Since 1994, Derek has helped countless injured workers resolve conflicts with the Department of Labor and Industries. Derek has assisted many of his clients successfully litigate their cases before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals and on appeal at Superior Court. Before he graduated from Gonzaga University School of Law, Derek served for six years in the Navy and earned a bachelor’s degree from Chaminade University of Honolulu. In his first two years of practice, Derek successfully argued before the Court of Appeals of Washington, Division III, an important case that reversed the employee’s award of permanent partial disability and issued an award of permanent total disability. This case was published as Young v. Labor & Industries, 81 Wn. App. 123 (1996).