Business Litigation

J.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1982

B.A., cum laude, Claremont McKenna College, 1979

Co-author, "CERCLA and Transboundary Contamination in the Columbia River," published in Natural Resources & Environment, Volume 21, Number 1, Summer 2006, for the ABA Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources.

Co-author "The State of Regulatory Takings in Washington: Reconsideration of the State's Takings Formula under Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.," WSBA Environmental & Land Use Law Newsletter (May 2007).

Paul regularly speaks at Washington Bar Association and national legal education programs. Recent Presentations include: (1) ALI-ABA International Environmental Litigation, Washington, D.C., April, 2005; (2) Washington Bar Association, Summary Judgment: Narrowing the Issues or Disposing of the Case, Seattle, Washington, April, 2006; (3) Washington Bar Association, Dealing with Confidentiality Concerns: Sealed Court Records in Civil Cases, Seattle, Washington, October, 2006.

Former Chair, Seattle Ethics & Elections Commission.

Recipient of multiple awards for success in obtaining a court order vacating conviction of death row inmate.