Honors and Awards:

• Rated 10--"Outstanding", AVVO
• AV rated for about 25 years., Martindale Hubbell
• Board of Directors Award--outstanding contribution, Resource Center for the Handicapped , 1991

Special Licenses/Certifications:

• Financial Institution Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitrator, 1999 - present.  FINRA administers the arbitration system which hears investor complaints against stockbrokers and broker-dealers, and employment claims involving stockbrokers

Bar/Professional Activity:

• PUBLIC INVESTORS ARBITRATION BAR ASSOCIATION (PIABA): Bar Journal, Board of Editors; Amicus Committee
• KING COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: Board of Trustees 1997-2000; Public Information Committee 1999-2003 (Chair 2000-2001); Continuing Legal Education Committee 1993-1997 (Chair 1995-1996); Legislation Committee 1983-1988 (Chair 1984-1986).
• WASHINGTON STATE BAR ASSOCIATION: Board of Governors, September 2001-2004; Disciplinary Board, Hearing Officer October 2008 - present (serve as judge magistrate in trials of Bar Association ethics complaints against attorneys); Rules of Professional Responsibility Committee 1999-2001; Special District Counsel 1987-1997 (Investigate client complaints against attorneys and recommend disposition to Disciplinary Board); Fee Arbitration Board 1991-2001 (arbitrator in client fee disputes); Member Benefits Task Force, 2002-2005.

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Gainsborough Condominium Homeowners' Association, President (1981-1987)
• Northwest Women's Law Center, cooperating attorney, approx. 1980-1985
• King County Bar Association Neighborhood Legal Clinic volunteer, 1980-1986
• Board of Directors. RCH Technical Institute. 1992-1998.  RCH was a college-level vocational school and job placement center for the physically disabled, located in Renton.  Provided pro bono legal services to RCH 1987-1992.                                                            

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

• Author/speaker, “Comparison of the Federal ‘Manifest Disregard’ Standard vs Washington State’s ‘Facial Legal Error’ Standard for Vacating Arbitration Awards”, Rubic LLC CLE, November 19, 2010; Author/speaker, "Damages in Estate and Trust Litigation", King County Bar Association Continuing Legal Education program, 11th Annual Probate Litigation Seminar, December 12, 2008. Author/speaker, "Identifying and Litigating Claims Against Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers", National Business Institute CLE, Securities Fraud: Prosecuting and Defending Securities Fraud Claims & Defense of Regulatory Actions."  June 23, 2008.  Author/speaker, "Identifying and Pursuing Claims Against Investment Advisors", Washington State Bar Association 4th Annual Trust and Estate Litigation Seminar (March 2007)  Author/speaker, "Investors-Getting your Money Back", The Seminar Group CLE.  Presented:   "Liability of Financial Advisers."  (November 2006); "Liability of Financial Advisers."  (October 2005). Author/speaker, "Damages in Trust and Estate Litigation", Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education (CLE), Trust and Estate Litigation.  March 18, 2005. Author/speaker, "Securities Claims and the Probate Practitioner", King County Bar Association CLE program.  Presented: 9th Annual Probate Litigation & Ethics Seminar (December 8, 2006);8th Annual Probate Litigation & Ethics Seminar (December 9, 2005); 7th Annual Probate Litigation & Ethics Seminar (December 10, 2004).  Lecturer, "Claims Against Fiduciaries: Law and Theory".  Washington State Bar Association CLE, presented: Trust and Estate Litigation (April 2004);2004 Best of CLE (December 2004). Chair, Securities Law for the Business Lawyer-And the Rest of Us.  Washington State Bar Association CLE program. December 2003. Author/lecturer, "Securities Arbitration: Practice and Procedure", "Sources of Law Governing Stockbrokers", and "Unauthorized Practice of Law Issues in NASD Arbitrations". National Business Institute CLE, Stockbroker Fraud.  October 2003. Chair and Lecturer, "The NASD Dispute Resolution Arbitration Process."  King County Bar Association CLE program, Money Troubles: Pursuing and Defending Claims Against Stockbrokers and Brokerage Firms.  November 2001. Lecturer, "Will Contests".  King County Bar Association CLE program, "Probate Litigation and Ethics".  Program repeated October 2000, October 1999 and November 1998. Lecturer, "Anatomy of the NASD Arbitration Process."  National Business Institute CLE, Stockbroker Fraud.  November 1999. Chair and lecturer, "How to Process Claims Against Stockbrokers."  King County Bar Association CLE program, Stockbroker Litigation.  November 1998. Co-Chair and lecturer, Washington State Bar Association CLE program, How to Handle Estate Planning/Probate Litigation.  September 1997. Co-chair and lecturer, King County Bar Association CLE program, Stockbroker Blues:  Customer Litigation Against Stockbrokers.  November 1996 and November 1994. Chair and lecturer, King County Bar Association CLE program, Probate Litigation  March 1996 and March 1994. 
• "The Unauthorized Practice of Law in Securities Arbitrations: The Times They are a Changin'", PIABA Bar Journal, Vol. 13 (Summer 2006)
• "A Primer on the Unauthorized Practice of Law in Securities Arbitrations: What You don't Know Can Hurt You", chapter in Securities Arbitration 2006: Taking Responsibility (PLI, 2006). 

Verdicts and Settlements:

• Wrote Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Public Investor's Arbitration Bar Association in Broom v. Morgan Stanley DW, Washington State Supreme Court (December 2009) (with Joseph C. Long, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Oklahoma Law School); case reported at 169 Wn.2d 231 (2010). Wrote Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of the Public Investor's Arbitration Bar Association inRaymond James Financial Services, Inc. v. Barbara J, Phillips, et al., Florida Court of Appeals, 2nd District (September 2010; case pending).
• Estate of Ives v. Ramsden, 142 Wn. App. 369, 174 P.3d 1231 (2008);    Estate of Black, 153 Wn.2d 152, 102 P.3d 796 (2007)

Educational Background:

• Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association--Attend annual 3-day series of seminars on securities arbitration
• Stanford University, B.A., Political Science, 1972
• Stanford Law School, J.D., 1976