Robert J. Wayne, P.S.

Attorney at Law

Rainier Square, Suite 3500

206.343.5100 [Voice] ï 206. 340.1936 [Fax]

Admitted to the Bar:

• 1974 California
• 1975 Washington, USCA - 9th & D.C. Circuits, United States District Court, Western District of Washington, Eastern District (1988)
• 1979 United States Supreme Court

Legal Education:

1974 U.C.L.A. School of Law -- Order of the Coif, Order of Barristers, National and California State Moot Court Team (California Champion, 1973), Roscoe Pound Outstanding Advocate 1974, U.C.L.A. Law Review 1972-74

Law Clerk:

United States Court of Appeals - D.C. Circuit, 1974-75

Associate:

Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, 1975-76 -- Civil Practice

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney:

King County, 1976-78 -- Trial Attorney, Criminal Division

Private Practice:

1978 - present -- Trial Practice in Federal and State Courts

Instructor of Trial Advocacy:

University of Washington School of Law, Trial Advocacy Program1977 - present (Part-time), Director of Trial Advocacy 1978-79.

Advocacy Teacher - National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA):

• 1979 - present
• Northwest Regional (Seattle) Team Leader 1990-93, 1995
• Pacific Regional (San Diego) Team Leader 1994
• National Session (Boulder, CO) Faculty 1992
• National Session Team Leader 1993

Professional Activities:

Washington State Bar Association:

• Appointed Special District Counsel by WSBA Board of Governors 1986-1991.
• Criminal Law Section (Chairman 1982-83, 1986-87, Executive Committee 1980-1988).
• Seminar Chair and Speaker 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1992.
• Member of Supreme Court Committee on Criminal Forms 1981-82;
• Member of the Board of Governor's Special Task Force on RICO 1984-85.

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association:

• Tort Section Co-Chair 1983-85. Seminar Speaker 1983, 1986

Seattle-King County Bar Association:

• Judicial Screening Committee 1988-1991, Chair YLS Individual Rights Committee 1975-76; Chair YLS Criminal Law Committee 1978-79;
• Seminar Speaker

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers:

• Chair, Lawyer's Assistance Strike Force 1993-94 (Co-chair 1991-93)
• Editor, Strike Force Manual (3d Ed. 1994), President's Award 1994

Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL):

• Founding Member; Board of Governors 1986-1989, Chair of Strike Force 1986-1989 & 1990 - 93, Annual Meeting Co-chair 1989-1990. Speaker
• President's Award 1993

ATLA, ABA (Litigation and Criminal Justice Sections).

Seminar Presentations:

• Co-Chair: WSBA "Defense of a Criminal Case 1980"
• Paper and Presentation on "The Remedy of Specific Performance for Broken Plea Bargains"
• Panel Moderator: WSBA "Focus on Criminal Law" -- 1981
• Chair: WSBA "Criminal Law: Procedural and Ethical Considerations" -- 1982
• Chair: WSBA "1984: Was Orwell Right? Perspectives on Criminal Procedure"
• Speaker: WSBA 1984 Bar Convention "RICO: Pretrial Seizures"
• WSBA 1986 Bar Convention "Domestic Violence and the Courts"
• WSBA 1987 Bar Convention "Preparing the Expert Witness"
• WSBA 1992 Evidence Seminar "Rules of Evidence at Deposition"

Speaker:

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, NACDL , Seattle-King County Bar Association

WACDL, "Challenging Federal Forfeitures" 1988, Trial of Drug cases -- Annual Meeting 1989, Annual Meeting Chair 1990 - "The Whole Picture in a Nutshell: Capturing the Theme of the Case."

Federal Forfeitures - 1992

Martindale-Hubbell rating a.v.

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