Community Involvement
Woodland Park Zoo
- Secretary of the Board of Directors (2023-Present)
- Term, Board Member (2017-Present)
Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Board of Advisory Editors, Member (2014-Present)
Association of Transportation Law Professionals
- Past President / Ex Officio Board Member
- Immediate Past President (June 2013-June 2014)
- President (June 2012-June 2013)
- President-Elect (June 2011-June 2012)
- Treasurer (July 2010-June 2011)
- National Executive Committee Member, Regional Vice President (2007-2010)
- Chair of Publications Committee for Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy
- Editor for Maritime Developments--Highlights Newsletter
Washington Defense Trial Lawyers, Maritime Committee, Chair
American Bar Association, Maritime Financing Subcommittee, Business Law Section
- Chair (2021-Present)
- Vice-Chair (2017-2020)
American Bar Foundation, Fellow
Maritime Law Association of the United States
- Proctor Member
- Committee on Limitation of Liability, Member
Litigation Counsel of America, Trial Lawyer Honorary Society, Fellow (2009)
American Boat and Yacht Council, Member
Federal Bar Association, Member
Longshore Claims Association, Former Member
Defense Research Institute, Member
American Heart Association, Board Member (2003-2012)
Seattle Young Artists Music Festival, Former Board Member
Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Board of Trustees, Former Officer
Adult Literacy Program, Former Reading Coach
Adult Literacy Program, Procured American Bar Association Town Hall Grant
Mississippi Prosecutors Association, Former Board Member
EducationTulane University School of Law, J.D. Tulane University School of Law, LL.M., Admiralty, with distinction
- Edward A. Dodd, Jr. Award for highest scholastic average, Recipient
- Tulane Maritime Law Journal, Member
Newcomb College of Tulane University, B.A., with honors
Admissions- Washington
- Mississippi
- U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Washington
- U.S. District Court, All Districts in Mississippi
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
HonorsAV Preeminent® in Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ Presidential Award, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (2011) Presidential Award, Association of Transportation Law Professionals (2010, 2012, 2023-2024) The Best Lawyers in America©, Commercial Litigation, Admiralty and Maritime (2023-2025) "Seattle Lawyer of the Year," Best Lawyers®, Admiralty and Maritime Law (2023) "Washington Super Lawyer," Thomson Reuters, Transportation/Maritime (2009-2024) "Top 50 Women Washington Super Lawyers," Thomson Reuters, Transportation/Maritime (2012-2015, 2017-2019) Community Impact Award - Outstanding Community Involvement, American Heart Association (2009) |
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