Articles & Publications

August 24, 2007, Puget Sound Business Journal, Lawyers: “Careful Screening Up Helps Elude Clients from Hell”

July 2007, King County Bar Bulletin, “A Fresh Look at Fee Arrangements”

January 2005, "Breach of Fiduciary Duty: The Nuclear Weapon of Fee Disputes," Washington State Bar News.

January, 2004, “Securing Your Fee on Withdrawal and Substitution by New Lawyer,” King County Bar Bulletin

September, 2003, “A Fresh Look at Attorney-Client Fee Disputes," Washington State Bar Association Bar News

December, 2002, “UIM Tactical Focus,” Trial News, Washington State Trial Lawyer’s Association

Presentations & Seminars

“Exit Cases: Making a Graceful and Non-Acrimonious Exit, Keeping Your Clients and Avoiding Litigation,” March 26, 2008, CLE presentation to Washington State Bar Association’s Birth - Life – and Death of a Law Practice

Panel Presentation on “Compensating Attorneys in the 21st Century,” December13, 2007, Washington State Bar Association’s Fifth Annual Conference on the Law of Lawyering

"Avoiding Fee Disputes Entirely: Client And Case Selection And De-Selection; Adopting Solid Office Practices For Fee Arrangements Beginning With The Intake Interview," March 28, 2007, Washington State Trial Lawyers Associations Seminar – Fee Disputes

"Avoiding Fee Problems With Clients And Lawyers: Proactive Tactics In Client/Case Selection And Client Management," December 13, 2006, Washington State Bar Association Fourth Annual Conference on the Law of Lawyering

"Getting Paid (Without Getting Sued): Survey of Washington State Law Relating to Attorney’s Fees Claims and Challenges and Risk Management 'Red Flags',” December 15, 2005, Washington State Bar Association Third Annual Conference on the Law of Lawyering

"Protecting and Defending Your Fees: Strategies for Preventing Premature Termination and Getting Paid When Termination is Unavoidable," December 16, 2004, Washington State Bar Association Second Annual Conference on the Law of Lawyering

“Preserving Your Fee when the Client Relationship Grows Sour,”  CLE Presentation to the Clark County Bar Association CLE seminar on November 2, 2004

“Collection of Attorneys Fees from Recalcitrant Clients”,  Oral Presentation to WSBA Eastside General Practice Section, April 27, 2004.

“Taking the Offense in MAR Arbitration,”
- CLE presentation to the Washington State Trial Lawyer’s Association’s Annual Auto Cases Seminar, April 9, 2004.

“Collection of Attorney’s Fees in Light of Barrett v. Freise – Pitfalls with Breach of Fiduciary Duty,”  Oral Presentation to WSTLA Ballard Roundtable, March 18, 2004.

“Fear of Feeing – Getting Paid When the Chips are Down”
- Continuing Legal Education Presentation to the Washington State Bar Association’s First Annual Law of Lawyering Seminar, December 2003.

“Breach of Fiduciary Duty – The Client’s WMD of Fee Disputes”
- Continuing Legal Education Presentation to the Washington State Bar Association’s First Annual Law of Lawyering Seminar. December 2003.

“ETHICS MINUTIAE - Flat Rate/Non-Refundable Fee Arrangements and CR 4.2 Limited Representation Agreements”
- CLE presentation to the Washington State Trial Lawyer’s Association Annual Ethics for Trial Lawyers Seminar, December 17, 2003.

“Using Requests for Admission, Summary Judgments and CR 37(c) to Establish Medical Expenses Before Trial,”
- CLE presentation to the Washington State Trial Lawyer’s Association’s Motions Practice Seminar, September 26, 2003.

“Ethics for the Trial Lawyer,” Oregon-Washington Reciprocity Seminar, Joint seminar sponsored by Oregon State Trial Lawyers Association and Washington State Trial Lawyer’s Association, February 21, 2002.

“Fee Agreements: Their Contents and Pitfalls,”
- CLE presentation to Lorman Business Center, Inc. Seminar, Auto Insurance Law and Accident Litigation in Washington, May 21, 2001.

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