• Joined Firm, 1986
  
• Certified Public Accountant, Knight, Vale & Gregory, 1980-86
  
• Corporate Counsel, Alaska Airlines, 1976-80

Main areas of work:

• Contingency-Plan Documents. We prepare Wills, Living Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives, and other documents to determine the management and disposition of our clients' affairs in the event of disability or death
  
• Lifetime Personal Planning. We assist clients in setting up family partnerships, lifetime trusts, charitable vehicles, and other arrangements to suit their personalities and financial situations. Many purposes are served in this work, including coherent management of assets, protection from creditors, and reduction of taxes
  
• Estate Administration. In the event of a death, we assist the designated Personal Representative or Trustee in carrying out his or her duties, assembling the assets, meeting the tax and other legal requirements, and distributing the estate in accordance with the governing documents

• Presbyterian Church, Elder and Deacon
  
• Charles Wright Academy, Board of Trustees

• Presentations: An Introduction to Estate Planning for Accountants; 21 Bullets - Ammunition for Guardianships, Estate Planning and Probate; Nine Things You Could Suggest to your Wealthy Clients; Family Partnerships and LLCs; Studies in Compensation: The Business Owner, the Key Employee, and the Professional Firm
  
• AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Chair, Estate and Gift Tax Committee of Washington State Bar Association, 2008-