Employment History
- Masters Law Group, P.L.L.C., January 2011 – present
- Wiggins & Masters, P.L.L.C., January 2003 – December 2010
- Summit Law Group, Fall-Winter 2002 (Contract Attorney)
- Bob Rohan, Attorney at Law, Winter 2002 (Contract Attorney)
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Seattle University, 2002
- Presidential Scholar, 1999-2002
- Dean’s List, Moot Court Board member and chair, Cali awards in Evidence and Trial Advocacy
- Judicial extern to Justice Charles Johnson, January – May 2002,
- Judicial extern to Judge Barbara Rothstein, Summer 2001
- B.A., English, University of Washington, 1998
Admission To Practice
- United States Supreme Court
- Washington State Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Professional Affiliations / Recognitions
- Washington Appellate Lawyers Association, 2014-present
- Co-president, 2017 – present
- “The Best Lawyers in America,” “Top Tier” Metropolitan Appellate Firm, 2013 – 2014
- Washington State, King County Bar Association, 2003-present
- Washington State, Kitsap County Bar Association, 2003-present
- Washington State Association for Justice, 2002-present
- Eagle, 2004-present
- Frequent recipient of the WSBA Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation
- Frequent recipient of Washington Law & Politics Rising Star
Pro Bono & Community Volunteer Activities
- Lawton Elementary School Art Docent, 2014-present
- Seattle University Moot Court Judge and Regional Team Coach, 2002-2010, 2015-present
Publications
- Contributing Editor, Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook, 4th Ed. WSBA (2016)
- Author, Appeals in Medical Negligence Cases, Washington Association for Justice Medical Negligence Deskbook (April 2016)
- Co-author (with Ken Masters), Discovery Abuse: Our Supreme Court Holds the Line, WSBA Litigation News (Vol. 23, No. 2 Summer 2011)
Seminar Presentations
- Spring Appellate Judicial Conference, Washington Appellate Lawyers Association Panel Presentation, 2016
- Washington State Association for Justice, Medical Negligence Seminar, 2016
- King County Bar Association Family Law Section Lunchtime CLE, Appellate Update, 2016, 2015
- Pincus, Family Law Boot Camp, Chair and ethics presenter, 2015
- Complex and High Asset Dissolution Seminar, Appellate Update, 2015
- Seattle University School of Law, Appeals in Washington State, Judges and Lawyers in Conversation, Ethics and Co-Chair, 2015
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Complex and High Asset Dissolution Seminar, Appellate Update, 2014
- Washington State Bar Association Readmission Seminar, 2014, 2013
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Mary H. Wechsler Family Law Symposium for the King County Bench, Washington Appellate Law Regarding Nonparental Custody and De Facto Parenting, 2012
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, annual seminar, Washington Appellate Law Regarding Nonparental Custody and De Facto Parenting, 2012
- WSAJ, Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire – Putting Out the Flames in Subrogation Claims, 2010
- National Business Institute, Successfully Navigating the Appellate Process, 2009
- Kitsap County Bar Association, Deciding When to Appeal, 2008
- Kitsap County Bar Association, Meretricious Relationships and Other Family Law Issues, 2007
- King County Bar Association, Anatomy of an Appeal, 2005
- Kitsap Legal Services, CLE Extravaganza, 2005