I help people and companies with a broad range of business and transactional law issues, with the goal of enabling their projects and innovations to Go Forward. Every successful transaction that you achieve is a victory for you, your customers and project partners, and I enjoy helping make those happen.

With my background in large-firm civil litigation, in-house and general counsel experience, and an extensive U.S. and international transactional practice, I am able to apply a broad range of skills to clients’ legal issues.

In addition to handling specific legal cases and business projects for clients, I provide consulting general counsel services to companies and organizations that do not have full-time legal staff.

I have also had the privilege to assist and serve with a number of outstanding nonprofit organizations that make the world a better place, including EarthCorps, Rochester Legal Aid Society, Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, Sierra Club, Court Appointed Special Advocates for children, and others.

Prior to practicing law, I taught college English and worked in publishing, media and the music industry.

Author of two sections in first-ever chapter on “Alternative Energy Development and Washington Property Law,” Washington Real Property Deskbook.

Co-author: “Green Building,” sustainability law white paper, Lane Powell PC.

Co-author: “States Step Up to Address Global Warming and Climate Change,” Real Estate Finance Journal, Thomson Reuters/West. Link: States Step Up (PDF).

Author: “The MOX Plant Case: The Question of Supplemental Jurisdiction for International Environmental Claims under UNCLOS,” Texas International Law Journal. Link: The MOX Plant Case (PDF).

Co-author: “The Case for National Reform in the Mortgage Lending Industry,” Scotsman Guide. Link: The Case for National Reform (PDF).

LEED AP – Accredited Professional Certification,
U.S. Green Building Council