Accomplishments
Sample Professional Honors
- Rated one of Washington’s Top Ten Trial Lawyers by the Washington Law Journal
- Named one of Seattle’s Best Lawyers by Seattle Magazine
- Voted a “Super Lawyer” every year since inception by Washington Law & Politics Magazine
- Honored with the William O. Douglas Award for “Extraordinary courage and dedication to the practice of criminal law” by the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Past President of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Featured speaker at over 80 Continuing Legal Education Seminars in U.S. and Canada
- Former Chair of the Criminal Law Sections of the Washington State Bar Association, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, and the King County Bar Association
DUI Defense and Trial Experience:
- Over 100 jury trials, from capital murder and major felonies to DUI
- Dozens of acquittals in DUI cases
- Successful plea bargains in hundreds of DUI cases
- Practice focused on DUI defense for over 20 years
- Lead counsel/of counsel in six major DUI cases before the Washington Supreme Court
- Founding member of the National College for DUI Defense at Harvard Law School
- Founding member, Northwest College for DUI Defense
- Founding member/past president of the Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice
- Trial Practice Instructor, University of Washington School of Law
- Trial Practice Instructor, Seattle University School of Law
- Lecturer, National Institute of Trial Advocacy,
- Featured Lecturer, Trial Masters Program
- Featured Speaker, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Featured Speaker, the Minnesota College of DUI Defense
- Numerous articles on trial practice and defense of DUIs published in The Bar News, Trial News, Defense, Champion,and Overruled legal periodicals