CHAIRS AND LEADERSHIP

·        Past President Washington State Bar Association (2002-2003)

·        Board of Governors, WSBA, President-elect and President starting 1997-2002

·        President King County Bar Association (1995-1996) (Trustee 1992-94)

·        President King County Bar Foundation (1991-1993) (Trustee 1989 –91)

·        Chair, Advisory Council Regional Office of American Arbitration Association (1985-1996)

·        Past Chair of WSBA Committees - Legislative, ADR and Professional Development

·        Trustee and Officer, King County Dispute Resolution Center (1991-2001)

·        Gonzaga University Law School Board of Advisors (1988- )

·        Chair, Equal Justice Coalition of State Access to Justice Board (2004 - 2006)

·        Leader, Wash. Delegation to Russia, People to People Ambassador Programs (2004-)

·        Chair, United States Supreme Court Historical Society, Washington Chapter (2004-11)

·    President, LAW Fund (2008 - 2011 )
Executive Boards of LAW FUND and Endowment for Equal Justice (2011 -

      Executive Board Peninsula Behavioral Health, Port Angeles WA (2014 -

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  2011 Receiving Gonzaga School of Law's highest award - The Law Medal
  
  AWARDS AND HONORS

·        National recipient, Whitney North Seymour Sr. Medal for Outstanding Service in Mediation and Arbitration (Presented jointly by the Presidents of the ABA and AAA, 1988)

·        Gonzaga University Distinguished Alumni Award of Merit (2005)

·        Washington Law and Politics Super Lawyer (1999 - 2007 )

·        2008 U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Award of Merit Presented by Justice Samuel Alito (photo below).

·         2011 Gonzaga School of Law’s highest award – The Law Medal

·         2011 King County Bar Association’s Helen Distinguished Service
      Award

      2018 Legal Foundation of Washington (sponsored by the Washington State                          Supreme Court) President's Award

·        Martindale-Hubbell Pre-eminent and AV Rated
 

     
2008 U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society Award of Merit presented by Justice Samuel Alito