Contact Information
Phone: 253-756-0459 Fax: 253-879-0150
Location: 3645 North Pearl Street, Tacoma, WA 98407 Click for map
Areas of Practice: Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, Special Needs Trusts, Family Business Succession, Elder Law, Estate and Gift Taxation, and Representation before the IRS
Bar Admissions: 1977, Washington; U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; U.S. Tax Court.
Law Schools: University of Puget Sound School of Law, J.D. 1977; Boston University School of Law, 1978, L.L.M. (Taxation)
Colleges: University of California, Santa Barbara and Riverside; University of Washington, B.A., cum laude, 1969 (Phi Alpha Theta-History Honorary Society)
Member: Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association, (Guardianship Committee); American Bar Association; Washington State Bar Association, Civil Legal Needs Work Group, 2011, Taxation Section, CLE Chair, Section Chair 1992-1993; Elder Law Section, CLE Committee, Block Grant Committee; Real Property, Probate and Trust Section
Biography: Born Seattle, Washington; VISTA Volunteer, rural Iowa, 1969-1970; U.S. Coast Guard, active duty, 1970-1974; Adjunct Professor, Seattle University School of Law, 1996-2010; Member, Pierce County Law Library Board; President, Friends of Pierce County Law Library, a nonprofit organization; City Club of Tacoma; Martindale-Hubbell (lawyers.com) rating: AV