• Wrote Idaho's Firefighter and Police Medal of Honor Law for acts of heroism
• Wrote "Carissa's Law" to increase public notification of registered sex offenders
• Implemented the first standing Grand Jury system in Kootenai County history (1996-Present)
• Idaho's First Conviction for Spousal Rape
• Idaho's First Conviction for Male Rape
• Idaho's First Conviction under Sex Offender Registration Law
• Kootenai County's largest embezzlement case
• Kootenai County's largest contractor fraud case
• Establishment and Founder of Kootenai County Child Abuse Task Force
• Establishment and Founder of Bear Cares program for child victims
• Establishment of victim waiting room
• Recovery of over $500,000 paid directly to victims
• Recovery of an additional $230,000 paid to victims of bad checks
• Service to over 3400 crime victims by Victim Assistance Unit
• Active partnership with the Kootenai County Domestic Violence Council and victim advocacy groups
• From 1985-1996 drafted over 1000 wills and rendered wide range of civil legal assistance to U.S. Army Reservists in Washington and Idaho
• Drafted Idaho's vulnerable adult abandonment law ( I.C.§18-1505A)
• Testified in support of stronger death penalty law and on behalf of Idaho's sex offender registration law (Megan's Law) and drafted proposed legislation (I.C. §18-8301, et.seq.)

Cases Personally Handled (partial list)

State vs. Joseph E. Duncan III -- National high profile case involving the triple murder by a serial child killer
State vs. David Merritt -- First Degree Murder of 14 year old Carissa Benway. This prosecution led to the creation of "Carissa's Law."
State vs. Giovanni Mendiola -- Second Degree Murder of 20 year old Brendan Butler. Prosecution also of Piero Mendiola, Eddie Mendiola, Tony Garcia, and others for a related conspiracy.
State v. Yager -- Murder of Idaho State Police Trooper
State v. Stratton -- Contractor Fraud
State v. Elteto -- Skinhead Murder
State v. Biscope -- Skinhead Murder
State v. Frazer -- Murder
State v. Moore -- Domestic Violence Murder
State v. Maland -- Rape, Kidnapping
State v. Buckley -- Attempted Murder
State v. DeWolfe -- Rape
State v. Hayes -- Rape
State v. Raudebaugh -- Murder
State v. Kohl -- Manslaughter
State v. Opland -- Manslaughter
State v. Hylton -- Murder
State v. Bell -- Accessory
State v. Cameron -- Aggravated Battery
State v. Dushkin -- Tubbs Hill Rape Case
State v. Cherry -- Death Penalty Phase
State v. Barcella -- Deathy Penalty Phase
Weir v. United States --Medical malpractice, wrongful death of U.S. military dependent at Ft. Wainwright , Alaska

Presentations and Lectures (partial list)

• "Domestic Terrorism" seminar for local, federal law enforcement, CDA 1998
• "Hate Crimes in the Northwest," Gonzaga University , 1998
• "In the Best Interest of the Children," First District Bar Asso. and School Districts, Post Falls, 1998
• "Taking Action/Making a Difference," Domestic Violence Seminar, Post Falls, 1998 (organized and sponsored with CDA Women's Center)
• "Ethics in Prosecution and Judicial Relations," New Prosecutor Course, 1996
• "Jury Selection," JAG Trial Team, Monterey, CA 1992
• "Ethical Standards for Members of the Armed Forces," 6241^st United States Army Reserve Center, Spokane, WA 1993
• "United States Supreme Court Cases and Trends," Kootenai County Bar Assoc. CDA, ID 1997
• "Supreme Court Update and Criminal Law Legislation," Kootenai County Bar Assoc., CDA, ID 1998
• "Medical Malpractice and the Federal Tort Claims Act," Lecture to I Corps and 9^th Division JAG attorneys, Ft. Lewis, WA 1992
• "Wills, Estates, and Your Private Legal Affairs," Premobilization civil legal training for Persian Gulf deployment, 50^th General Hospital, Spokane, WA 1991
• "Salute to Veterans," Veterans Day, CDA, ID 1998