Associate and then Member, Montgomery, Purdue, Blankinship & Austin, Seattle, WA, 1972-2007; AAA panel of arbitrators (including its Large Complex Case Panel) from 1984 to 2006; Captain and Judge Advocate, USAF, 1968-1972

• Member of American, Washington State and King County Bar Associations
  
  
• Founding member of Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Washington State Bar Association, 1989; served as the first chair-elect of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1990-1991

• Past president, Washington State Bar Association & King County Bar Association
  
  
• Author, “Mandatory Arbitration in Washington,” Chapter 2 of Alternative Dispute Resolution Deskbook, published by the Washington State Bar Association, First Edition 1989, Second Edition 1995

JAMS Arbitration training, 2009; JAMS Mediation training, 2006; Annual Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference 2006 & 2007; AAA Construction Industry Mediator Training 1997; attended and/or taught too many seminars to mention related to arbitration training from 1990 to the present.

• Served as an arbitrator or mediator in over 250 complex business, commercial, construction, and real estate disputes, including many cases involving multimillion dollar claims

• As one of the founders of the King County Superior Court Mandatory Arbitration Program, assisted in developing the concept, advocated it before various bar associations and the Washington Legislature, assisted with drafting the legislation and the court rules, and served for many years on the bench-bar committee in King County that first implemented the program

Representative Matters

• Commercial: numerous cases involving interpretation of various commercial contracts, including contracts relating to media services, real estate commissions, education services, rental of heavy equipment, water rights, price of natural gas, co-generation of electrical power, real estate leases, landlord/tenant matters, environmental remediation, gravel pit operation, real estate purchase and sale agreements, business purchase and sale agreements (both asset and stock sales), dissolution of law firms and physician practices

• Construction: disputes between owner and general contractor, between owner and design professional, or between general contractor and subcontractor involving design and/or construction of hydroelectric projects, hospitals, correctional facilities, multi-family housing, condominiums, single-family residences, sewer lines, roads, alarm systems and so forth; issues included interpretation of construction or design contracts, claims regarding construction defects, delay, cost overruns, and change in conditions