He is a member of the Washington and California Bar Associations. Mr. Billbe began his career in 1978 working in corporatefinancial and cost accounting. He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of San Diego School of Law where he was a member of the San Diego Law Review. Mr. Billbe initially focused his practice on complex business and contract litigation first with Gray Cary in San Diego and later with Perkins Coie in Seattle. Since 1995 he has focused his practice on family law matters. His office is in Bellevue, Washington.[August 2012]