CHAIRS AND LEADERSHIP

·        Past President Washington State Bar Association (2002-2003)

·        Board of Governors, WSBA, President-elect and President starting 1997-2002

·        President King County Bar Association (1995-1996) (Trustee 1992-94)

·        President King County Bar Foundation (1991-1993) (Trustee 1989 –91)

·        Chair, Advisory Council Regional Office of American Arbitration Association (1985-1996)

·        Past Chair of various WSBA Committees including Legislative, ADR and Professional Development

·        Trustee and Officer, King County Dispute Resolution Center (1991-2001)

·        Gonzaga University Law School Board of Advisors (1988- )

·        Chair, Equal Justice Coalition of the Washington State Access to Justice Board (2004 - 2006)

·        Leader, Washington Delegation to Russia, People to People Ambassador Programs (2004-)

·        Chair, United States Supreme Court Historical Society, Washington Chapter (2004 - )

·    President, LAW Fund (2008 - )

    

   2011 Receiving Gonzaga School of Law's highest award - The Law Medal

AWARDS AND HONORS

·        National recipient, Whitney North Seymour Sr. Medal for Outstanding Service in Mediation and Arbitration (Presented jointly by the Presidents of the ABA and AAA, 1988)

·        Gonzaga University Distinguished Alumni Award of Merit (2005)

·        Washington Law and Politics Super Lawyer (1999 - )

·        2008 U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Award of Merit Presented by Justice Samuel Alito

·         2011 Gonzaga School of Law’s highest award – The Law Medal

·         2011 King County Bar Association’s Helen Guiseness Distinguished Service Award

·        Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated 

     
2008 U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Award of Merit presented by Justice Samuel Alito