Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 1979

Year Joined Organization: 1974

Lawyer Overview

Real estate practice, with emphasis on development, leasing, financing, acquisition and disposition of projects, portfolio and multistate acquisitions, and workouts of distressed projects, including representing local, national and international investors, developers, and investors doing business in the Northwest. Projects have included high-rise office buildings, hotels, industrial parks, apartments, shopping centers, healthcare facilities, condominiums, and loan restructures in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and California.

Areas of Practice

• Real Estate
• Investment Management
• Hospitality

West Practice Categories

Real Estate Law, Banking & Finance Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1974

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American College of Real Estate Lawyers (Investment Entity Committee) (Chair)
• Pacific Real Estate Institute (President and Trustee)
• American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) (Member)
• Washington State Bar Association (Business Law Section, Business Law Section) (Member)
• King County Bar Association (Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) (Member)
• Washington Athletic Club
• Municipal League
• City Club
• Sand Point Country Club

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers® List, Washington Law & Politics, 1998 - 2008
• The Best Lawyers in America®, 1995 - 2008
• "Top 100 Lawyers", Washington Law & Politics, 2006
• Chambers USA, "America's Leading Lawyers for Business", Real Estate Law - 2005
• Order of the Coif
• Iowa State University President's Scholar, 1968
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker at Numerous Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminars

Pro Bono Activities

• Foster Pepper Pro Bono

Past Employment Positions

• Foster Pepper PLLC, Associate, 1974 - 1979
• The Boeing Company - Seattle, Washington, Engineer, 1969 - 1971

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1974
  J.D.
  
  Law Review: University of Washington Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1973 - 1974
• Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 1968
  B.S.

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Kappa Phi

Published Works

• Contributing Author, Washington Partnership Law and Practice Handbook, 1993 Revisions
• Nuisance Actions Against Municipal Airports, 48 Washington Law Review 904, 1974

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-8896

Faxes

(206) 749-1942

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com