Book Mediation
Experience

A record built on hard cases.

Representative Matters
Category 01 — Five matters
Loss of life
Wrongful-death matters carrying the highest stakes for the families involved — handled with discretion and care.
01Deaths of a father and daughter struck by an oncoming vehicle while riding a motorcycle.02Death of a fraternity member resulting from a fall from a third-story window after being encouraged to drink large amounts of alcohol.03Shooting death of a woman at the hands of her husband, who then turned the gun on himself.04Death of a construction worker operating an industrial brush cutter when a piece of metal pipe was launched into the cab of his machine.05Death of a Canadian resident struck by a commercial truck in Washington State while commuting home from a nursing job.
Category 02 — Five matters
Abuse & assault
Sensitive matters that demand rigorous preparation and a steady, humane hand at the table.
01Sexual abuse and exploitation of children by foster parents and Boy Scout leaders (multiple cases).02Sexual abuse of an employee by a supervising co-worker (multiple cases).03Sexual abuse of a 17-year-old participating in a police department “Explorer” program.04Sexual assault of a female college student by a football player after a fraternity party.05Invasion of privacy by a landlord who placed a hidden camera in a tenant’s bedroom.
Category 03 — Six matters
Catastrophic injury
Life-altering injuries where the medical picture and the liability questions both run deep.
01Severe permanent injuries to a contractor operating heavy equipment after a catastrophic collapse buried him in cement powder.02Severe burns to a school-district maintenance worker when a pipe coupling failed, submerging him in scalding water.03The loss of one eye by a man shot in the face by a “mortar”-type firework.04Compound fracture to a man’s arm while police officers employed an arm-bar during an arrest.05Severe open right-elbow degloving injury with fracture of the olecranon and distal humerus from a vehicle collision with a utility pole.06A broken arm to a young girl caught between the dining booth and wall of a revolving restaurant.
On the Record — Appellate
Selected matters tried to verdict and taken up on appeal — through the Washington State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
170 Wash.2d 628 (2010)
Gregoire v. City of Oak Harbor
Represented the City of Oak Harbor in a case involving a jail suicide by a man arrested just hours earlier. Tried to verdict and appealed to the Washington State Supreme Court.
85 P.3d 918 (2004)
Kinney v. Space Needle
Represented the Space Needle Corporation in a lawsuit brought by an employee of a firework-display company who suffered severe permanent injuries in a 30-foot fall while setting up fireworks atop the Space Needle.
138 Wash.App. 1049 (2007) — Unpublished
Jane Doe v. DSHS
Assigned as Special Assistant Attorney General to represent the State of Washington (DSHS) against claims of hostile work environment, retaliation, outrage, negligent hiring/retention and invasion of privacy premised on allegations of pervasive harassment by a co-worker at Western State Hospital.
159 Wash.App. 939 (2011)
Johnson v. REI
Represented the plaintiff in a product-liability case against REI for serious facial injuries when the carbon-fiber fork of her bicycle sheared from the steer tube without warning, throwing her face-first onto the pavement.