2021 to Present: Town Attorney for Stevensville, Montana

2022 to Present: Town Attorney for Philipsburg, Montana

2021 to Present: Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County (Washington) (open government law)

2017 to 2021: General Counsel – Security Services Northwest (www.ssnwhq.com)

• Civil commercial litigation, civil rights, contracts, real estate

2016 to 2017: General Counsel – Freedom Foundation (www.FreedomFoundation.com)

• Constitutional litigation
• Managed six attorneys

 2012 to 2016: Regulatory Counsel – Moneytree (www.MoneyTreeInc.com)

• Financial industry regulations, contracts

2007 to 2012: Partner – Allied Law Group (www.AlliedLawGroup.com)

• Open government law, media law
• Managed two attorneys and one paralegal

 2005 to 2007: Special Assistant Attorney General for Government Accountability – State of Washington

• Open government law, administrative law, lobbying, public policy development

 2001 to 2005: Of Counsel – Perkins Coie (www.PerkinsCoie.com)

• Regulatory litigation, administrative law, lobbying, land use, water law, Indian law

 1997 to 2001: General Counsel – Building Industry Ass’n of Washington

(www.biaw.com)

• Lobbying, constitutional litigation, land use, corporate law

 1993 to 1997: Associate – Suelthaus & Walsh (St. Louis)

• General civil litigation

1993: Juris Doctorate – Seattle University School of Law

1991: Editor – Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

1989: Bachelor of Arts – University of Washington (Russian and Eastern European Regional Studies)

2006 to 2007: Judge Pro Tem – Thurston County (Washington) District Court

2022: A Guide to Statutory Interpretation in Montana (book published by Montana State Bar Association)

2006: Editor-in-Chief – Washington State Bar Association Public Records Act Deskbook: Washington’s Public Disclosure and Open Public Meetings Laws

2001: Author – “The Nuts and Bolts of Amicus Curiae Briefs in Washington,” Washington State Bar News (October 2001)

2000: Co-Author – “The Quest for the Best Test to Vest: Washington’s Vested Rights Doctrine Beats the Rest,” 23 Seattle University Law Review 1043 (2000)

1997: Author – “Update on the Continuing and Dramatic Effect of the Ripeness Doctrine on Federal Land Use Litigation,” 20 Zoning and Planning Law Report 25 (1997)

1994: Author – “The Ripeness Doctrine of the Taking Clause: A Survey of Decisions Showing Just How Far Federal Courts Will Go to Avoid Adjudicating Land Use Cases,” 10 Florida State Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law 91 (1994)

1993: Author – “Re–empowering the Native American: A Conservative Proposal to Restore Tribal Sovereignty and Self–Reliance to Federal Indian Policy,” 14 Hamline Journal of Law and Policy 1 (1993)

Statutes and Regulations

2007: Drafted and lobbied passage of Washington media privilege statute, Revised Code of Washington 5.68.010

2005 to 2007: Drafted and lobbied passage of various amendments to the Washington Public Records Act, Revised Code of Washington chapter 42.56

2006: Drafted and oversaw adoption of Attorney General’s Model Rules on Public Records, Washington Administrative Code chapter 44-14

2024 to Present: Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Granite County (Montana)
•     Civil litigation

2021 to Present: Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Jefferson County (Washington)
•     Open government law

Enrolled citizen – Muscogee Creek Indian Nation