Education

Seattle University of Law, Tacoma, Washington

Awards & Honours

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers magazine, top 5 percent of all lawyers, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 Top 100 Trial Lawyer, the American Trial Lawyers Association, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 Washington\\\'s Plaintiffs Trial Lawyer of the Year, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, 2013 Rising Star Law and Politics, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 Trial lawyer of the year, Trial Lawyer\\\'s College, 2003 One of 40 prominent business owners in \\\"40 Under 40\\\" Nation\\\'s Top One Percent

Biography

As an experienced trial lawyer, I am proud of my professional accomplishments, but remain humbled by the compromising situations that bring clients to me for help. Above all else, I love what I do and value the opportunity to build long-term relationships with other people in the Seattle area and throughout Washington and beyond. Over the two decades I have practiced law, I have been fortunate to gain far-reaching successes through careful selection of my cases. I am lucky enough to take only cases that I believe in, cases where someone is so wronged that I am compelled to help him or her. My goal is to overcome the anguish of the truly wronged through the attainment of justice. I am privileged in my professional prosperity, I am grateful for the opportunities to assist clients through what might otherwise be an arduous legal journey, and my intention is to heal broken souls. It is because of this intention that I enjoy the reputation I earned. This is reflected by several awards, professional designations and national speaking engagements I mention out of genuine humility: