Lectures and Symposiums

  • Co-Chair: “Civil Procedure: The Rules of the Game…or Gaming the Rules?” (King County Bar Association/King County Superior Court, Wa. State Convention Center, March 29, 2019) and Speaker – “The Ethics of Gaming the Rules.”
  • Speaker: “The New Toy Story: the Trojan Barbie Doll (Privacy Gets Privatized)”, LinuxFest May 7, 2017, Bellingham, Washington.
  • Panelist: Open Forum with ACLU, LinuxFest May 6, 2017, Bellingham, Washington.
  • Co-Chair: “Pretrial Procedure: Good Intentions and Unintended Consequences” (King County Bar Association, Seattle Hilton Hotel, October 14, 2016) and Speaker – “The Lawyer’s Ethical Dilemma: Game Theory, Discovery and Asymmetrical Rules Practice.”
  • Speaker: “Geeks at the Bailey – Mashup of Computer Code and Legal Code,” presented at LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, April 30, 2011.
  • Chair – “Freedom from Contracts – The Great Escapes” (Washington State Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, December 3, 2009) and Speaker – “When Your Contract Gets Too Big For Its Breaches: Material Breach for a Material World”.
  • Co-organizer and emcee, “The Law of the Commons” – (Day long CLE seminar on 21st Century Commons sponsored by the Seattle Chapter of the NLG and the Seattle University School of Law) Seattle University Pigott Auditorium, March 13, 2009.
  • Panelist – An Overview of the Washington State Commission on Judicial Conduct, 14th Annual Criminal Justice Institute (Washington State Bar Ass’n) Tacoma, Washington (September 7, 2007).
  • Speaker – “Implications of the Summary Judgment Order in SCO v. IBM, Greater Seattle Linux Users Group (September 1, 2007).
  • Speaker: “A Legal Lens on the SCO v. IBM Litigation”, presented at LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, April 17, 2004.
  • Ethics Panelist – Superior Court Judges’ Association Spring Program (April 2003), Semiahmoo, Washington.
  • Faculty (Contract Interpretation) – “Current Issues and Practice Tips” (Washington State Bar Association), Continuing Legal Education, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, October 2, 2003.
  • “Damages in Tort and Contract Litigation”, Washington State Bar Ass’n Continuing Legal Education (Chair), Washington State Convention & Trade Center, July 24, 2002
  • Bench-Bar-Press Panelist (Ex Parte Communications), Seattle Port Commission, March 3, 2001
  • “Contract Law Essentials” Washington State Bar Ass’n Continuing Legal Education (Chair), Seattle Center, June 18, 1999
  • Bench-Bar-Press Panelist (Judicial Campaigns), W.A.C., October 8, 1997
  • “Contract Killers” (contract litigation in Washington) Washington State Bar Ass’n Continuing Legal Education (Co-chair), Washington State Convention Center, March 3, 1995
  • “Insurance Litigation in Washington,” (Lecturer) April 27, 1993 – National Business Institutes, Inc., Seattle, WA”Premises Liability,” (Lecturer) April 7, 1992, Seattle-King County Bar Association, Seattle, WA
  • Law/Media Conference, (Panelist) October 20, 1990, Seattle, WA