Attorneys

Education

• Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, 1983
  J.D.
  
  
• Brown University, Providence, RI, 1978
  History
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  
  
• London School of Economics, London, England, 1978
  Diploma in Social Administration
  
  

Published Works

• Whose Expert Is It Anyway? Does CR 32(a)(5)(A) Make a Specially-Retained, Non-Testifying, Out-of-State Expert's Discovery Deposition Available to the Opposition at Trial?, WSTLA Trial News, June, 2005
• What to do When the Defense Offers an Annuity Salesperson as a Damages Expert: The Counterattack (and Update), Damage Attorneys Round Table, 2004
• The Constitutional Right to an Impartial Jury is Alive and Well in Washington State, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, 2003
• They'd All Go Down Together: A Hospital's Vicarious Liability for its Health Care Provider's Negligence, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Trial News, 2003
• Can a Hospital Physician be a Good Samaritan? Not in a Non-Emergency, Says One Washington Court, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Trial News, 2002
• Whatever I See or Hear I Shall Not Divulge: Doctor as Protector of Patient Confidentiality or Corporate Speaking Agent?, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Trial News, 2001
• Direct Actions Against Insurers or Common Carriers, Chapter J in Washington State Trial Lawyers Automobile Accident Litigation Deskbook, 2001
• Is Once Enough?: Recovery for Wrongful Death After Settling an Underlying Personal Injury or Medical Malpractice Claim, Damages Attorneys Round Table Convention, 2001
• Preparing Cases to Win Issues in Working with Medical Witnesses, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association CLE, 2000
• Use or Misuse of Consulting Experts: The Eternal Conflict Between Experts and Lawyers, Washington State Bar Association CLE, 1999

Representative Cases

• Fields v. Legacy,, (9th Cir 2005)
• Dalton v. State, 15 Wn. App. 703, 63 P.2d 847 ( 2003)
• Degel v. Buty, unpublished decision, Wash. Ct. App. No. 45544-3-1 ( 2001)
• United States v. Gonzales, 116 F.3d 486, 1997 WL 330823 (unpublished decision ( 1997)
• Miller v. Badgley, 51 Wn. App. 285, 753 P.2d 530 ( 1988)

Honors and Awards

• Yale Law School Fund Scholarship, 1980 - 1983
• Delia Ashworth Scholarship, London School of Economics, 1977 - 1978
• Pembroke College Woman Scholar of the Year, awarded by Class of 1923, 1974 - 1977
• Gaspee/DAR Prize in History, Brown University, 1977
• Honorable Mention in National Historical Society Essay Competition, 1976

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
  
  
• Washington State Bar Association
  
  
• United States District Court for the Western District of Washington
  
  
• United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  
  

Languages

• French