Current Employment Position(s)

Member, since 2001

Year Joined Organization: 2001

Lawyer Overview

Practice concentrates in creditors’ rights and bankruptcy, including all facets of secured transactions, receiverships and workout proceedings. Substantial experience representing lenders, trade creditors, trustees, receivers and individuals.

Areas of Practice

• Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
• Real Estate
• Finance

West Practice Categories

Public Finance, Bankruptcy Law, Creditors' Rights, Municipal Employment -- Employee, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Liability, State Government

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1992
• Oregon, 2004
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1992
• U.S. District Court District of Oregon, 2005
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bankruptcy Institute (Co-Chair)
• Washington State Bar Association (Municipal Section) (Member)
• King County Bar Association
• National Association of Bond Lawyers (Member)
• CENTS (Board Member)
• Swedish Medical Center Foundation (Campaign Planning Committee) (Board Member)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers® List, Washington Law & Politics, 2003 - 2008
• Rising Star, Washington Law & Politics, 2001
• Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
• Seattle University, Semifinalist; Fredric Cutner Tausend Moot Court Competition, 1991
• Member, Order of the Barristers

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, Utility Payment Collections, Washington Municipal Treasurer's Association 25th Annual Conference, Chelan, WA - April 2008
• Speaker, Utility Payment Collections and Liens, Washington Municipal Treasurers Association, Lake Chelan, WA - April 2007
• Panel Discussion on Bankruptcy Trends, Washington State Federal Bar Program, Seattle, WA - December 7, 2005
• Speaker, Right Without a Remedy?: Individual and Small Business chapter 11 Under the New Code, ABI Winter Leadership Conference, Indian Wells, CA - December 2005
• Bankruptcy Issues, Speaker, Washington Collection Law, Including an Update on Bankruptcy Reform, Lorman Educational Services - July, 2005

Past Employment Positions

• Betts Patterson & Mines, P.S. - Seattle, Washington, Member, 1992 - 2001

Education

• Seattle University of Law, Tacoma, Washington, 1992
  J.D.
  Honors: cum laude
• University of Massachusetts, 1985
  M.S.
• Laurentian University, 1982
  Bachelor of Commerce

Published Works

• Author, Are Non-Debtor Releases/Permanent Injunctions Authorized Under the Bankruptcy Code?, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, May 2003
• Author, Dot Com Windups Using State Law, National Business Institute (Monograph), 2001
• Author, Should an Oversecured Creditor be Entitled to Post-Petition Interest at the Default Rate?, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, March 1998
• Author, Dealing with Bankruptcy, National Business Institute (Monograph), 1997
• Author, To Be Inventory or Not To Be Inventory - That is the Question: Auto Dealerships Bankruptcies Create Confusing Landscape for Secured Creditors, American Bankruptcy Institute Journal, 1997

Address

1111 Third Avenue
Suite 3400
Seattle, WA 98101-3299

Phones

(206) 447-5325

Faxes

(206) 749-2009

Emails

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Websites

http://www.foster.com