Prior to Motricity he was in the contracts and intellectual property group at Washington Mutual and was a partner at Garvey Schubert Barer where he represented artists and other creative entrepreneurs as well as companies who buy creative works. Gary has been a lawyer for 17 years, is a past president of the Washington Lawyers for the Arts, and frequent speaker on arts-related legal topics. Gary received his J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, and his B.S. from Willamette University.