Kitsap County
Mandatory Arbitration
Program
List of Approved Arbitrators
Arbitrators are Listed in the Order
They Appear on the Registry
Name
Profile
Dan Austad
Date
of Information: 07/26/99
Date admitted to Wash. Bar:
October, 1972 Major
areas of practice:
General, Civil and concentrating on Evictions and Foreclosures
Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Collection - 8 (trials); Commercial - 12 (trials); Construction
- 3 (trials); Real Estate - 22 (trials); Family Law - 12 (trials);
Personal Injury - 5 (arbitrations)
Cases
NOT accepted:
None
Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.:
Yes, 28
Robert K. Hawkinson
Date of Information: 2/13/06 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: 5/16/79 Major areas of practice: Real estate, landlord/tenant, probate
(estates, trusts & guardianships), estate planning, municipal,
business, corporate and construction Professional Organizations: Washington State Bar Association, Kitsap
County Bar Association, Federal Bar Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials and arbitrations): Probate (1 Arb.); Real Estate (1 Arb.) Cases NOT accepted: Family law or personal injury Previously served as Arbitrator? If yes, how many times: 5 times in
2005
Darlene Piper
Date of Information:
10/06/1999 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1994 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury/Insurance Litigation, Business, Real Estate,
Estate Planning/Probate
Professional Organizations: WSBA,
Kitsap County Bar Association, American Bar Association, Washington
Defense Trial Lawyers Association
Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Commercial
1 (arb.); Contract 1 (trial), 2 (arb.); Real Estate 2 (arb.);
Personal Injury 5 (trials), 20 (arb.) Cases NOT accepted:
Criminal
Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.: Yes, 2 UIM
arbitrations
Gerald L. Casey
Date of Information:
06/12/96 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
September 1965 Major
areas of practice:
Injury, workers compensation
Professional Organizations:
Washington State Bar, Washington State Trial Lawyers
Association, Kitsap County Bar Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Personal
Injury - 3 (trials), 15 (arbs. approximation); Workers Compensation
- too numerous to count, 250+) Social
Security Hearings
Cases NOT Accepted:
None Served
as an Arbitrator Previously? If
yes, how many times.: Yes,
10-15 times
Gary A. Cunningham
Date of Information: 10-14-96 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
September 20, 1965 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning, Business
Professional Organizations:
Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar
Association, Washington State Bar Association, Kitsap County Bar
Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Commercial - 1 (trial), 1 (arb.); Real Estate - 2 (trials), 2 (arbs.);
Personal Injury - 2 (arbs.); Probate - 1 (trial) Cases
NOT accepted:
Family Law
Previously
Served as Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times?:
Approximately 15
Dan L. Johnson
Date of Information:
1/10/06 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1994 Years in practice: 12 Major areas of practice: Personal Injury, School Law,
Insurance Professional Organizations: Washington State Bar Association,
Oregon State Bar Association, Kitsap County Bar Association, King
County Bar Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials and arbitrations): Commercial 3 arbitrations; Construction
4 arbitrations; Contract 2 trials, 10 arbitrations; Personal
Injury >10 trials, >125 arbitrations Cases NOT accepted: Family Law Previously Served As Arbitrator? If yes, how many times.:
Yes, >37; Previous Pro-Tem: 80+
Duane E. Erickson
Date of Information: 04/06/2000 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1960 Major
areas of practice:
General practice personal injury, commercial, collection,
estate and business. Professional
Organizations:
Washington State Bar Association, Former member of Washington
State Trial Lawyers Association and Tacoma-Pierce County Bar
Association. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Collection - 1; Commercial 5; Contract 3;
Real Estate 1; Family Law 5; Personal Injury 4 (trials), 2
(arbitrations). Number
of cases served as an Arbitrator during the past five years: 20
Cases
accepted:
All
Francois L. Fischer
Date of Information:
12/15/00 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1980 Major
areas of practice:
Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Professional
Organizations:
KCBA, WSTLA, WSDTLA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Commercial 5-6 trials; 1 arbitration;
Construction 1 arbitration; Contract 1 trial, 1 arbitration;
Family Law 1 trial; Personal Injury 5-8 arbitrations. Number
of cases served as an Arbitrator during the past five years: 8-10
Cases
accepted:
All
Ronald W. Coble
Date of
Information: 9/8/2003 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1958 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Family Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Small
Business Corporations, DUI Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Commercial - 2 (trials); Construction 3-4 (arbitrations);
Real Estate - 2 (arbitrations); Family Law - 5 (trials); Personal
Injury 1 (trial), 4 (arbs.);
Complex wrongful death 1 (arbitration) Cases
NOT accepted:
None Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.: Yes, 25
C. Conrad Green
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
September, 1965 Major
areas of practice:
Arbitration, Mediation, Conciliation, Family Law, Probate,
General. Arbitration/Mediation
Experience Includes:
Employer/Employee Relations, Contractor/Homeowner Duties,
Family Law, Neighborhood Disputes, Commercial Disputes, Personal
Injury, Property Damage. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Family Law - 10-15; various juvenile and family
court hearings.
