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Phone: 253.620.6485
Fax: 253.620.6565

Wells Fargo Plaza, 1201 Pacific Avenue, Suite 2100
Tacoma, Washington 98402

Primary Areas of Practice

Environmental Law, Real Estate Transactions with Hazardous Waste Implications, Securities Law.

J.D., University of Puget Sound School of Law, 1987
cum laude

B.A., Whitman College, 1980

Washington State Courts
District Court, Western District of Washington
District Court, Eastern District of Washington

Washington State Bar
Young Lawyers Division, Legislative Committee, 1989-91

Washington Public Utility Districts Association, Publications and Research Director 1981-84
Joined Firm in 1987
Represented various utility defendants in WPPSS securities fraud litigation (MDL 551)
Lead outside environmental counsel to the City of Tacoma in connection with the purchase, remediation and redevelopment of Tacoma’s waterfront
Lead outside environmental counsel to Department of Natural Resources in project to redraft Standard Form Aquatic Lands Leases
Environmental counsel and liability allocator to consortium performing Bellingham Bay sediment cleanup
Lead counsel for plaintiffs in numerous toxic tort class actions with recoveries of approximately $50 million
Lead outside counsel to City of Seattle for allocation of liability for contaminated sediments in Lake Union
Co-lead counsel for class of purchases of $300 million in securities in Metropolitan Mortgage and Summit Securities (In re Metropolitan Securities Litigation)

Louisiana Pacific v. Asarco - successfully argued for recovery of litigation costs before the Washington State Supreme Court
U.S. v. Alexander - successfully defended Dow Chemical against third party liability claim and recovered half of Dow's defense costs
Mayer v. City of Seattle - successfully imposed liability on owners and arrangers for cleanup of public roadway
Anderson, et al. v. Cedar Grove - collected $25 million on behalf of a class of owners and residents affected by Cedar Hills Landfill and Cedar Grove Composting.
Regularly represent purchasers of “Superfund” sites
Represented purchaser of a operating RCRA facility
Represented seller of a oil refinery Superfund site
Represented numerous buyers and sellers of contaminated properties

Board of Trustees, Tacoma Art Museum 1992-2002 (president 1998-2000) and 2003-present
Board member Arts Fund 2003 – present (chair, Pierce County Cabinet, 2005-present)
Board member Crows Shadow Art Institute 1992-2001

UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND LAW REVIEW, 1986-87
Author, Precluding Government Relitigation of Statutory Interpretations, UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND LAW REVIEW, 1987
Frequent speaker on hazardous waste issues including allocation of cleanup costs among liable parties, contaminated sediments, environmental master planning, and liability issues affecting real estate transactions