Auction Specialist

• Nov 2020 - Present

Contributing Writer

• May 2020 - Present

* Writer for automotive enthusiasts Avants magazine on broad spectrum of topics. * Work with photographers and other personnel to produce content for publication. * Writer for automotive enthusiasts Avants magazine on broad spectrum of topics. * Work with photographers and other personnel to produce content for publication.

Attorney

• Mar 2018 - Jun 2020

* Represented plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, products liability, and medical malpractice. * Drafted dispositive pleadings in multiple jurisdictions, mediation briefs, and demand materials. * Worked on all levels of discovery, from interviewing fact witnesses, to compiling responsive materials, to drafting and answering discovery, to reviewing materials produced by all parties. * Conducted legal research on a broad range of legal issues, from liability for fan injuries by NCAA players, to emergency vehicle operator liability, to municipality accountability issues. * Worked with expert witnesses on investigation, testimony and expert opinion compilation.

Compliance Officer

• Nov 2015 - Apr 2017

* Developed, initiated and maintained policies and procedures for company operations to prevent illegal, unethical, or improper conduct. * Collaborated with other departments including Quality Assurance and Operations to direct compliance issues to appropriate resolution. * Responded to compliance audits conducted by individual states, vendors, and federal agencies. * Worked in a team with internal (CEO, Management) or external (strategic business partners) members on specific task oriented projects. * Acted as an independent review and evaluation body to ensure that compliance issues/concerns within the organization are being appropriately evaluated, investigated and resolved. * Ensured proper reporting of violations or potential violations to duly authorized enforcement agencies as appropriate and/or required. * Functioned as corporate in-house legal counsel on assorted business matters and legal risk assessments.

Contract Attorney

• Oct 2014 - Oct 2015

* Tested Ringtail E-Discovery software and consulted on assorted aspects of the program. * Performed Release and Stability, Integration and Development testing for assorted releases. * Worked with software developers, programmers, and management to identify software errors. * Identified and rewrote tests to accommodate software updates. * Tested Ringtail E-Discovery software and consulted on assorted aspects of the program. * Performed Release and Stability, Integration and Development testing for assorted releases. * Worked with software developers, programmers, and management to identify software errors. * Identified and rewrote tests to accommodate software updates.

Contract Attorney

• Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

* Represented both adoptive parents and birth parents in the adoption process. * Worked with families, agencies, and organizations at all levels of the adoption practice. * Drafted pleadings and argued adoption related motions in multiple state courts. * Represented both adoptive parents and birth parents in the adoption process. * Worked with families, agencies, and organizations at all levels of the adoption practice. * Drafted pleadings and argued adoption related motions in multiple state courts.

Commercial Litigation Associate, Contract Attorney

• Feb 2007 - Jan 2015

* Represented plaintiffs and defendants in a broad range of practice areas, including commercial contract disputes, asset recovery and financial fraud, trade dress, securities claims, legal malpractice, construction defect, RICO, TEDRA actions, and environmental law. * Advised commercial clients in litigation avoidance and pre-litigation strategy. * Part of a litigation team involving international dispute with discovery and depositions in Australia, Hong Kong, and East and West Coast locations; Duties included fact investigations, legal research, deposition preparation, expert witness management, e-discovery and paper document management. * Functioned as outside corporate counsel for high net worth individual in financial services industry; Duties included strategic oversight of twelve plus (12+) pending state and federal actions with intertwined facts, issues, and causes of action. * Drafted pleadings and argued motions in both State and Federal jurisdictions. * Strategic management of outside counsel including budget control and ghostwriting. * Conducted litigation resolution analysis for commercial clients. * Supervised junior associates and staff on specific assignments.

Associate Attorney

• 2001 - Jan 2007

* Resolved approximately 100 cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. * Areas of practice included commercial litigation, employment, public utility law. * Represented Fortune 500 Company in arbitration against national professional sports organization, resulting in the return of a professional sport to Seattle area. * Second chaired two-week construction defect jury case with $7.5M in claims. * Represented Seattle ship-building company in Monorail condemnation proceedings. * Interacted with business clients and company principals on a regular basis. * Prepared State and Federal Court pleadings, discovery requests and responses. * Managed electronic and paper discovery issues, with document exchanges ranging from 1,500 to over 400,000 documents.

Law Clerk

• 1999 - 2000

* Conducted independent research in land use and environmental law. * Drafted pleadings filed in both State and Federal Courts. * Office represented Local County in F.E.R.C. hydroelectric dam relicensing process. * Extensively analyzed 1996 Telecommunications Act provisions for wireless interests. * Conducted independent research in land use and environmental law. * Drafted pleadings filed in both State and Federal Courts. * Office represented Local County in F.E.R.C. hydroelectric dam relicensing process. * Extensively analyzed 1996 Telecommunications Act provisions for wireless interests.