Mediation & Arbitration Services Suite B-1, #177, 15600 NE 8Th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008

Mediation & Arbitration Services Suite B-1, #177, 15600 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008

Phone: 206-465-3500 Fax:425-671-8097 Email: www.GaddisMediation.com

Family Law Judicial & Legal Experience

· Over 25 years’ experience as Family Law Commissioner, Constitutional Commissioner and Superior Court Judge with King County Superior Court; 2 additional years with Pierce County

· First Unified Family Court Commissioner in Washington State

· Presided over all Family Law, Juvenile Court, and Mental Health Calendars in King County Superior Court; Family Law, Civil/Guardianship Motions, & Mental Health Calendars in Pierce County Superior Court

· Senior Court Commissioner in Washington State, upon retirement, September, 2005

Mediation & Arbitration Credentials

· Co-Founder, Northwest Mediation Service

· Program Designer & Implementer, mandatory Mediation of Custody & Visitation in King County Superior Court

· Trainer, Pierce County District Court Small Claims Division Mediation Program

· Adjunct Professor of Advanced Family Law & Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Puget Sound School of Law

· Co-Founder, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Wash. State Bar Assoc.

· Co-Founder, Health Law Section, King County Bar Association

· Author, articles on mediation published nationally and statewide in the Family & Conciliation Courts Review, Washington State Bar News, King County Bar Bulletin, State Trial News

Educational Experience and Involvement

· Family Law Practice in King County, author

· Member, Superior Court Judges’ Education Committee

· Speaker, panelist or presenter in over 250 Bar, Bench, and Professional educational programs

· Trustee, Washington State Judicial College

· Co-Editor, Washington State Certified Professional Guardian Manual

· Member, Judicial Education Comm., Superior Ct Judges’ Assoc, King County Superior Court

Leadership, Honors and Awards

· Chair, Executive Committee, Washington State Bar Assoc. Family Law Section

· Trustee, King County Bar Association and King County Young Lawyers

· Chair, King County Superior Court Family Law Committee

· Chair, King County Superior Court Ex Parte & Probate Committee

· Vice Chair, King County Bar Association Domestic Violence Task Force

· Family Law Judge of the Year Award, Washington State Bar Association Family Law Section

· Superior Court Judge, appointed by Governor Booth Gardner

· Chair, Washington State Child Support Schedule Commission

· Vice-Chair, Supreme Court Certified Professional Guardian Board, G’dianship Oversight B’d

· “Quiet Hero” designation by King County Bar Association

· Featured Professional, King County Bar Association, October, 2008