Legal Experience
- Partner, INGRAM, ZELASKO & GOODWIN, LLP - 1987 to present; Associate - 1984 to 1986
- Municipal Court Judge, City of McCleary - July 1990-present (19 years)
- Municipal Court Judge, City of Montesano - July 1996-2009 (13 years)
- Municipal Court Judge, City of Elma - 1986- 1995 and March 2006- present
- General Counsel Port of Grays Harbor - 1998-present
- General Counsel Grays Harbor Public Development Authority - 2001- present
- City Attorney for Ocean Shores - 1999-2001 and 2007- present
- Judge Pro Tem, Grays Harbor District Court No. 1 - 1988-1997
- Court Commissioner and Judge Pro Tem, Grays Harbor Superior Court - 1993-1997
- Partner in other Aberdeen law firm 1981-1984
- Associate with Tacoma law firm 1977-1980
Education
- Sultan High School, Sultan, WA - June 1969
Professional Memberships / Community Involvement
- Washington State Bar Association, Member since 1977, Special District Counsel, October 1988-1997
- Grays Harbor County Bar Association, Member since 1977, President 1989-1990
- Timberland Regional Library, Grays Harbor Representative on Board of Trustees, 1990-2004, President of Board 1995
- Library Council of Washington, appointed by Washington State Library Commission, 1998-2000, Chairman 1998-1999
- Montesano PTA, Co-President (with wife, Linda) and Volunteer of the Year (with wife, Linda), 1992-1993 school year
- Timberland Opportunities, Board of Directors, January 1987-1994, President of Board 1990 and 1991
- Odyssey of the Mind, Coach and/or Judge, 1994-1999, Co-coach of Washington State Champion Team in 1994
- The Daily World, Reader Advisory Board, Aberdeen, 1991 and 2010
- Community Mobilization Against Substance Abuse (CMASA), Task Force Member, 1991-1993
- "Judges In The Classroom" participant, 1992-1999
- Grays Harbor Farmers Market, Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1994
- Pro Bono Program and Law Day, Participant
- Legal Professionals of Grays Harbor, "Boss of the Year", 1984
- Speaker on Open Public Meetings Act, Lorman Seminars, 2001-2008
- Driftwood Players, Aberdeen, active in numerous community theater productions
