Experience

Rating: 9.5 (Superb)

Honors

2007

Paul Robeson Peace and Justice Award, Mothers for Police Accountability

2006

Champion of Indigent Defense, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

2004

Gideon Award, Washington Defender Association

2004

Professionalism Award, Washington State Bar Association

2000

Friend of the Profession, King County Bar Association

1993

William O. Douglas Award, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

1991

Order of the Coif, University of Washington School of Law

1990

CIVIL LIBERTARIAN AWARD, ACLUE of WASHINGTON

1987

Reginald Heber Smith Award, National Legal Aid and Defender Association

1973

John Henry Wigmore Key, Northwestern University School of Law

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Work Experience

2007 - Present

Professor from Practice, Seattle University School Of Law

1978 - 2006

Defender Director, The Defender Association

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Associations

2009 - Present

Washington State Bar Association

Council on Public Defense

1991 - Present

Washington Minority and Justice Commission

Member

1991 - Present

Washington State Minority and Justice Commission

Member, Technical Support then Commission

American Bar Association

Member Indigent Defense Advisory Group

2010 - 2010

City of Seattle

Mayor’s Chief of Police Selection Committee

2007 - 2008

City of Seattle

Seattle Mayor's Police Accountability Review Panel,Vice Chair.

2001 - 2002

City of Seattle

City Council Citizen Task Force on Racial Profiling

1999 - 2003

King County

Public Defense Study Oversight Committee member

1983 - 2003

Washington Defender Association

President

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Education

1973

Northwestern University School of Law

1970

Kenyon College

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Speaking Engagements

2013

Harvard Law School October 11, 2013

Gideon’s Promise and Peril: Meeting the Mandate for Indigent Defense -Development of Standards in Washington State

2012

TWELFTH BIENNIAL LESSONS AND LEGACIES CONFERENCE ON THE HOLOCAUST

Holocaust Teaching –Sample Classroom Approaches

2012

Louisville Bar Foundation

The Right to Counsel: Why It’s Important and How It Serves the Interests of all the Stakeholders in the Criminal Justice System and How to save taxpayer money with misdemeanor diversion programs,

2011

Washington District and Municipal Judges Annual conference

CrRLJ 4.1, The Right to Counsel, and the Impact on Court Budgets

2011

KY Department of Public Advocacy annual conference

Misdemeanor right to Counsel in Kentucky is in need of attention

2010

Washington State Office of Public Defense, Gonzaga School of Law, Spokane, Washington,

“Caseload Management-- Ethics and Practice Impacts of State v. A.N.J.”,

2009

Korematsu Center Launch Event

Observations on Law and the Holocaust and Contemporary American Criminal Justice”,

2009

KCBA Ethics Conference

Ethics in Criminal Law Practice”

2008

Annual conference Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers

Lessons Learned: Achieving and Maintaining High Lawyer Performance and Satisfaction”,

2003

Washington Judicial Conference

Preventing Conviction of Innocent Persons

1999

National Partnership Meeting

Minorities in the Criminal Justice System: Addressing Over-representation”,

1999

International Legal Aid Conference

ALessons from the United States Experience

1997

Washington Judicial Conference,

"Judicial Independence"

1997

Annual conference National Legal Aid and Defender Association

Leading Through Times of Change and Transition

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Publications

2013

Louisville (KY) Courier Journal "The Right to a Lawyer",

2012

King County Bar Bulletin “State Supreme Court Issues Historic Order on Defender Standards”,

2012

Seattle Journal of Social Justice Fifty Years After Gideon: It is Long Past Time to provide lawyers for misdemeanor defendants who cannot afford to hire their own

2012

Seattle Times Caseload limits a win for public defenders, clients — and justice

2010

Knoxville News Sentinel Citizen's Voice: Public defenders underfunded in Tennessee

2010

American Constitution Society Diverting and Reclassifying Misdemeanors

2009

Minor Crimes, Massive Waste NACDL Minor Crimes, Massive Waste

2003

Seattle Post Intelligencer “Anniversary of Gideon case spotlights right to court appointed attorney”,

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