Cases
accepted: Domestic, Employer/Employee, Commercial Disputes, Community
Disputes, Contractor Disputes, Church Disputes, Personal Injury,
Damage Claims.
Hayes Gori
Date of
Information: 01/22/07 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
November 2001 Major
areas of practice:
Real Estate, Contract, Business, Estate Planning, General
Litigation, Construction, Commercial Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Commercial - 1 (trials); Contract/Insurance - 2 (trials); Personal
Injury -1 (trial) 1 (arb.); Lemon Law 1 (arb.); Civil Rights/PI
1 (trial) Cases
NOT accepted:
Family Law
Previously Served As Arbitrator? No.
Scott M. Ellerby
Date of Information: 01/12/01 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1986 Years
in practice:
14 Major
areas of practice:
Real estate and construction law and litigation, commercial
transactions and litigation, and general civil practice.
Professional Organizations:
King County Bar Association, ABA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Collection
2 (arb.); Commercial 2 (trial) 15 (arb.); Construction 5
(trial) 35 (arb); Contract - 2 (trial), 5 (arb.); Real Estate - 1
(trial) 7 (arb); Personal Injury - approximately 10 (arb.) Types
of Cases Not Accepted:
Family Law Previously
Served as Arbitrator? Number
of Arbitrations:
Yes; 16
Note:
Willing to hold arbitration hearings in Kitsap County upon
counsels request and availability of appropriate meeting
space.
Isaac Anderson
Date of Information:
January 7, 2008 Date Admitted to Washington Bar: 1998 Years in Practice: 9 Major Areas of Practice: Real Estate, Construction,
Guardianship, Estate and Trust Disputes, General Litigation Professional Organizations: Washington State Bar Association,
Kitsap County Bar Association, United Way Kitsap County, Kitsap
Legal Services Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated): Real Estate 2 trials, 4 arbitrations;
Construction 2 arbitrations; Personal Injury 1 arbitration. Cases NOT Accepted: Family Law Previously Served As Arbitrator? No Number of Arbitrations: Not applicable.
Richard L.
Goff
Date of Information:
November 4, 2008
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
November 1994
Years in Practice: 44 Major Areas of Practice:
Litigation re contracts, commercial transactions,
intellectual property, business practices, consumer protection. Professional
Organizations:
WSBA (including Dispute Resolution Section), ABA (including
Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property Sections), Federal Bar
Association of Western District of Washington; Bars of US Supreme
Court, Ninth Circuit and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and
Several US District Courts Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Commercial 2 trials, 2 arbitrations; Construction 2
arbitrations; Contract 5 arbitrations; Collection 1 arbitration;
Intellectual Property 2 trials, 1 arbitration. Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law, Criminal Law Previously Served as
Arbitrator?
YesNumber of Arbitrations:
8
J. Michael Koch
Date of Information: 08/10/90 Date admitted to Wash. Bar:
1971 Major areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Probate, Estate Planning Trial experience within last
five years by category (est. # of trials): Personal
Injury - 8 to 10 Cases accepted:
Personal Injury only
Lawrence Little
Date of Information: 03/21/06 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: 1973 Major areas of practice: (as arbitrator) Personal Injury,
Contracts, Construction, Securities Professional Organizations: Washington State
Bar Association, AAA, NASD Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Trials in recent years solely in federal courts,
administrative hearings; as arbitrator/pro-tem Cases accepted: All Previously served as arbitrator?
If yes, how may times? Yes;
150 (22 years)
John Wiegenstein
Date of Information:
02/21/01 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
August 1991 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Construction, Environmental Litigation,
Landslides, etc. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Personal Injury 4 trials, 1 arbitration; Environmental
1 trial; Property Damage 1 trial Cases
NOT accepted:
Family Law Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.: Yes, 1
Peter Matty
Date of Information: July 19, 2011
Arbitrator: Ryan Witt Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
12/10/2001 Years in Practice: 10 Major Areas of Practice: Criminal Defense
Professional Organizations: WSBA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Criminal 2 trials Cases NOT Accepted: Family Law Previously Served as Arbitrator?
