Practice Areas - Estate Planning
- Probate
- Guardianship
- Elder Law
- Real Property
- Land Use
- Business Law
- Criminal Law
- Civil Litigation
- Taxation
- International Taxation
- Family Law
- Alimony
- Annulment
- Cohabitation Agreements
- Community Property Law
- Divorce
- Divorce Taxation
- Domestic Partnerships
- Domestic Relations
- Domestic Violence
- Equitable Distribution
- Gay and Lesbian Family Law
- Interstate Support
- Legal Separation Agreements
- Marital Agreements
- Marital Property Distribution
- Marital Property Law
- Marital Property Settlements
- Visitation Rights
| - Matrimonial Law
- Name Changes
- No Fault Divorce
- Non-Traditional Family Law
- Palimony
- Paternity
- Post Divorce Modification
- Postnuptial Agreements
- Premarital Agreements
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders
- Restraining Orders
- Spousal Support
- Uncontested Divorce
- Children
- Adoption Law
- Child Custody
- Child Dependency
- Child Support
- Fathers Rights
- Grandparents Custody
- Independent Adoptions
- International Adoptions
- Interstate Adoptions
- Juvenile Dependency
- Parental Rights
- Parenting Time
- Private Adoptions
- Step Parent Adoptions
- Third Party Custody
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| University | Western Washington University, B.A., cum laude, 1976 |
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| Law School | University of Washington, J.D., 1979 |
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| Admitted | 1980, Washington, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | San Juan County (President, 1984, 1985, 2008, 2009, 2010) and Washington State (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust; Elder Law; Family Law) Bar Associations; Washington State Association for Justice; Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. |
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| Born | Snoqualmie, Washington, 1955 |
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| Biography | Recipient, Outstanding Senior in Speech Communications. Lecturer: Business Law, Skagit Valley College, 1984-1986. Municipal Court Judge, 1981-1989. Frequent Speaker on Trust and Estate Issues and Elder Law Issues. Member, San Juan County Planning Commission, 1994-1999. (Also at Seattle Office)
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| Reported Cases | Hillis Homes vs. Snohomish Co., 97 Wn 2d 804, 650 P. 2d 193 (1982); Shower vs. Fischer 47 Wn App. 720. 737 P. 2d 291 (1987). |
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| ISLN | 901029520 |
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