Admitted: 1984, Washington; 1986, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington

Law School: University of Puget Sound, J.D., 1980

College: University of Iowa, B.S., 1977

Member: King Country Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section, 1988—); Washington State Bar Association (Member: Family Law Section 1988—; Executive Committee, Family Law Section, 1993-1999 and 2002-2005; Chair, 1996-1997; Founder and Moderator, Family Law Section Website and Forum, 2000—.

Biography: Recipient: Family Law Section's Attorney of the Year, Washington State Bar Association, 1992; Family Law Section's Special Service Award, Washington State Bar Association, 2002. Author: Family Law QuickCites. Presenter: "Nuts and Bolts of Family Law" Washington State Bar Association, 1998 —; "Tracing Separate Property," 2005; "Relocation Cases with 50-50 Parenting Plans," 2004; "Isn't Commingling the Law?" 2003; "The Relocation Act in Practice," 2003; "The Relocation Act Explained," 2000; "Discovery Protective Orders," 1996; "Obtaining Support for Adult Children," 1994; "The Architecture of a Divorce Case," 1994; "Drafting Support Orders: Securing the Future," 1994; "Arbitration as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Method," 1993; "Dealing with the Caving Client," 1992.

Military: U.S. Marine Corps., Vietnam, 1969-1970

Born: Dubuque, Iowa, 1951