• Joined Firm in 1998
• Board Member/Officer of Washington Defense Trial Lawyers from 2001 – 2005

Defense Cases:

Lotta vs. State Farm (United States District Court)

• Insurance coverage defense: Plaintiff alleged physical injuries and property damage as a result of automobile accident. After State Farm denied coverage on theory that plaintiff made material misrepresentations in submitting claim, plaintiff filed action seeking damages for, among other things, bad faith and violation of the Consumer Protection Act. Participated in preparing (and obtaining) summary judgment of dismissal of entire claim.

Walters vs. National Merit Insurance Company (King County Superior Court)

• Defense of Personal Injury Claim: Plaintiff/insured of National Merit alleged personal injuries sustained in two separate automobile accident. After incurring in excess of $95,000 in medical bills, plaintiff sought in excess of $500,000 in general damages. Policy limits available for claim were $50,000. After extensive discovery, case settled within policy limits.

Keum vs. Dohms (King County Superior Court)

• Defense of Personal Injury Claim: Personal injuries alleged as a result of an intersection accident; liability was contested. Defense verdict obtained after arbitration.

Baxter vs. Tire & Wheel Country (King County Superior Court)

• Defense of Personal Injury Claim: Plaintiff was killed when a tire on his vehicle failed on the freeway causing his vehicle to roll. Plaintiff alleged that defendant Tire & Wheel Country was liable because it was a tire seller who should have warned plaintiff about the dangers of the tires on his vehicle. Tire & Wheel Country's only involvement was to align the vehicle after another seller sold and installed the tires on the vehicle. Participated in preparing and obtaining motion for summary judgment based on lack of duty. The dismissal of the claim was upheld by the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court denied review.

Plaintiff Cases:

K.F., et. al. vs. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (United States District Court)

• Four victims of childhood sexual abuse alleged that Church should have protected them from harm at the hands of known pedophile; participated (along with other members of litigation team) in discovery phase of case and drafted briefs in opposition two extensive motions for summary judgment; after denial of summary judgment motions, three of the four cases settled. The fourth case was tried to the jury, which returned a gross verdict of $1.4 million.

Weems vs. Altheimer Memorial Church of God in Christ and Church of God in Christ (Pierce County Superior Court)

• Two victims of childhood sexual abuse alleged that Church should have protected them from harm at the hands of known pedophile; after extensive discovery, case settled at mediation.

Appellate Cases:

Cavalieri vs. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Court of Appeals, Division I)

• Two victims of childhood sexual obtained a jury verdict of $4.2 million; defendant appealed. Together with other members of litigation and appellate practice team, responsible for writing briefs for appeal that involved complex and myriad issues, including applicability of joint and several liability between intentional tortfeasors and rules pertaining to segregation of harm between negligent and intentional tortfeasor when the harm was the direct result of a negligent tortfeasor's breach of a duty of protection.

Adolfson vs. State Farm (Court of Appeals, Division I)

• Despite prevailing at trial, plaintiff appealed trial court's determination that State Farm had not engaged in discovery violations; drafted briefs in opposition to plaintiff's appeal; appellate court affirmed.

• Member, SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW (1994-1995)
• Chair, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, Sunbreak Seminar (2002)