Work Experience
Arbitrator and Mediator 2012 - present
Commissioner, Washington Public Employment Relations Commission 2019 - 2022
Reid, Pedersen, McCarthy & Ballew, LLP, Seattle, WA 1985 - 2010 (retired)
Critchlow & Williams, Richland, WA 1980 - 1985
Education
Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA May 1977
BA, English Literature
Seattle University, Seattle, WA May 1980
Juris Doctorate
Arbitrator Training
FMCS Institute "Becoming a Labor Arbitrator" July 2012
Bar Admissions
Washington October, 1980
Court Admissions
U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of Washington
Professional Recognition
AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Included on "Top Lawyers" list by Seattle Metropolitan Magazine (Labor and employment)
Organizations
Washington State Bar Assn., Labor and Employment Law Section
Labor and Employment Relations Assn.
