Teaching Experience
- 2022 to present: Affiliate Faculty at University of Washington Law School teaching Cross-Border Business Transactions and Business Organizations
- 2024 to present: Affiliate Faculty at University of Washington Bothell School of Business teaching Advanced Business Law
- 2009–2021: Adjunct and Associate Professor at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai teaching courses on Cross-Border Business Acquisitions, Cross-Border Finance and US Constitutional Law.
- 2010–2017: Frequent lecturer at Fudan University Law School in Shanghai on US Constitutional Law, Contract Law and Cross-Border Finance.
Private Law Practice
- 1980–1983; 1985 – 2019: Associate and Partner in Seattle and Shanghai offices of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- 1998–2007: Chair of DWT’s firmwide Executive Committee 1993 – 2007: Chair of DWT’s Financial Services Practice Group 1993 – 2018: Chair of DWT’s China Practice Group
Government Service
- 1979–1980: Law Clerk to Judges James Carter and Jerome Farris on the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
- 1983–1985: Attorney-Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development focusing on developing USAID lending programs through private-sector banks in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Bolivia and Ecuador
Legal Education
- 1979: Juris Doctor with Honors at University of Washington Law School; Executive Editor, Washington Law Review; Order of the Barristers
Publications and Presentations
- To Understand China, Look Behind Its Laws, New York Times (Dec. 2, 2011)
- Secured Lending and Bankruptcy Law in Reorganizing Financially Troubled Companies Asia-Pacific Financial Inclusion Forum (Tokyo), APEC Business Advisory Council (Sept. 7, 2011)
- Legal Framework for Secured Lending, Financial Inclusion Conference (Shanghai), Asia Development Bank Institute (Oct. 22, 2010)
- Commercial Transactions under China's New Property and Bankruptcy Laws Asia Law & Practice (Shanghai) (Oct. 1, 2007)
- Financial Services, Technology and Broad-Based Development in China, Co-sponsored by University of Washington (Aug. 20, 2007)
- Organizer and frequent speaker: Commercial Law Study Group for Seattle-area in-house finance lawyers, sponsored by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1990–1999