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I began practicing law upon graduation from Lewis and Clark, Northwestern School of Law in Portland in 1983. Moved to Washington in 1991 and joined the Bar. Was an early practitioner in the area of Federal Tax Resolution. Practice now limited to Bankruptcy and Federal Tax. Member of US Tax Court, Colorado, North Dakota and Western Washington Federal Districts, Washington State Bar

I am Principal in the Greenville, South Carolina, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Since joining the firm in May 2000, I have focused almost exclusively in the area of ERISA benefits litigation, although I also have experience in employment litigation and OSHA defense work. My practice is limited to defense of employers, plans, plan sponsors, insurers, and other ERISA entities.

In the course of my ERISA litigation practice, I have represented dozens of individual corporate clients in more than 400 matters, including class actions, interpleaders actions, single plaintiff benefit actions, and breach of fiduciary duty actions. I have been specially admitted...