Experience

Appellate Litigation
Decisions representing primary party:

• Heller v. City of Bellevue, 147 Wn.App. 46 (Div. I 2008)
• City of Federal Way v. Town & Country Real Estate, LLC, 161 Wn.App. 17 (Div. II 2011)
• Jones v. Town of Hunts Point, 166 Wn.App. 452 (Div. I 2011)
• Sleeping Tiger, LLC v. City of Tukwila, 173 Wn.App. 1026, 2013 WL 709825 (Div. I 2013)
  (unpublished)
• BD Lawson Partners, LP v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 165
  Wn.App. 677 (Div. I 2011)
• Toward Responsible Development v. City of Black Diamond, 179 Wn.App. 1012, 2014 WL
  295838 (Div. I 2014) (unpublished)
• City of Snoqualmie v. King County Executive Dow Constantine et al., 187 Wn.2d 289 (2016)
  Drebick v. City of Olympia, 156 Wn.2d 289 (2006)
• Olympia v. Thurston County Board of County Commissioners, 131 Wn.App. 85 (Div. II 2005)
• Responsible Urban Growth Group v. City of Kent, 123 Wn.2d 376 (1994)
• San Juan Holding Company v. Skagit County, 87 Wn.App. 703 (Div. I 1997) (briefed and argued
  case through Skagit County Superior Court, whose decision was upheld on appeal)
• Sorgenfrei v. Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1, 87 Wn.App. 1013, 1997 WL
  1119583 (Div. I 1997) (unpublished)

Amicus Curiae (aka “Friend of the Court”) briefs:

• University of Washington v. City of Seattle, 188 Wn.2d 823 (2017)
• Benchmark Land Co. v. City of Battle Ground, 138 Wn.2d 1008 (1999):
  • On remand: Benchmark Land Co. v. City of Battle Ground, 103 Wn.2d 721 (Div. II 2000)
  • On appeal: Benchmark Land Co. v. City of Battle Ground, 146 Wn.2d 685 (2002)
• Isla Verde International Holdings, Inc. v. City of Camas, 146 Wn.2d 740 (2002)
• City of Everett v. Public Employment Relations Commission and IAFF Local 46, Case No.
  77831-5-1 (Div. I Court of Appeals) (amicus brief filed 9/10/2018)

Significant Trial Court Litigation:

• City of Snoqualmie v. Dow Constantine et al., King County Superior Court Cause No. 14-2-29269-4
  SEA (March 4, 2015)
  • Order granting in part and denying in part City of Snoqualmie’s Motion for Partial Summary
    Judgment and denying State Department of Revenue’s motion for summary judgment
• National Wildlife Federation v. Federal Emergency Management Association et al., 2014 WL 5449859
  (unpublished October 24, 2014)
  • Order Denying Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Granting Federal Emergency
• Snoqualmie Indian Tribe v. City of Snoqualmie, 186 F.Supp.3d 1155 (W.D. Wash. 2016)
  • Management Agency’s and Intervenor Cities’ Motions for Summary Judgment, in Order Granting in Party and Denying in Part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss