We'll get it done, together.
Here's what I love to help people with.
Administrative Defense (Labor and Industries, Department of Health).
Consumer Protection and Class Action Claims.
Public Works and Residential Construction.
Contract and Transactional Drafting.
Employment Law (Wrongful Termination, Discirimination, Wage Claims).
Appeals.
How can I help you?
Leave me a message and let me know what you need help with.
What people are saying.
He puts 110% into his work and truly cares about his clients.
You are in great hands.
Growing Up.
A few decades ago, I was born into a family that traveled the country painting bridges. I switched schools over a dozen times and lived in 15 states before graduating high school in Vancouver, Washington. I loved to wrestle back then. I took second in the state championships in 2008 for Hockinson High School. The next year I broke my neck in the last match I ever wrestled while at the state tournament. After high school I worked as a sandblaster and painter on bridges during breaks to pay for college.
College and Work. While in college, I got a scholarship to study in Germany where I met my wife. I lived in Europe for a few years and we eventually moved back to Vancouver. Upon returning, I worked as a project manager in the construction industry for several years on complex multi-million dollar public works infrastructure projects with various state departments of transportation and the Army Corps of Engineers. I managed dozens of employees and fought tooth and nail to keep our projects on track.
Law School. After having first hand experience in a number of contract, employment, and labor disputes, I decided to go to law school at Gonzaga so I would have the skills to help contractors who face similar problems. I finished as the top student in many of my commercial law classes, and third in my class overall. After graduating, I earned a prestigious clerkship at the Washington State Supreme Court where I drafted several opinions under Justice Susan Owens. Wanting to serve the construction industry that I spent much of my life in, I immediately opened my own practice after clerking.
Me today. I’ve been lucky that my life has been filled with lots of interesting people, places, and stories: below are a few pictures from it (click on photos to read the stories). I like spending time with my family, golfing, watching comedy, rooting for the Seahawks (and Vikings too), making wood fired pizza, and learning new languages.
Notable Achievements.
- 2020 Washington State Supreme Court Judicial Law Clerk to the honorable Justice Susan Owens
- 2020 Gonzaga Law Graduate, Summa Cum Laude, Top 3% of Class
- 2019 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Foundations of Appellate Law
- 2019 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Professional Responsibility
- 2019 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Transactional Drafting
- 2019 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Legal Research and Writing III
- 2018 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Contracts
- 2018 CALI Excellence for the Future Award, Constitutional Law I
- 2016 Emerging Leaders Alliance Participant (NACE)
- 2010 Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals Scholarship Recipient
- 2008 Washington 2A State Wrestling Runner-up (152, 2A)