No Number of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
John F. Mitchell
Date of Information: 06/12/96 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1976 Years
in practice:
20 Major
areas of practice:
Health care law, personal injury law, housing law, estate planning,
general civil litigation
Professional Organizations:
American Hospital Association, Washington Trial Lawyers
Association, American Trial Lawyers Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Real Estate (UD) 10 (trials); Family Law - 3 (trials); Personal
Injury - 1 (trial), 15 (arbs.)
Cases Not Accepted:
Family Law
David A. Roberts
Date of Information: 03-27-01
Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
November
10, 1994 Major
areas of practice:
Personal
Injury, Construction, Insurance Real, Real Property Disputes and
Insurance Professional
Organizations:
Washington State Bar Association, Tacoma Claims Adjusters
Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Personal
Injury 2 trials; 5 arbitrations; Veterinary Malpractice 1
arbitration; Criminal 1 trial Cases
NOT accepted:
Family
Law
Thomas C. O'Hare
Date of Information: 07/26/99
Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1969 Major
areas of practice:
Real Estate, Small Business, Construction and Collection Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Commercial - 4; Construction - 1; Contract - 1;
Real Estate - 5 Cases
accepted:
Commercial, construction, contract and real estate
Robert C.
MacDermid
Date of Information: 01/20/04
Date admitted to Wash. Bar:
5/27/1982
Major
areas of practice:
Real Estate, Business, Collections, Corporations, Estate Planning
& Probate, Construction
Professional Organizations:
American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association,
Washington State Bar Association, Washington State Trial Lawyers
Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Contract
1 trial;
Types
of Cases Not Accepted:
None Previously
Served As Arbitrator? Number
of Arbitrations:
Yes; 1
Kenneth B. Golden
Date of Information: 10/29/02 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
10/29/86 Major
areas of practice:
Plaintiffs Personal Injury
Professional Organizations:
WSTLA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Personal
Injury 5 trials; 15 Arbitrations
Cases Accepted:
All
Previously
Served As Arbitrator? Number
of Arbitrations:
Yes; 10
James L. Reese, III
Date
of Information: 12/14/99 Date admitted to Wash. Bar:
November 10, 1977 Major areas of practice:
General, Personal Injury, Criminal Appeals-Defense Trial experience within last
five years by category (est. # of trials): Collection - 1; Construction - 2; Contract - 1; Personal
Injury - 2; District Court/Juvenile - 10;
Cases accepted:
All
Diane F. Russell
Date
of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
October 1986 Major
areas of practice:
Employment Law, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Litigation,
Criminal Defense and General Practice Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitration hearings): Contract - 2 Trials; Personal Injury - 2 trials, 7
arbitrations; Criminal - 10 Trials.
Professional Organizations:
WSBA, KCBA, WWL, WELA, NELA and WSTLA Cases
accepted:
All
Gerald A. Kearney
Date of Information:
08/10/2007 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: October 1992 Major areas of practice: Real Estate, Business Law,
Construction, Bankruptcy, Probate & Civil Litigation Professional Organizations: WSBA, KCBA, NWMLS, Dispute
Resolution Center of Kitsap County (certified mediator) Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Construction -1 arbitration; Bankruptcy/Adversary - 1
trial; Family Law - 1 trial Types of Cases Not Accepted: Family Law Previously Served As Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations: 5
Edward Wolfe
Date of Information:
10/28/03 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1995 Major
areas of practice:
Commercial Litigation, Real Estate, Family Law, Contract,
Discrimination Professional
Organizations:
King County Bar Association, Washington State Trial Lawyers
Association, American Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of
America, Judge Pro Tem for Kitsap County District Court and Bremerton
Municipal Court Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Commercial - 2 (trials) 2 (arb); Construction - 1 (trials 4 (arb);
Personal Injury 5 (trials) Cases
accepted:
All
Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.: No
Michael Altman
Date of Information: May 24, 2011 Arbitrator: Mark Dietzler Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
October 24, 1991 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction, Premises Liability,
School Law, Commercial Disputes, Contract Disputes Professional Organizations: WSBA, WDTL,
Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials and arbitrations: Commercial 2 arbitrations;
Construction 3 arbitrations; Contract 1 arbitration; Real Estate
1 arbitration; Personal Injury 3 trials, 7-10 arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted: Family Law Previously Served as Arbitrator?
