Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2014

Outstanding Service Award, Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys

2010

Graduate of Distinction, Walla Walla Public Schools

2007

Distinguished Citizenship Award, Walla Walla Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Lodge 287

2001

Judiciary Excellence Superstar Award, Washington State Traffic Safety Commission

2001

School Board of the Year (board member co-recipient), Washington State School Directors' Association

1996

Star Award, Unigard Insurance Company

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Work Experience

1996 - Present

Walla Walla City Attorney, City of Walla Walla

1990 - 1996

In-house counsel, Unigard Insurance Company

1987 - 1990

Associate, Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S.

1985 - 1987

Legal Intern, Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S.

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Associations

1996 - Present

United States Supreme Court Bar

Member

1996 - Present

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys

Member

2014 - 2015

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys

President

2012 - 2021

Walla Walla YMCA

Board Member, Officer

2008 - 2016

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys

Board Member

2007 - 2008

Walla Walla County Traffic Safety and DUI Task Force

Board Member

2006 - 2007

Walla Walla County Traffic Safety and DUI Task Force

Chair

2006 - 2016

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys - Amicus Committee

Member

2003 - 2007

Walla Walla YMCA

Board Member

2003 - 2004

Walla Walla School District No. 140

Board President

1999 - 2007

Walla Walla School District No. 140

Board of Directors

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Education

1987

Gonzaga University School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1984

Whitman College

BA - Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2014

33rd Annual Civil Service Conference

Cat's Paw Liability

2013

2013 WSAMA Fall Conference

How to Handle the Recanting Victim in DV Cases

2012

2012 WSAMA Fall Conference

Standards for Indigent Defense: The Prosecutor's Perspective

2012

12th Annual Justice and Hope Domestic Violence Conference

Primary Agressor Determination

2011

2011 WSAMA Fall Conference

Update on Court Rules Proposals: Public Defense Standards and Roundtable Discussion: Mental Health Issues

2010

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2010

2010 WSAMA Fall Conference

Crawford: Forfeiture and Use of Material Witness Warrants

2009

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Domestic Violence Cases

2009

Are We There Yet? Commemorating the Past, Creating the Future: A 30th Anniversary Domestic Violence Symposium

Confronting DV in Mayberry

2008

2008 WSAMA Fall Conference

A Blast from the Past: Crawford, Giles and Confrontation Forfeiture

2007

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2007

2007 WSAMA Fall Conference

Strengthening Relations with Your Police Department

2006

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2006

2006 WSAMA Fall Conference

Dealing with Statutory and Other Defenses in Negotiations with Defense Counsel

2005

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2005

Criminal Domestic Violence Best Practices

Investigation and Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2005

2005 WSAMA Fall Conference

Prosecution After Crawford v. Washington

2004

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2004

2004 WSAMA Fall Conference

Usage of Hearsay in Criminal Cases after Crawford v. Washington

2003

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2002

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2001

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

2000

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

1999

Washington State Domestic Violence Team Training

Prosecution of Family Violence Cases

1993

Personal Injury Defense: Practical Tips and Update on the Law

Policy Issues: Reading the Fine Print

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Publications

2023

University of San Francisco Law Review Federal Substantive Due Process Rights of Homeless Persons

2023

St. Mary's Law Journal More than Lip Service is Required: Excessive Fines Clause Limitations upon Fining the Homeless

2021

Liberty University Law Review Is Begging Communicative Activity Protected by the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment?

2020

Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal Do the Homeless Possess an Implied Right to Public Support? Exploring Professor Walker’s Social Compact Theory

2020

Southwestern Law Review Thieves in the Night? Pre-deprivation Requirements for Removal of Homeless Persons' Property from Public Areas

2020

Gonzaga Law Review Catch-22? Applicability of the Takings Clause to Removal of Homeless Persons’ Property from Public Areas

2019

Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Abandoned or Unattended? The Outer Limit of Fourth Amendment Protection for Homeless Persons’ Property

2019

Concordia Law Review Criminally Homeless? The Eighth Amendment Prohibition Against Penalizing Status

2018

University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy A Teasing Illusion? Homelessness and the Right to Interstate Travel

2017

University of Denver Criminal Law Review Only Presumed Unreliable: Proving Confrontation Forfeiture with Hearsay

2016

Southern University Law Review Kangaroo Proof: Due Process and Hearsay

2016

Accord, Phoenix Law Review Online Sentry or Insensible? A Criminal Defendant's Right to be Present at a Confrontation Forfeiture Hearing

2016

Creighton Law Review Preliminarily Guilty? Reflexive Confrontation Forfeiture

2015

New England Law Review A Reliable and Clear-Cut Determination: Is a Separate Hearing Required to Decide when Confrontation Forfeiture by Wrongdoing Applies?

2015

St. Mary's Law Journal Gradually Exploded: Confrontation vs. the Former Testimony Rule

2014

John Marshall Law Journal Loose and Wandering Witnesses: Constitutional Limitations upon the "Quite Unusual" Co-Conspirator Statement Rule

2014

Thomas M. Cooley Law Review Keeping the Balance True: Proof Requirements for Confrontation Forfeiture by Wrongdoing

2011

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 540, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Update on Court Rules Proposals: Public Defense Standards

2011

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 540, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Mental Health Alternatives

2010

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 535, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Crawford: Forfeiture and Use of Material Witness Warrants

2010

Regent University Law Review Dying to Testify? Confrontation vs. Declarations in Extremis (co-author)

2010

Public Law Ethics Primer - 2010 Update, Ch. 8, Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys and Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Ethical Issues for Prosecutors (co-author)

2009

Washington State Bar Association Deskbook Involuntary Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance 2d ed. suppl.

2009

Lincoln Law Review "Classic Abusive Relationships" and the Inference of Witness Tampering in Family Violence Cases after Giles v. California (co-author)

2008

Idaho Law Review Combating Victim/Witness Intimidation in Family Violence Cases: A Response to Critics of the "Forfeiture by Wrongdoing" Confrontation Exception Resurrected by the Supreme Court in Crawford and Davis

2008

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 531, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington A Blast from the Past: Crawford, Giles and Confrontation Forfeiture- 2008 WSAMA Fall Conference

2006

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 526, Municipal Research and Service Center of Washington Dealing with Statutory and Other Defenses in Negotiations with Defense Counsel - 2006 WSAMA Fall Conference

2005

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 523, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Prosecution after Crawford v. Washington - 2005 WSAMA Fall Conference

2004

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, Legal Notes, Information Bulletin No. 520, Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington Usage of Hearsay in Criminal Cases after Crawford v. Washington - 2004 WSAMA Fall Conference

2001

Washington State Bar Association Deskbook Involuntary Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance (rev. ed.) - Ch. 10 of the Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance Deskbook 2d ed.

1998

Washington State Bar Association Deskbook Involuntary Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance (rev. ed.) - Ch. 10 of the Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance Deskbook

1995

Washington State Bar Association Deskbook Involuntary Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance - Ch. 10 of the Washington Motor Vehicle Accident Insurance Deskbook

1992

Gonzaga Law Review When is Bad Faith Claims Handling an Unfair Trade Practice? Actions Against Insurers Under Washington's Consumer Protection Act

1986

Gonzaga Law Review Jurisdictional Survey of Tort Provisions of Washington's 1986 Tort Reform Act (co-author)

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