Law in Washington, Lorman Educ. Services (October, 2012)
Speaker, Landlord-Tenant Law, Lease Drafting, Structuring, and Negotiating, Sterling Educ. Services (May 2012)
Speaker, Landlord and Tenant Law in Washington, Lorman Edu. Services (2012)
Speaker, Leases: An Ounce of Prevention, Sterling Edu. Services (June, 2011)
Speaker, Landlord-Tenant Law: Understanding Special Circumstances Involving Public and Subsidized Housing and Mobile Home Tenancies, Sterling Educ. Services (2011)
Speaker, Effective Use of Mediation and Arbitration in Landlord-Tenant Law, Sterling Educ. Services (2011)
Speaker, Unlawful Detainer Actions for Defaulting Residential Tenant, Washington State Bar Assoc. (2011)
Author, Effective Residential Leases, Washington State Bar Assoc. (2011)
Author and Speaker, Effective Residential Leases: Helping Landlords Avoid Pitfalls, National Business Institute (2010)
Author, What if the Residential Tenant Files Bankruptcy or the Owner’s Property is Foreclosed? National Business Institute (2010)
Author and Speaker, Landlord-Tenant Law in Washington: Planning Ahead to Avoid Problems. Sterling Educ. Services (2008, 2009, 2010)