Other Court Admissions:
Washington Supreme Court, Washington Court of Appeals, All Superior and District Courts, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Association/Professional Organization Memberships:
Washington State Bar Association, King County Bar Association
Washington State Trial Lawyer's Association, American Trial Lawyer's Association

Continuing Education:
I take continuing education courses related to plaintiff's personal injury practice including issues related to litigation, medicine (especially spinal medicine) and accident reconstruction. I have also taught continuing legal education in Washington.

Papers and Publications:
"Independent Medical Examinations Under CR 35"

Example Cases:
Automobile Accidents:
-Automobile accident in which plaintiff suffered a neck injury leaving the client in chronic pain, resulting in a recovery of $750,000
-Automobile accident in which plaintiff suffered non-disabling neck injury preventing his continued employment as a pipe fitter, resulting in a recovery of $675,000
-Automobile accident in which plaintiff suffered an eye injury, resulting in a recovery of $250,000
-Automobile accident in which plaintiff suffered a neck injury, treated by surgical fusion, resulting in a recovery of $200,000
-Automobile accident in which plaintiff sustained non-surgical neck injury, resulting in recovery of $170,000
-Many automobile accident cases in which plaintiffs' recovery was in excess of $100,000

Medical Malpractice:
-Psychiatric Malpractice, resulting in recovery of $650,000
-Disability insurance recovery for plaintiff with chemical sensitivity of $177,825
-Medical Malpractice recovery for retained instrument following surgery of $150,000
-Chiropractic Negligence policy limits resulting in a recovery of $100,000

Premises Liability:
-Slip and Fall injury resulting in a recovery of $135,000

Other:
I represented plaintiffs in lawsuit on behalf of over 200 mobile home park residents  challenging rezone of Mobile Home Park to allow big box commercial development. This resulted in settlement in which Mobile Home Park residents purchased the property thus securing their long-term residential interests.

I participated in path breaking litigation Birklid v. Boeing in which the Washington Supreme Court redefined the "deliberate intention" to injure test, allowing the first recovery for intentional injuries on the part of a Washington workers in over 75 years.


I was plaintiff's Counsel in Dreier v. United States, 106 F.3d 844 (1996), in which the Ninth Circuit allowed the widow of a serviceman killed on the base at Fort Lewis to sue the government, expanding the exceptions of the "incident to military service" barr first announced in Feres vs. United States.