Focus of Practice

Neutral (Mediation, arbitration, special master)

Legal Experience

2019- current: Neutral (mediation, arbitration, special master) Hilyer Dispute Resolution 1992-2019: King County Superior Court Judge 1988-1992: King County District Court Judge 1987-88: Town Attorney, Town of Clyde Hill 1982-88: Attorney, Ogden Murphy and Wallace 1979-82: Attorney, Eastside Defender (Public Defense)

Court Admissions

State of Washington: 1979 Western District of Washington: 1979

Education

University of Washington Law School: JD, 1979 University of Puget Sound: BA, 1976

Professional Associations

WSBA, KCBA (including ADR section), Federal Bar Association (Washington), Washington Women Lawyers

ADR Training

AAA Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices for New AAA Arbitrators, 2021 ( 8hrs); AAA Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding & Writing Awards, 2021 (4 hours); Pepperdine Law School Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Mediating the Litigated Case, 2019 (40 hours).

ADR Experience

Upon retirement from the King County Superior Court in 2019, I have served as an arbitrator, mediator, and discovery master on a regular basis. Subject matters have included business litigation, condemnation, land use, admiralty, employment, personal injury, healthcare, and dissolution of marriage. I also serve as a AAA panelist. As Chief Judge of the Civil division of King County Superior Court I oversaw the management of the Mandatory Arbitration Program of the court. I served as a volunteer settlement conference judge for litigated cases throughout my tenure on the bench.

ADR Practice Areas

Business Litigation, Civil Rights, Employment, Real Property, Torts