I try to bring patience, caring and compassion to every case I work on. My goal is to help resolve family conflict, and create the best quality of life for elders.
I received a bachelor's degree from Pomona College and a law degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1983. I received a Certificate in Gerontology from the University of Washington in 2000 and completed the University of Washington Law School Professional Mediation Skills Training Program in 2008.
I practiced law as a litigator from 1983 to 2000, and as an Industrial Appeals Judge from 1988-1991. In 1997, I was a founder of Elder Care Solutions, Inc., providing geriatric care management, consulting, and guardianship services through 2005. Geriatric care management and guardianship clients included persons of all ages with various disabilities such as Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, stroke, traumatic brain injury, psychiatric disabilities, heart disease, and terminal cancer.
I am on the Guardian ad litem registry for King County. I have served as a trained facilitator for an Alzheimer’s Disease caregivers’ support group, and am a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, the Washington State Bar Association Elder Law Section and Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, The King County Bar Association Guardianship and Elder Law Section, The Washington Mediation Association, and the Alzheimer’s Association. I previously served on the Board of the Western Regional Chapter of the National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers.
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