Publications, Presentations & Panels

Robert is a prolific presenter and author on legal topics locally and nationally, as well as in locations as disparate as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Sierra Leone and Uganda. The following is a limited selection of notable publications and presentations.

Publications:

• “The Sound of Silence: Thoughts of a Sitting Judge on the Problem of Free Speech and the Judiciary in a Democracy,” Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 2 (August, 2003)
• “Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability: An Elected Judge’s Perspective,” published in volume entitled Judges and Judicial Accountability (Commonwealth Lawyers Association, 2003)

Presentations, Papers, Special Projects and Continuing Legal Education Panels:

• “Demonstrating Procedural Fairness When Ruling from the Bench,” American Judges Association (September, 2008)
• Panelist on Ethics, CR 39.1 Neutral Training, Federal Bar Association for the Western District of Washington (February, 2008)
• “Opinion Writing in Controversial Cases,” Co-presenter in online course developed for the National Center for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia (December, 2007)
• “Judicial Decision Making and Fact Finding,” Judicial College for new Judges in Washington State (January 2006, 2005, 2004)
• “Class Action Litigation, A Judicial Perspective on What Works and What Doesn’t Work,” Washington State Bar Association (June, 2005)
• “Winning Without Trial,” Washington State Bar Association Seminar (April, 2005)
• “Courts and the Media,” National Conference of Metropolitan Courts (September, 2004)
• “Judicial Impartiality,” King County Bar Association Labor Law Section (June, 2004)
• “Managing the Trial Efficiently: Bench Trial Considerations” in Advanced Trial Management, Superior Court Judges Association Spring Judicial Conference (April, 2004)
• “Gag Orders, Restraints and RPC 3.6” in Criminal Law Review, Superior Court Judges Association Spring Judicial Conference (April, 2004)
• Panelist and Presenter, “Control of the Courtroom,” King County Bar Association Bench-Bar Conference (November, 2003)
• “They’re Never Gone, But Can You Get Them? Electronic Documents in the Discovery Process,” co-presenter, Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference (May, 2003)
• “Judicial Decision-Making” for Arbitration Training, King County Bar Association (August, 2000)
• “Daubert and the Admission of Scientific Evidence” for Washington State Trial Lawyers’ Association (February, 1999)
• Panel Member, Arbitrator and Mediator Skills Training Session, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Washington State Bar Association (August, 1997)
• “Managing Complex Litigation: A Judge's Survival Guide” for Superior Court Judges Association Spring Conference, co-presenter (June, 1995)
• Group Discussion Leader, National Mass Tort Conference, sponsored by the Mass Tort Litigation Committee of the Conference of Chief Justices, Cincinnati, Ohio (November, 1994)
• "Local and National Trends in Judicial Management of Complex and Toxic Tort Actions" in Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Sixth Annual Insurance Law Seminar (November, 1993)
• "Liabilities and Remedies: the Franchisee's Perspective" in WSBA Franchising Seminar, given by the Corporate, Business and Banking Section's Franchise Law Revision Subcommittee (October, 1987)
• "Considerations in Filing a RICO Act Case" in SKCBA Seminar on RICO Act and Common Law Fraud (February, 1987)
• Co-author, with William L. Dwyer, Esq., of "Discovery in Complex Litigation" in Washington State Trial Lawyers' Association Seminar, Discovery (February, 1978)