Advise on and litigate complex insurance coverage and bad faith issues, including casualty, cyber, Errors & Omissions, and Directors and Officers liability policies.

• Represented Washington in investigations and complex litigation concerning potential unfair trade practices and consumer fraud. Participated in executive committees on multistate investigations and enforcement actions, conducted discovery, engagde in motion practice and negotiated settlements.• Served as lead attorney with day to day responsibility for Washington’s investigation and litigation against two leading credit rating agencies related to their representations about the rating of… Show more • Represented Washington in investigations and complex litigation concerning potential unfair trade practices and consumer fraud. Participated in executive committees on multistate investigations and enforcement actions, conducted discovery, engagde in motion practice and negotiated settlements.• Served as lead attorney with day to day responsibility for Washington’s investigation and litigation against two leading credit rating agencies related to their representations about the rating of structured finance securities. • Spearheaded Division’s student loan initiative, including litigation with large student loan servicer, coordinating outreach to students entitled to discharge of federal student loans, co-authoring multistate letter to Department of Education, participating in multistate investigations of for-profit schools and student loan servicer.• Supervised team of seven attorneys investigating and litigating issues including charitable trusts, health care, prescription drugs and medical devices, mortgage loan servicing, travel service marketing, immigration assistance fraud, and political fundraising.• Authored five amicus briefs in the Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Show less

Provided legal advice an all aspects of claims handling and evaluation.

Served as judicial law clerk for Justice Robert Eastaugh, assisting with all aspects of appellate process.