FRANK R. HOOVER
LAW OFFICES OF
FRANK HOOVER PS
1402 West Broadway Avenue
Spokane, WA 99201
Tel: 509-323-9595
Fax: 509-323-9599
frank@frankhoover.com
www.frankhoover.com
Frank has spent his career litigating and mediating a variety of
legal disputes. Trained as a mediator in 1991, he has successfully
mediated well over 1,000 cases involving torts, trusts, civil
rights, employment, construction, real estate, and professional
negligence. Still maintaining an active practice, he is mindful of
the difficult work that lawyers do. He approaches every mediation
with a tireless determination to achieve a fair and just settlement.
Long concerned about children’s issues, Frank has been involved
in training GALS/CASAS to be advocates for victims of child
abuse. He regularly acts as a settlement GAL and spends his
spare time working on education issues and coaching youth
sports. He enjoys an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
KENNETH W. MASTERS
MASTERS LAW GROUP, PLLC
241 Madison Avenue North
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Tel: 206-780-5033
Fax: 206-842-6356
ken@appeal-law.com
www.appeal-law.com
APPELLATE
Ken Masters litigates state and federal civil appeals in all areas
of the law. He was a law review editor and clerked for appellate
Judge Elaine Houghton, Ret. A presenter or chair for dozens
of appellate seminars, he also is a contributing editor for the
Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook. Ken chairs WSBA’s
Rules & Procedures Committee and previously chaired its
Amicus Committee and KCBA’s Judicial Screening Committee
and Appellate Law Section. A president of the Washington
Appellate Lawyers Association since 2007, he has been listed in
Washington Law & Politics magazine’s Top Ten in Appellate Law
(2009) and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2010-2011)
and Washington’s Top 100 Lawyers (2011). Ken is a Fellow of the
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
GAYLE E. BUSH
BUSH STROU T & KORNFELD
LLP
601 Union Street
Suite 5000
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-521-3859
Fax: 206-292-2104
gbush@bskd.com
www.bskd.com
BUSINESS LITIGATION
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGH TS
Gayle Bush specializes in commercial debtor and creditor
issues, emphasizing out-of-court workout agreements, Chapter
11 bankruptcy reorganizations, and liquidations. He has significant
experience with financial problems involving real estate, dot-coms,
orchards, retail, distributorships, and financing institutions. He is a
Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He is AV-rated and
has been included in every edition of The Best Lawyers in America
since 1985; was named one of Seattle Magazine’s Top Lawyers,
2004-2010, in the Bankruptcy Section; was named in the Top
Ten Super Lawyers list for 2007-2010; is a former President of
the Federal Bar Association (WDWA); has served as an Elected
Delegate to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference; and was a
law clerk to Justice James Dolliver of the Washington State
Supreme Court.
HOWARD M.
GOODFRIEND
SMI TH GOODFRIEND, P. S.
500 Watermark Tower
1109 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-624-0974
Fax: 206-624-0809
howard@washingtonappeals.com
www.washingtonappeals.com
Howard has been repeatedly recognized as one of the top ten
appellate practitioners and top 100 lawyers in the state. He
represents a wide range of individual, business, institutional,
and government clients as reflected in scores of published
decisions in both state and federal appellate courts. Howard is
co-president of the Washington Appellate Lawyers Association,
a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, an
editor-in-chief of the Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook,
and author of the appellate practice chapter of the Washington
Lawyers Practice Deskbook.
CATHERINE W. SMITH
SMI TH GOODFRIEND, P. S.
500 Watermark Tower
1109 First Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-624-0974
Fax: 206-624-0809
cate@washingtonappeals.com
www.washingtonappeals.com
CIVIL APPEALS
APPELLATE
Catherine’s practice is limited to civil appeals in Washington
state and federal courts; she is counsel of record in a dozen or
more published cases each year. Founder of the Washington
Appellate Lawyers Association, Catherine also is editor-in-chief of
the Washington Appellate Practice Deskbook, served as President
of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, and has been
honored as Lawyer of the Year by the Family Law Section of
the WSBA. Of Catherine’s appearance before the U.S. Supreme
Court in Troxel v. Granville, Dahlia Lithwick of Slate magazine
reported, “She is one of the finest oral advocates I have ever
seen.” Smith Goodfriend’s recent published wins include Dot
Foods v. Department of Revenue, Cowell v. Good Samaritan , Bank of
America v. Owens, NWEAA v. Corbitt, Jain v. J.P. Morgan, and Fluor
Enterprises v. Walter Construction.