Yes Number of
Arbitrations: 10-15
Merry A. Kogut
Date of Information: 03/21/06 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: October 1986 Major areas of practice: Discrimination, administrative law,
guardianship, personal injury, labor, investigations Professional Organizations: Washington State Bar
Association, Kitsap County Bar Association, Tacoma-Pierce County Bar
Association, Thurston County Bar Association, Washington State Trial
Lawyers Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Government
Lawyer Bar Association, Key Peninsula Business Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): -0- Cases NOT accepted: Family Law, Personal Injury Previously served as arbitrator? If yes, how may times? No
Eileen S. Fox
Date of Information: February 21,
2008
Date Admitted to Washington Bar: June 11, 2001 Years in Practice: 6 Major Areas of Practice: Criminal Law, Employment Law,
Guardianship, Family Law, Personal Injury Professional Organizations: WSBA, Kitsap County Bar
Association Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years
by Category (Estimated): Family Law 1 trial; Criminal 5
trials. Cases NOT Accepted: None. Previously Served As Arbitrator? No. Number of Arbitrations: Not applicable.
Jeff Tolman
Date of Information: 06/11/96 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1977 Major
areas of practice:
General Practice: personal injury, estates, criminal defense
Professional Organizations:
ABA; WSBA; WSTLA; WWL; District & Municipal Judges
Association Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Collection
- 2 (trials), 2 (arb.); Commercial - 2 (arb.); Construction - 1
(trial), 2 (arb.); Contract - 2 (arb.); Real Estate - 1 or 2 (trials);
Personal Injury - 12 (arb.); Estates - 1 (trial); Criminal - 4 to 6
(trials)
Cases
NOT Accepted:
Family Law Previously
Served as Arbitrator? Number
of Arbitrations:
Yes; 25-50
Thomas E. Weaver
Date of Information: 03/21/06 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: May 1993 Major areas of practice: Criminal law and appeals. Have
argued seven cases in the Washington Supreme Court and approximately
200 cases in the Court of Appeals; Judge pro tem in Bremerton
Municipal Court Professional Organizations: WACDL, NACDL Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Criminal 60 trials Cases accepted: All Previously served as arbitrator? If yes, how may times? No
Stephen Greer
Date of Information: 03/21/06 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: October 1987 Major areas of practice: Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug,
Juvenile, Judge Pro-Tem for Kitsap District and Mason District
Courts, and Bremerton, Port Orchard, Gig Harbor Municipal Courts. Professional Organizations: Washington State
Bar Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Collection 1 trial; Contract 1 trial; Family Law
1 trial; Criminal 25 trials; Juvenile Civil 7 trials; Mental
15 trials Cases accepted: All Previously served as arbitrator? If yes, how may times? No
Greg S. Memovich
Date
of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1983 Major
areas of practice:
Criminal, Family Law, Personal Injury
Professional Organizations:
Washington State Bar, Washington State Trial Lawyers,
Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Real Estate - 2 (trial); Family Law - 10 (trials); Personal
Injury - 5 (arb.); Consumer Protection - 2 (arb.) Cases
accepted:
All
William
H. Broughton
Date of Information: 09/17/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1979 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Municipal, Construction, Business, Real Estate
Professional Organizations:
W.S.T.L.A. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Collection
- 1 (trial), 1 (arb.); Commercial - 3 (trials), 8 (arb.); Construction
- 6 (trials), 12 (arb.); Real Estate - 1 (trial), 2 (arb.); Personal
Injury - 4 (trials), 20 (arb.)
Cases Accepted:
All
Previously
Served as Arbitrator? Number
of Arbitrations:
Yes; 40
John Groseclose
Date of Information: March 24,
2008 Date Admitted to Washington Bar: July 1, 1999 Years in Practice: 5 Major Areas of Practice: Personal Injury; Family Law Professional Organizations: WSBA, Washington State Trial
Lawyers Association Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated): Contract 1 arbitration; Family Law - 10 trials, 1
Arbitration; Personal Injury 4 trials (1 jury), 8 arbitrations.
Cases NOT Accepted: None Previously Served As Arbitrator? No. Number of Arbitrations: Not applicable
Richard D. Seward
Date of
Information: 9/21/06 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
6/11/1992 Major
areas of practice:
Business start-ups, sales, acquisitions, contracts, asset
protection, trusts & estate, real estate, business transactions Professional Organizations:
Washington State Bar Association, Kitsap County Bar Association, WA
State Bar Fee Arbitration Panel, Michigan & Colorado Bars
(inactive), Colorado Society of CPAs (inactive), Port Orchard
Rotary Club (past president) Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):
Contract 3 arbitrations; Real Estate 1 arbitration; Personal
Injury 1 arbitration; Estates 2 arbitrations (Includes
arbitrations and mediations where I represented one of the parties) Cases
NOT accepted:
Professional Malpractice Previously Served as Arbitrator? If yes, how many times?:
-0-
Steve C.
