Co-Chair–Arbitration Group

Areas of Practice
Complex commercial, class action litigation, and arbitration

Representative Experience

Complex commercial. Defend multinational in $500 million business interruption claim, criminal and regulatory proceedings arising out of rupture of Olympic pipeline in Bellingham

Class actions. Defend bank client in MDL class actions involving federal securities claims, derivative claims and ERISA claims related to subprime mortgages; defend national and international clients in securities class actions involving claims under 10(b) and 16(b), defend “blast fax,” ADAD and statutory overtime class actions

Arbitration. Represent national companies at arbitration in Seattle and Boston under AAA and JAMS-End Dispute rules

Contract and commercial torts. Represent businesses in commercial disputes and contract negotiations involving aircraft, agency and real estate

Intellectual property. Represent clients in patent litigation involving alleged infringement (tunneling equipment and shirt seams), patent license (software) and patent malpractice (games)

Environmental. Represent multinational oil company in MTCA cases and premise liability claims

Construction. Represent client asserting claims related to $100 million overrun in construction of SAFECO Field

Writs of attachment. Represent clients in prejudgment attachment and garnishment proceedings

Telecommunications. Represent telecommunication companies in commercial disputes and wireline spin-off

Prior Experience
Senior Commercial Litigation Attorney, Bogle & Gates P.L.L.C., Seattle, WA

Publications and Presentations
“Arbitration Class Action Waivers In The United States And Canada,” Arbitration: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (February 2008)

“The Art of the CR 30(b)(6) Deposition,” Washington State Bar News Vol. 59, No. 10 (October 2005)

“Down the Rabbit Hole: Settlement of Consumer Class Actions,” presented at Telecommunications Consumer Protection Seminar 2005: Regulation, Enforcement and Litigation, held in Berkeley, CA (July 2005)

Speaker, Washington Defender Association seminar on civil procedure (1999)

Co-author, “State Rico Claims,” WSBA Section of Consumer Protection, Antitrust and Unfair Business Practices Law (1992 Supp.)

Memberships and Activities
Washington State Bar Association

AV Rated

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)

New Discovery School Board Member

Education
J.D., with honors, University of North Carolina School of Law, 1990

B.A. in History, cum laude, Carleton College, 1983