JAMES L. DAY
BUSH STROUT & KORNFELD
LLP
601 Union Street
Suite 5000
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-521-3858
Fax: 206-292-2104
jday@bskd.com
www.bskd.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDI TOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Jim Day specializes in commercial creditor and debtor issues,
with an emphasis on the representation of companies in Chapter
11 reorganizations and out-of-court workout agreements. He
is AV-rated and has significant experience representing clients
in a variety of industries, including residential and commercial
real estate development, manufacturing, high-tech and
Internet-based entities, fishing and maritime, telecom, and
franchised restaurants. He is a graduate of the University of
Washington School of Law and previously served as law clerk to
the Honorable Sidney C. Volinn, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Western
District of Washington, in both trial matters and appeals before
the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the Ninth Circuit.
MICHAEL B. KING
CARNEY BADLEY SPELLMAN,
P.S.
701 Fifth Avenue
Suite 3600
Seattle, WA 98104
Tel: 206-622-8020
Fax: 206-467-8215
king@carneylaw.com
www.carneylaw.com
For over 20 years, Michael King’s practice has focused exclusively
on appeals. He has argued over 100 cases to full merits panels
and represented clients before the Alaska, California, Illinois,
Mississippi, Tennessee, and Washington Supreme Courts; the
Second, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits; and all divisions of the
Washington Court of Appeals. Notable victories include Bank
of America v. Prestance Corp., 160 Wn.2d 560 (2007) (equitable
subrogation); Magana v. Hyundai Motor America, 123 Wn.App.
306 (Div. II 2004) (crashworthiness); and Hill v. BCTI, 144 Wn.2d
172 (2001) (employment discrimination). Mr. King is a Fellow of
the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, is a past President
of the Washington Appellate Lawyers Association, and served as a
co-editor of the third edition of the Washington Appellate Practice
Deskbook (2005).
PHILIP A. TALMADGE
TALMADGE/FITZPATRICK
18010 Southcenter Parkway
Tukwila, WA 98188
Tel: 206-574-6661
Fax: 206-575-1397
phil@tal-fitzlaw.com
www.tal-fitzlaw.com
GOVERNMENT/CITIES/MUNICIPALITIES
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION
APPELLATE
Phil Talmadge was a National Merit Scholar, with a B. A. from Yale
and a J.D. from the University of Washington. Phil served in the
State Senate and on the Supreme Court. He has taught appellate
advocacy and is the author of numerous articles on legal issues
and a treatise on attorney fees. Phil concentrates his practice on
appellate law issues. He is a fellow of the American Academy of
Appellate Attorneys and a member of the Washington Appellate
Lawyers Association. He is admitted to practice in Washington,
the Ninth and Federal Circuits, and the United States Supreme
Court. He has been counsel of record in numerous cutting-edge
appellate decisions, both state and federal.
ARMAND J. KORNFELD
BUSH STROUT & KORNFELD
LLP
601 Union Street
Suite 5000
Seattle, WA 98101
Tel: 206-521-3860
Fax: 206-292-2104
jkornfeld@bskd.com
www.bskd.com
BANKRUPTC Y & CREDITOR/DEBTOR RIGHTS
Jay Kornfeld primarily represents companies in commercial
creditor and debtor issues, emphasizing workouts, restructurings,
and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Over the years, he has represented
clients in diverse industries, including grocery, commercial real
estate, retail, high-tech and software, wood products, and
commercial fishing. He is AV-rated and is the former Chair of the
Seattle-King County Bar Association Creditor-Debtor Section.
Jay graduated from the University of Washington School of Law
with high honors and completed his undergraduate work at the
University of Notre Dame.
