If I am going to be your lawyer, you should know a bit about who I am.

I was born in Washington, grew up in Tacoma and graduated from Stadium High School in 1966. My dad was a city bus driver and my mother worked for the Army at Ft. Lewis as a finance clerk. In 1968 I volunteered for the Army. I went to an NCO school, was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and went to Vietnam. I served in combat units with the 101st Airborne Division. After ten months in-country, I was wounded and sent home.

I was raised in a small town in central Idaho, and have lived in the Pacific Northwest my entire life. After graduating from high school, I went to secretarial school and worked as a legal secretary for many years while also taking college classes. I obtained a business degree, summa cum laude, from Lewis Clark State College, and my juris doctorate, cum laude, from the University of Idaho College of Law. I am licensed to practice in both Idaho and Washington state and federal courts.