Duke University, BA (history);

University of Southern California, MA (political science);

University of California, Davis, JD.

Washington State Bar Association, 1978 - present;

State Bar of California, 1974 - present (currently inactive);

United States Supreme Court, 1978;

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981;

U.S. District Court (C.D., California), 1974;

U.S. District Court (W.D., Washington), 1978;

U.S. District Court (E.D., Washington), 1982;

U.S. District Court (Hawaii), 1997.

32 years experience in civil litigation:

Washington (Seattle)

Hight Law Offices:  2001 - present.

Mediation;

Expert testimony -- insurance coverage, settlement and good faith;

Health insurance/health benefit plan coverage;

Construction defect insurance coverage;

Subrogation;

Personal injury (MVA);

Property loss appraisals;

Income disability insurance coverage.

 

Hight Green and Yalowitz :  1984 - 2001.

Construction defect, fire, fraud and other property/builder's risk insurance coverages;

Liability insurance coverage;

Risk pool counseling;

Subrogation;

Personal injury (MVA);

Property loss appraisals;

Mediation.

Foulds, Felker, Johnson & McHugh:  1981 - 1984.

Construction defect, fire, fraud and other property/ builder's risk insurance coverages;

Subrogation.

Barokas & Martin:  1978 - 1981.

Construction claims;

Surety;

Land use;

Personal injury.

California (Los Angeles)

McCutchen, Black, Verleger & Shea:  1974 - 1978.

Drug product liability;

Sale of James Irvine Foundation's majority interest in Irvine Ranch.

Litigation, mediation and arbitration practice and expert testimony focused on property, liability, life, health and income disability insurance coverage disputes and subrogation.

American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution;

American Health Lawyers Association;

Defense Research Institute;

King County Bar Association;

Loss Executives Association;

AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society;

National Arbitration Forum.

1.  Arias-US:  Intensive Arbitrator Training Workshop, March 7, 2006, and Spring and Fall Conferences, 2006;

2.  ABA Section of Dispute Resolution: Mediation Basics/ Advanced Mediation, August 2003/ October 2005;

American Health Lawyers Association: Arbitration Workshop, October 2003.

10 mediations; 6 arbitrations, and 30+ property loss appraisals.