He has a Masters in International Studies from the Jackson School at the University of Washington and an undergraduate degree in English poetry writing. He has worked as a city and county prosecutor, a judge pro-tem, in-house at Insightful Corporation, and with the Washington State Bar Association’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Prior to becoming an attorney he worked as a mortgage banker with Texas Capital Bank, but please don’t hold that against him. He also worked as a software tester playing children’s computer games for a living. He resides in Seattle with his wife and too many games.