Franklin
Date of Information:
March 3, 2010 Arbitrator:
Steve C.
Franklin Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
June 28, 2005 Years in Practice:
9 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury (Plaintiff), Family Law, Military Professional Organizations:
Kitsap Legal Services, Florida Bar Association (inactive),
WSBA, Kitsap County Bar Association, WSAJ (Eagle) Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Personal Injury 5 trials, 5 arbitrations; Military
Administrative Boards 8-12 arbitrations; Mediations 10-15 Cases NOT Accepted:
None. Previously Served as
Arbitrator? No
Number of Arbitrations:
Not applicable.
Terry E.
Lumsden
Date of Information:
October 28, 2008 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1973 Years in Practice:
35 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury Professional
Organizations:
WSTLA Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):
Personal Injury 5 trials, 30 arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law Previously Served as
Arbitrator?
Yes Number of Arbitrations:
5
Rick Smith
Date of
Information: 07/19/1999 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1971 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Probate Membership In Professional Organizations:
Washington State Trial Lawyers, Washington State Bar Assoc. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials):
Personal Injury 3 trials; 9 arb. Cases Accepted:
Personal Injury or Probate ONLY Previously Served As Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations:
Yes; 8
Sean A.
Ayres
Date of Information:
December 9, 2008 Date Admitted to the
Washington Bar:
1990 Years in Practice:
18 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury Professional
Organizations:
WSBA, WSTLA, Pierce County Bar Association Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):
Personal Injury 20 arbitrations Cases
Accepted:
Personal Injury Only Previously
Served as Arbitrator?
Yes Number of Arbitrations:
9
Frank B.
Ladenburg, Jr.
Date of Information:
December 4, 2008 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1974 Years in Practice:
34 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury - Plaintiff Professional
Organizations:
WSBA, TPCBA, WSTLA Trial/Arbitration
Experience Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Personal Injury 20 30 trials Cases NOT Accepted:
Non-personal Injury Cases
Previously Served as Arbitrator?
Yes
Number of Arbitrations: 20-25
John S. Peterson
Date of
Information: 07/19/1996 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
5/94 Major
areas of practice:
Bankruptcy, Criminal, Estate Planning Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials):
Personal Injury 5 trials Types
of Cases Not Accepted:
None Previously Served As Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations:
Yes;10
Don M.
Gulliford
Date of Information:
January 27, 2009 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1968 Years in Practice:
41 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury and Property Damage Plaintiff and Defense;
Construction Bonds Plaintiff and Defense; Construction Bonds
Plaintiff and Defense; Commercial; Collection Professional
Organizations:ABA; WSBA; WashingtonState
Association for Justice;
Washington
Defense Trial Lawyers; King County Bar Association Trial/Arbitration
Experience Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Collection 4-6 cases; Personal Injury 18-24 cases; Real
Estate Damage 6; Family Law 0; Surety Bonds 10-20; Criminal
Traffic (DWI, other) 10; Construction and/or Commercial 6-10;
Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law Previously Served as
Arbitrator?
YesNumber of Arbitrations:
12+
Marc D.
Gianneschi
Date of Information:
May 13, 2009 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1990 Years in Practice:
19 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury Professional Organizations:
American Association of Justice, Washington Association of
Justice Trial/Arbitration
Experience Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Real Estate 1 trial; Personal Injury 4 trials, 40+
arbitrations Cases Accepted:
Personal Injury
Previously Served as Arbitrator?
NoNumber of Arbitrations:
Not applicable
John P. Brody, Jr.
Date
of Information: 9/5/96 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
October 1979 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Real Estate, Business, Contract, Family
Law Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Collection 5 trials; Contract 5 trials, 5
arbs; Real Estate 5 arbs; Family Law 15 trials; Personal
Injury 25 arbs. Cases Accepted: All
Curtis J.
Coyne
Date of Information:
March 19, 2009 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
October 19, 1970 Years in Practice:
38 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Probate, Guardianship and Business Law Professional Organizations:
Washington State Bar Association Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Commercial 3 arbitrations; Personal Injury 20
arbitrations; Employment 1 arbitration Cases NOT Accepted:
None
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? Yes Number of Arbitrations: 24
Gregory J. Wall
Date of
Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1978 Major
areas of practice:
Defense of Personal Injury cases, Plaintiffs Personal Injury,
Maritime Law, Tree Law
Professional Organizations:
WSBA, Executive Board Litigation Section of WSBA, Defense
Research Institute, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Assoc. Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations):Personal
Injury - 15 (trials), 40 (arbs.); Insurance Disputes - 2 (arbs.)
