AREAS OF EMPHASIS

• Employment litigation
• Franchise litigation
• Contractor and subcontractor disputes
• Environmental litigation
• Commercial and banking litigation
• Insurance disputes

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• State of Washington
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Eastern and Western Washington Federal District Courts, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

EDUCATION

• California State University - Fullerton, B.A., Business Finance, 1987
• University of Idaho School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 1991

HIGHLIGHTS

• Attorney-Law Clerk for the Honorable Justin L. Quackenbush, Chief Federal Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, 1991-1993
• Current Executive Vice-President and Member of Lukins & Annis Board of Directors
• Graduate, Leadership Spokane, 1998

REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS/TRANSACTIONS

• Successfully resolved a complex lawsuit involving multiple parties for a hospitality industry client which involved an alleged breach of contract on the part of franchisor.
• Represented an entrepreneurial/technological company and multiple former employees against another large, international technological company and successfully resolved the complex litigation.
• Successfully resolved a federal court jury case involving product manufacturing companies.
• Anti-trust litigation involving the Multiple Listing Service.
• Currently involved in complex litigation involving a "takings" claim in the Federal Court of Claims on behalf of a group of sugar beet growers.
• Currently involved in defending companies in defense of employment discrimination claims.