Historian (2002-present) and editor (2007-present; Senior Editor, April 2013 - April 2019) for HistoryLink.org, the online encyclopedia of Washington history. Author of more than 250 articles on topics that include Washington public ports, land-use regulation and governance, elections and politics, biographies of political and historical figures, thumbnail histories of Washington counties and cities, and many other aspects of state history.Books:"Public Ports in Washington: The First Century, 1911-2011" (Washington Public Ports Association, 2011)"Rising Tides and Tailwinds: The Story of the Port of Seattle, 1911-2011," with Peter Blecha (Port of Seattle, 2011)"Moving Washington Timeline: The First Century of the Washington State Department of Transportation, 1905-2005," with Walt Crowley (HistoryLink, 2005)

More than 25 years of legal experience. In addition to law firm affiliations (below), private practice focusing on criminal and civil appeals from 1995 to 2003 and from 2012 to 2021. Wrote and argued many appeals in the Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court.Representative appellate cases include Skagit Surveyors and Engineers, LLC v. Friends of Skagit County, 135 Wn.2d 542 (1998); State v. Becker, 132 Wn.2d 54 (1997); Bauman v. Turpen, 139 Wn. App. 78 (2007); Manke Lumber Company v. Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, 113 Wn. App. 615 (2002); State v. Hescock, 98 Wn. App. 600 (1999); State v. Savaria, 82 Wn. App. 832 (1996); and State v. DuBois, 79 Wn. App. 605 (1995).

Of Counsel to GordonDerr LLP (and its predecessor firm Buck & Gordon), a preeminent Pacific Northwest law firm concentrating in Land Use, Real Estate, Environmental, and Water Law, working on litigation and appeals of land use matters and real property disputes before administrative hearings boards and state trial and appellate courts.

Wrote and argued appeals of criminal convictions in the Washington Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

Represented people charged with criminal offenses in jury trials and other proceedings in superior and municipal courts.