Cases NOT Accepted:
Domestic Previously
Served As Arbitrator? If
Yes, how many times:
Yes, 30
Anthony C. Otto
Date of Information: 01/25/2011 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1980 Major
Areas of Practice:
Plaintiff Personal Injury; Extensive past experience in Criminal law;
Past experience in family law.
Membership
in Professional Organizations:
Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce, Kitsap County Bar, Washington
State Association for Justice, Washington Association of Criminal
Defense Lawyers
Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials):
Personal Injury - 15 trials, 25 arbitrations; General Civil
Litigation - 2 trials. Types
of Cases Not Accepted:
None Previously
Served as Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations: Yes; 30+
Marie Docter
Date of Information:
December 10, 2008
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
2000 Years in Practice:
8 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury Professional Organizations:
WSBA, WSTLA and ATLA Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Contract 1 trial, 1 arbitration; Personal Injury 5
trials, 58 arbitrations; Maritime 1 trial; Adoption 5
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
None.
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? Yes Number of Arbitrations: 2
Dalynne
Singleton
Date of Information:
November 12, 2008
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
November 6, 2003 Years in Practice:
5 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Probate, Non-Judicial Foreclosures,
Landlord-Tenant Professional Organizations:
WSTLA, EAGLE, Washington
Women Lawyers, WSBA, AAJ, Kitsap
Washington
Women Lawyers Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Collection 2 arbitrations; Commercial 1 trial, 1
arbitration; Contract 1 trial, 1 arbitration; Personal Injury 1
trial, 30+
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law, Criminal
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? No Number of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
Brad Moore
Date of Information:
February 12, 2009 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1977 Years in Practice:
31 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Insurance Professional Organizations:
WSBA, WSAJ Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Family Law 1 trial; Personal Injury 2 trials; 6
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
None.
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? Yes Number of Arbitrations: 20+
Andrew N. Becker
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1984 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury
Professional Organizations:
WSTLA, ATLA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Collection
- 1 (trial), 1 (arb.); Construction - 2 (arb.); Contract - 1 (arb.);
Personal Injury - 5 (trial), 30 (arb.); UIM 20 (arb.).
Cases Accepted:
All
Served
Previously as Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations: Yes;
25
Allen N.
Shabino
Date of Information:
December 31, 2008 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
November 13, 1984 Years in Practice:
28 Major Areas of Practice:
General Tort and Personal Injury Litigation; General Civil
Litigation; Employment Discrimination and Civil Rights Litigation;
Construction Defect Litigation; Insurance Defense Professional Organizations:
WSBA, King County Bar Association Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Personal Injury 3 trials, 10 arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
None.
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? Yes Number of Arbitrations: 5
Mark
Dietzler
Date of Information: May 24, 2011 Arbitrator: Mark Dietzler Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
October 24, 1991 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Construction, Premises Liability,
School Law, Commercial Disputes, Contract Disputes Professional Organizations: WSBA, WDTL,
Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated): Commercial 2
arbitrations; Construction 3 arbitrations; Contract 1
arbitration; Real Estate 1 arbitration; Personal Injury 3
trials, 7-10 arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted: Family Law Previously Served as Arbitrator? Yes Number of Arbitrations: 10-15
Steve Dixon
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1980 Major
areas of practice:
Civil Litigation, Construction Law, Real Estate, Personal
Injury
Professional Organizations:
WSTLA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Collection
-2 (trials), 2 (arb.); Construction - 3 (trials); Contract - 2
(trials), 1 (arb.); Real Estate - 1 (trial); Personal Injury - 1
(trial)
Cases Accepted:
All
Previously
Served As Arbitrator? Number of Appointments:
Yes; Approximately 10
Philip J.
Havers
Date of Information:
May 23, 2008
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
2003 Years in Practice:
8 Major Areas of Practice:
Real Estate, Trademarks and Copyrights, Corporations
Contracts, General Civil Litigation Professional Organizations:
WSBA, Kitsap Bar Association Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Contract 1 trial; Real Estate 1 arbitration; Trademark 1
arbitration Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? No Number of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
Steven L. Olsen
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
10/79 Major
areas of practice: Criminal,
Domestic Relations, Personal Injury, General Litigation
Professional Organizations:
WSBA, Kitsap County Bar Association, WSTLA Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials and
arbitrations): Collection
- 1 (trial); Commercial - 1 (trial); Construction - 2 (trials);
Contract - 3 (arb.); Family Law -
20 (trials); Personal Injury - 20 (arb.)
