Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Year Joined Organization: 1964

Lawyer Overview

Practice concentrated in commercial real estate and banking. Leader in developing commercial alternate dispute resolution.

Extensive experience in litigation and workout matters involving substantial commercial properties, real estate and banking dispute resolution, advice to boards of directors and loan documentation.
General counsel to several financial institutions and has represented other major financial institutions and lenders doing business in the Northwest.

Areas of Practice

• Financial Institutions
• Real Estate

West Practice Categories

Real Estate Law

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1964

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 1983 - Present
• San Juan County Bar Association, 2006 - 2007 (President)
• American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 1987 - Present
• American College of Mortgage Attorneys, 1992 - 1998 (Regent)
• National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Board of Arbitrators

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America® - Banking Law, Real Estate Law, 1985 - 2008
• Super Lawyers® List, Washington Law & Politics, 2007 - 2008
• Order of the Coif
• Martindale-Hubbell AV rating

Education

• University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1963
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  
  Law Review: University of Washington Law Review, Board of Editors, 1962 - 1963
• United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, 1958
  B.S.
  Honors: With Distinction

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-8899

Faxes

(206) 749-1963

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com