A.B., Government, Harvard College, 1984; J.D., Order of the Coif, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California Berkeley, 1989. Co-Editor in Chief, Berkeley Women’s Law Journal. Judicial Clerk, Hon. Robert F. Peckham, District Court, Northern District of California, 1989-1990; Hon. Betty B. Fletcher, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1990-1991.
Janet is a principal in the firm. She focuses her practice on family law. Her past practice includes twelve years of service as a staff attorney, then regional director, for Columbia Legal Services, where she also focused on family law issues. In addition to representing individual clients, Janet trained and supervised many other family law attorneys and was extensively involved in court committees and legislative work groups. She was actively involved in drafting Washington’s Child Relocation Act and also worked on legislative issues related to domestic violence, the Parenting Act, child support, and kinship care.
Janet is admitted to practice in the federal and state courts of Washington, the state courts of California, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Janet has been a frequent presenter on topics of interest to family law attorneys. She has served as a member and treasurer of the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association Family Law Section and was recognized in 2004 as the State Bar Family Law Section’s Attorney of the Year.
Janet has volunteered with the Northwest Women’s Law Center since 1998. She also volunteers at the Cross Cultural Family Law Clinic and serves as a volunteer settlement conference mediator for King County family law cases. She occasionally serves as a pro tem court commissioner in the King County Superior Court.