Cases Accepted:
All
Previously
Served As An Arbitrator? If
yes, how many times.: Yes,
Appointed about 50 times, heard about 25.
Matthew G.
Johnson
Date of Information:
May 22, 2008 Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1998 Years in Practice:
10 Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury and Construction Professional Organizations:
WATL, ABA,
TPCBA, WSBA Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Construction 3 arbitrations; Personal Injury 8 trials, 30
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? No Number of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
Richard Levandowski
Date of Information: 02/20/92 Date admitted to Wash. Bar:
June 1979 Major areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Business and Consumer Litigation, Land Use
Litigation Trial experience within last
five years by category (est. # of trials): Commercial - 1; Personal Injury - 5 Cases Accepted:
All
J. Richard Crockett
Date of Information: 8/16/05 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: 1966 Major Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation Professional Organizations: WSBA, SKCBA, FICC,
WDTL Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Personal Injury 5 trials, 25 arbitrations Types of Cases Not Accepted: Family Law Previously Served As Arbitrator? Number of Arbitrations: Yes;
15
Mr. Crockett is a Kitsap County resident, and is willing to hold
arbitration hearings in Kitsap County.
David P.
Horton
Date of Information:
March 16, 2010 Arbitrator:
David P. Horton
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:
1997 Years in Practice:
12+ Major Areas of Practice:
Litigation, Land Use, Real Estate, Collections, Commercial,
Appeals Professional Organizations:
WSBA Trial/Arbitration Experience
Within Last Five Years by Category (Estimated):
Collection - 3 arbitrations; Construction 2 trials, 4
arbitrations; Real Estate 2 trials; Personal Injury -
3 trials Cases NOT Accepted:
Family Law
Previously Served as
Arbitrator? No. Number of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
Drake D. Mesenbrink
Date of Information:
07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
05-20-87 Major
areas of practice:
Personal Injury, Business, Real Estate and Construction Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Collection -7; Commercial -10; Contract -10;
Personal Injury -10 Professional Organizations: ABA,
WSTLA, ATLA, Order of Barristers
Licensed
to practice in Washington and Idaho
Judge Pro Tem in Kitsap County District Court, Bremerton Municipal
Court and Poulsbo Municipal Court Cases
NOT accepted:
Family Law
Roy A. H. Rainey
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
October 30, 1979 Major
areas of practice:
Real Estate, Estate Planning and Wills, Probate, Personal Injury and
Business Trial
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Real Estate - 2 trials; Arbitrations on Real
Estate/Contract matters - 3.
Heard
several cases as arbitrator including Collection/Contract and Personal
Injury. Cases
accepted:
Real Estate, Personal Injury, Business, Probate
Richard B. Shattuck
Date of Information: 07/26/99 Date
admitted to Wash. Bar:
1986 Member
of Following Professional Organizations:
American Bar Association, Kitsap County Bar Major
areas of practice:
Litigation, Real Estate, Land Use Trial/Arbitration
experience within last five years by category (est. # of trials): Commercial
- 3 Trials/1 Arb. Hearing; Contract - 1 Trial; Personal Injury - 1
Trial/5 Arb. Hearings Cases
Accepted:
All
Guy W. Beckett
Date of Information: September
12, 2006 Date admitted to Wash. Bar: May 1985 Major areas of practice: Commercial litigation and personal
injury; real estate litigation and transactions Membership in Professional Organizations: Washington State
Trial Lawyers Association Trial experience within last five years by category (est. # of
trials): Commercial (includes aspects of contract law) - 3
trials, 2 arbitration hearings. Cases Accepted: All
Prior Service As Arbitrator? Yes How many times? 12 in Kitsap
County, 15 in King County
J. Michael
Liebert
Date of Information:
May 6, 2010
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:June 21, 1978
Years in Practice:32 Major Areas of Practice:
Contract/Collection Disputes, Construction Law , Real
Estate Disputes, Business Disputes
Professional Organizations:WSBA, Real Property, Probate and
Trust Section, WSAJ
Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):Collection 1 arbitration; Commercial 1 trial;
Construction 1 arbitration; Contract 2 trials; Real Estate 2
trials, 2 arbitrations; Personal Injury 2 arbitrations; Workers
Comp 1 arbitration; LUPA 1 trial.
