Admitted
2000, Washington, U.S. District Court, Western and Eastern Districts of Washington and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Law School
University of Notre Dame, J.D., 2000
Law School Graduation Year
2000
College
University of Washington, B.A., cum laude, 1994; University of Vancouver Film School, 1995
Memberships
Washington State (Chairman, Trial Advocacy Committee, 2002-2003), Federal and American Bar Associations; Washington State Trial Lawyers Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Biographical
Recipient: Robert Barrett Award, for Distinction in Trial Advocacy, University of Notre Dame; Krupnick Award, University of Notre Dame; Lewis F. Powell Medal, Texas Young Lawyers Association. Recognized as a Rising Star by Law and Politics 2001, 2002. Author: Fundamental Rights in Federal or Regional States, Comparative Const. Law Reporter, Kluwer Law Intl.; The Protection of Fundamental Rights, Comparative Const. Law Reporter, Kluwer Law Intl.; Those Subject to and Bound by Fundamental Rights, Comparative Const. Law Reporter, Kluwer Law Intl; Diversity Jurisdiction: An Open Dialogue in Duel Sovereignty, Hamline Law Review, 2001. Lecturer, American Constitutional Law, University of Notre Dame, 1999-2000. Listed in Who's Who in American Law Students, 1998-2000. Legal Analyst for King 5 TV, Seattle, Washington.