Seattle, WA
Land use and zoning Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning, Government ... +2 more
OUTCOME: Unanimous Supreme Court decision for Client
Supreme Court upheld Town of Woodway's potential annexation area designation of Point Wells over objections of the City of Shoreline and Chevron USA. Woodway succeeded in reversing the Growth Board's ... decision in King County and Snohomish County superior courts, and then obtained unaimous Court of Appeals and state Supreme Court decisions affirming Woodway's position.
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals ruled in client's favor
Plaintiffs sued client mere days after his election to the Des Moines City Council alleging a violation of the Washington State conflict of interest statute. Court of Appeals accepted discretionary re ... view of interim trial court decision which favored the plaintiff. On full review of the case, the Court of Appeals overturned the trial decsion and issued a final decision under summary judgment standards in favor of client. Client retained his seat on the Dees Moines City Council and was able to contiue his family's 50 year history of business in Des Moines. This case established new principles of law applicable to local government elected officials defining when ongoing buisness dealings constitute a conflict of interest under Washington law. The Washington Supreme Court denied cert. in the case, thus affirming the Court of Appeals decision.
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals upheld City planning actions
Developer sued City claiming improper assessement of traffic and park mitigation fees. Superior court and Court of Appeals uphled City actions and fees against multiple substantive and procedural chal ... lenges. Supreme Court denied cert. Case validated City's development and use of mitigation formula and established new principles regarding application of private v. public park and open space requirements
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals ruled in Client's favor
The first case in Washington to interpret the Model Toxics Control Act regulations concerning cost recovery for environmental contamination. Court of Appeals ruled in client's favor, allowing client to ... recover remediation costs and attorneys fees from oil company in environmental (petroleum) contamination case.
OUTCOME: Court of Appeals upheld City annexation
In case concerning compliance of annexation with Boundary Review Board requirements, Court of Appeals ruled in City of Mill Creek's favor. This case established new principles of annexation law.
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