Cases NOT Accepted:Domestic Relations
Previously Served as Arbitrator?No Number of Arbitrations:Not
applicable.
Andrew
Williams
Date
of Information:
September 5, 2008
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:January 24, 1996
Years in Practice:6+
Major Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury, Contract
Professional Organizations:WSBA, WSTLA, California Bar (Inactive)
Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):Personal Injury 6 trials, 30 arbitrations
Cases NOT Accepted:Family Law, Real Estate
Previously Served as Arbitrator?No Number
of Arbitrations: Not
applicable.
Adam P.
Karp
Date of Information:May 20, 2010 Date Admitted to the
Washington Bar:December 1998
Years in Practice:12
Major Areas of Practice:Animal Law
Professional Organizations:WSBA, ABA, WSAJ
Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):Contract 1 trial; Family Law
2 trials; Personal Injury 1 trial, 13 arbitrations;
Cases NOT Accepted:None
Previously Served as Arbitrator?Yes Number of Arbitrations:8
Sofia K.
Miguel
Date of Information:May 14, 2010
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:October 2000
Years in Practice:9+
Major Areas of Practice:Personal Injury, Insurance Bad
Faith
Professional Organizations:WSBA, WSAJ
Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):Personal Injury 5 trials, 100+
arbitrations Cases
NOT Accepted:Family Law
Previously Served as Arbitrator?Yes Number of Arbitrations:5
Heather E.
Forrler
Date of Information:July 13, 2010 Date Admitted to
the Washington Bar:October 28, 2002 Years in Practice:7+
Major Areas of Practice:Family Law, Plaintiffs Personal Injury Professional Organizations:WSBA, Kitsap County Bar
Association
Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by Category
(Estimated):Family Law 1 trial, 1
arbitration; Personal Injury 2 trials
Cases NOT Accepted:Domestic Violence Previously Served as
Arbitrator?No Number of Arbitrations:Not applicable.
Andrew Hay
Date of Information:July 21, 2010 Date Admitted to
the Washington Bar:1989 Years in Practice:20 Major Areas of
Practice:Family Law, Real Estate, Consumer Protection
Professional Organizations:WSBA, WSTLA Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years
by Category (Estimated):Collection 2 trials, 4
arbitrations; Commercial 2 trials, 4 arbitrations; Contract 4
trials, 2 arbitrations; Real Estate 4 trials, 2 arbitrations;
Family Law 6 trials; Personal Injury 3 trials, 8 arbitrations; Cases NOT Accepted:None Previously Served as Arbitrator?Yes Number of Arbitrations:10
Michael A.
Spence
Date of Information:July 29, 2010 Date Admitted to
the Washington Bar:June 2, 1986 Years in Practice:24 Major Areas of
Practice:Real Estate, Land Use, Government Relations, General Business Professional Organizations:WSBA Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years
by Category (Estimated):Real Estate 8 trials, 10
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:None Previously Served as Arbitrator?No Number of Arbitrations:Not applicable.
Lynda H.
McMacken
Date of Information:July 13, 2010
Date Admitted to the Washington Bar:May 31, 1988 Years in Practice:22 Major Areas of
Practice:Business Law, Estate Planning Professional Organizations:WSBA Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years
by Category (Estimated):None Cases NOT Accepted:Domestic Violence Previously Served as Arbitrator?No Number of Arbitrations:Not applicable.
Andrew L.
Benjamin
Date of Information:
August 20, 2009 Date Admitted to the
Washington Bar:November 4, 1985 Years in Practice:23 Major Areas of Practice:Family Law, Personal Injury, Estate Planning Professional Organizations:WSBA,
King County Bar, Snohomish County Bar, Washington State Association
for Justice Trial/Arbitration Experience Within Last Five Years by
Category (Estimated):
Collection 2 arbitrations; Commercial 1 arbitration;
Construction 1 arbitration; Real Estate 1 arbitration; Family
Law 4 trials, 5 arbitrations; Personal Injury 4 trials, 22
arbitrations Cases NOT Accepted:None. Previously Served as Arbitrator?Yes Number of Arbitrations:~30
The
arbitrators listed above reside in Kitsap County, practice or have
practiced in Kitsap County, or are members of the Kitsap County Bar
Association. These attorneys have priority to arbitrate matters
filed in Kitsap County Superior Court. We maintain a secondary list of
attorneys whose practice is in King or Pierce Counties to handle
Kitsap County matters in which Kitsap County attorneys have a
conflict.
Please contact Shelley Solie at 360-337-4991 for additional information.