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Other than practicing law, I enjoy snow skiing, golfing, working on my home, cheering on the W.S.U. Cougars and spending time with my family.  I am the proud father of two girls who were fortunate to inherit my wife's beautiful looks and her intelligence.

I like to represent good honest people who have been wronged and seriously injured, and who need help battling against insurance companies. As a personal injury lawyer, I am able to make a profound and lasting difference in the lives of people who really need help.

As far as my Avvo rating of "Good", please see my website for examples of the excellent results I have gotten for my clients over the years. I think these results speak for themselves.

I consider myself lucky to have spent a career in a field to which I was attracted as a child, and which still provides me with plenty of reasons to look forward to going to work each day. Throughout my career, I have focused on representing individuals, rather than corporations. My clients have come from all walks of life, and all parts of the world. People of every personality type have walked through my door. I have represented both homeless people and corporate executives, proponents of civil disobedience as well as law enforcement officials. Despite their differences, the people I have represented have shared one thing in common: something to which they are entitled has been denied. Trying to restore what has been taken away from them keeps me motivated.. I have spent most of my life and all of my career in the Pacific Northwest, which I love. I was raised in various parts of Alaska and Washington, My first job was picking blueberries and raspberries in Whatcom County, just south of the Canadian border. Then, it was work in orchards in central Washington and construction in Southeast Alaska. In such work, I became familiar with what it’s like to put in a 12- or 14-hour day. Such work also taught me that I’m not all that good working with my hands, so I had best figure out something to do that didn’t require such skills. The law beckoned.. After law school, I went into private practice. I left Scott, Kinney, Fjelstad & Mack in 2016 after 25 years to start my own practice. Aside from having a difficult boss, I am liking the challenge and freedom a solo practice provides. I can take the cases I want to take, and pursue the causes I want to pursue. And, of equal importance, I don’t have to make any excuses to anyone if I want to take off to go flyfishing, and I can play a guitar in my office, if the mood were to strike. I would, however, need to shut the door. I do, of course, have neighbors.. After nearly 30 years of working as a lawyer, I understand that people aren’t coming to see me because all is right in their world. Rather, they need help trying to fix something that’s gone wrong, something that the law might remedy. I may not be able to fix all the problems that come to me, but I will bring the same client-centered approach to trying to fix such problems that guided me when I started in this profession.

As a third-generation lawyer, I am a passionate advocate for the legal rights and personal well-being of his clients.  As an active member of the Washington State Bar Association, United States District Court-Western District of Washington, U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, and Washington State Association for Justice, my focused objective is to find the best remedy within the law for each case. My emphasis right now is in the areas of civil litigation, personal injury law, and insurance law.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.

Experienced Personal attorney serving clients in Seattle and surrounding areas.