Areas of Expertise

Comprehensive Plans
/Ordinances/SMA/SEPA
Environmental Impact Statements Expert Witness Golf Course and Master Plan Communities Land Economics/Condemnation Land Use/ Feasibility/ Permits Master Plans/ Site Planning / Landscape Permits / Applications

Land Economics

Representative Land Use / SEPA / NEPA/ Shorelines Cases


  • Somerset Condo (Seattle) - EIS Appeal (Washington Supreme Court) - 1978
  • Truly Property - Bothell - 1979+
  • Concerned v. Kitsap - 1980/1981 (Silverdale Mall EIS) King County Superior Court (Utilized Barrie I and II - Kitsap County Cases)
  • Earlington Park Rezone - Renton - 1979
  • Spanaway K-Mart - SEPA Appeal - 1982
  • Cammack Orchards I & II - Douglas County SEPA - Court of Appeals
  • Rainier Terrace - King County (Newcastle) FEIS - SEPA Appeal (Murray Franklin) - 1983
  • City of Des Moines - Adult Theater Ordinance - 1984
  • Pigeon Point - City of Seattle - FEIS Appeal - 1984
  • Sammamish Park Place - King Co. (Vyzis) - 1984
  • John Henry Mine - DEIS/FEIS Appeals - City of Black Diamond - 1984
  • Walla Walla Regional Shopping Center Rezone and EIS Appeals - 1985
  • Rainier Terrace Pierce County MPD - 1985
  • Safeway W-557 - East Bellevue - FEIS1985 SEPA Appeals
  • Sumas Mountain ORV Trail Plan EIS - 1985 - Resident Appeals
  • Alderra/Boeing Property EIS - Fall City - 1985
  • Montery Terrace - Rezone and EIS Appeal - Renton- 1986
  • Kent East Hill Plaza (Target) - Rezone and EIS Appeals - 1986
  • Boeing Corporation Headquarters - EIS - SEPA Appeals - Renton- 1987
  • City of Brier - Comprehensive Plan and EIS Appeal - 1987
  • Early Winters - SEPA Appeals - Okanogan County Ordinances Updates and EIS's - State and Federal Courts - 1987+
  • Rivera & Green - Gravel Pit EIS - Jones Road - King County Appeal - 1988
  • Park Place - EIS Appeal - Seattle - 1988
  • Yakima Sun Dome - FEIS Appeals - 1988
  • Lee Plaza - EIS Appeals - Seattle - 1989
  • Thrashers Corner - Rezone / EIS - Appeals - Snohomish County - Griffin Co. - 1989
  • Okanogan County Land Use Regulation/ Wildlife Plan EIS - 1990
  • Fryelands EIS - Appeal - Monroe - 1991
  • Yamamoto Rezone - Fife - 1991
  • 410 Quarry FEIS - King County - 1991
  • South Seattle Community College FEIS - 1992
  • Wal-Mart Oak Harbor - Rezone Annexation/ SEPA Appeals - DOWL - 1992
  • Olson's Grocery Northgate - Design/ SEPA/ Wetland Mitigation/ Appeal ’Äì 1993
  • Oosterwylc Gardens SEPA Appeal - King County - 1993
  • Pioneer Human Services - MUP Appeal - City of Seattle - 1993
  • Hon's Entertainment v. King County - 1993 (Adult Theater Ordinance)
  • Abraham Pentecostal Church - CUP & SEPA Appeals - Renton - 1994
  • Meeker Square - H&BU - Land Use Appeals - Martin Smith - Kent - 1995
  • Torrance, J. - Mariner Stadium - Feasibility, North Lot - SEPA Hearings - 1996
  • Trammel Crow - EIS Addendum and Appeals - Redmond - 1997
  • Anderson, Bruce v. City of Kent - Design Guidelines - 1997
  • Arabella's Landing - Gig Harbor - 1997
  • Palmer Groth & Pietka - Highest & Best Use Washington DNR Holdings - 1998


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Last Updated: April, 2008