• Washington State Bar Association • Missouri State Bar Association • United States District Court, Western District of Washington • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit • Member, Cascadia Green Building Council, Seattle Steering Committee, 2005 to present. • Member, ASHRAE Standard Project Committee 189, authoring Standard for the Design of High Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, 2006 to present. • Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Washington Conservation Voters -- King County Chapter, April, 1997-April, 1999, member April, 1996 to June, 2003. • Speaker on CLEs in environmental and land use fields • Member, Joint Legislative Task Force on Energy Facility Siting, 2000 • Member, Code Enforcement Task Force for King County Council, 1997 • Referendum 48/No on "164" Legal Committee, 1995

I am a partner at Bricklin Newman Dold, LLC, a small reputable Seattle law firm that specializes in land use law. I mainly represent citizen groups, local governments, and environmental organizations in their attempts to promote responsible development, protect the environment, and protect our communities. I have litigated numerous issues unique to land use and have appeared in dozens of different forums, including administrative hearings before city and county hearing examiners and legislative bodies throughout the State of Washington, the Growth Management Hearings Boards, the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, the Shoreline Hearings Board, and state and federal courts. Over my 13 years of experience as a land use attorney in Washington State, I have become intimately familiar with the principles of smart growth, new urbanism, and the aspects of green building related to site selection and design. I am also currently a member of the ASHRAE Standard 189 Committee, working with my fellow committee members to write the Standard for High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. This will provide a baseline that will drive green building into mainstream building practices. I have also sat on the Seattle Steering Committee for the Cascadia Green Building Council since late 2005.

In the mid 1990s, as a land use attorney on behalf of my clients, I argued and fought for enforcement of the new urbanism and smart growth principles that had just recently become law with the passage of the Washington State Growth Management Act. The idea that smart growth would be legally required was a new one and it was very controversial. We fought in those early days of these concepts for enforcement of the GMA through comprehensive planning, adoption of critical areas ordinances, and development regulations that would protect rural, agricultural and forest lands. We fought for protection of wetlands, streams and other critical habitat. It was a team effort to be sure, but I feel that the team led the path to more responsible development ethics of today.

I have been a member of the Seattle Steering committee for the Cascadia Green Building Council since late 2005, which I have enjoyed quite a bit. For the year of 2006, I assisted in organizing branch meetings. This year my role on the Committee is as a Cascadia Board liason with a focus on fundraising activities. I was a member of the Board of the King County Chapter of Washington Conservation Voters for seven years, from 1996 to 2003. Washington Conservation Voters is a nonprofit organization that works to protect our environment by electing and supporting candidates for public office who will fight to protect our land, air and water. That was a great experience and I really enjoyed working with that group of dedicated people. As a Board Member, I engaged in many different volunteer activities, such as organizing major annual fundraising events, doorbelling, phone calling, I also had the opportunity to watch different chairs operate and learn lessons about how a Board can be most effective. Early on, we put together a strategic plan that was ultimately remarkably effective. Our law firm, Bricklin Newman Dold, is a major sponsor of fundraisers for Futurewise (previously 1000 Friends of Washington), Washington Environmental Council, Washington Toxics Coalition and Washington Conservation Voters.

As an attorney, I would be able to assist with legal issues that come up regarding non-profit organizations, employment issues, liability issues and the like. In addition, because my expertise is land use law, I am well-versed in laws that are relevant to green building, such as local building and land use codes, the Washington State Growth Management Act, the State Environmental Policy Act, other state laws related to the land use process, and a multitude of city and county comprehensive plans and development regulations, such as critical areas codes and stormwater regulations. I also work with county and city planning departments on a daily basis. As the focus on LEED turns towards Neighborhood Development issues, my experience can be informative. In my thirteen years of practice, I have had more cases than I can possibly count involving issues related to agricultural and forest land preservation, wetland and water body restoration and preservation, floodplain avoidance, steep slope protection, site design for habitat conservation, transportation impacts and management, stormwater control and management, imperiled species and ecological communities and much more all related to different impacts of development and land use. My experience has taught me not only details of each relevant science, but also about practical applications and solutions that can work towards promoting more responsible development. In addition, as a member of the ASHRAE Standard 189 Committee, I am familiar with the Standard for High Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, which should be coming out for public review this summer. This combined with my consistent use and familiarity with current local land use and building codes provides a baseline of knowledge about the regulatory aspects that will drive green building into mainstream building practices.

I believe that the work that the Green Building Council is doing, nationally and regionally, is some of the most constructive, progressive, and exciting work being done in the effort of protecting our environment and our communities. In my opinion, the most effective way to promote responsible development is to promote it at the early stages of design in a language that is spoken by the engineers, architects and developers. That is what GBC is doing and I am excited to be a part of it as a volunteer currently and would like the opportunity to be more involved as a member of the Cascadia Board.