DAVID A. BRICKLIN is a partner in the Seattle law firm of Bricklin & Newman, LLP. His practice emphasizes environmental, land use, and community issues. Mr. Bricklin earned his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. He is a graduate of The Harvard Law School, where he was a co-founder and editor of the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Mr. Bricklin has practiced environmental and land use law throughout Washington State since 1979. He was closely involved in the development of the Washington Growth Management Act. Mr. Bricklin is a past president and director of the Washington Environmental Council, former cochair of the Washington Conservation Voters, and a founding member and director of Futurewise (formerly 1000 Friends of Washington).

TED HUNTER is the managing director of Sound Hearings and Sound Mediation which operate under the auspices of Sound Law Center, LLC. Mr. Hunter earned his law degree from the University of Washington and was trained in mediation techniques at Willamette and Harvard Universities. His trial experience involved representation in land use matters for developers and environmental groups at all levels of the state and federal courts. Mr. Hunter also served as legal counsel to the Washington State Legislature on energy and environmental matters. He was selected as the Chief Negotiator for the Legislature in matters involving land use proposals at the U.S. Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Mr. Hunter established and is past chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the Washington State Bar Association and is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. He also is a member of the American Planning Association and the Washington State and American bar associations. Mr. Hunter is a Land Use Hearing Examiner and Mediator for more than 20 cities in Washington state.

COURTNEY A. KAYLOR is a partner in the Seattle law firm McCullough Hill, PS. Her practice focuses on land use and environmental law in Washington. Ms. Kaylor provides strategic advice and advocacy to achieve her clients’ land use entitlement goals and successful resolution of land use disputes. She also serves as a neutral mediator. Ms. Kaylor is chair of the WSBA ADR and ELUL sections’ Land Use & Environmental Mediation Committee and the president of the Washington Mediation Association. She is a frequent speaker on land use law and mediation.

DAVID S. MANN is a partner with Gendler & Mann, LLP. He has more than 20 years of experience successfully representing clients throughout Washington on cases involving land use, environmental, property litigation, administrative law, public records and appeals, with a focus on protecting and enhancing the quality of life and the environment while supporting smart growth. Mr. Mann has significant experience in federal and state courts, state administrative hearings boards, and local government hearing examiner and commissions. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the Federal Eastern and Western districts of Washington, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. States Supreme Court. Mr. Mann earned B.S. degree from the University of California and his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law.

SCOTT M. MISSALL is a partner at Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC, in Seattle, where he practices in the areas of land use and development, government and municipal law, environmental law, and ethics. Mr. Missall chair's the firm's land Use and development group and local government group. He wrote and updates "Overview of Local Administrative Law" for the Washington Administrative Law Practice Manual and "CR 24 (Intervention)" for the Washington Civil Procedure Deskbook. Mr. Missall speaks frequently on topics in his practice areas. He earned his dual B.A. degrees from Western Washington University and his J.D. degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College. Mr. Missall is a member of the King County, Washington State (past chair, Administrative Law Section; member, Environmental Law and Land Use Section) and American bar associations, and the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys. He has been named a Washington Law & Politics Superlawyer‚® on several occasions (most recently in 2012) and was named a Top 2010 Lawyer in land use law by Seattle Met magazine. Mr. Missall has been on the Board of Directors for Seattle Goodwill Industries since 1997 and served as board chair in 2007.

MICHAEL C. WALTER is an attorney with Keating, Bucklin and McCormack, Inc. P.S. He has broad and extensive experience litigating wide-range of municipal, civil rights, land use and environmental matters for local governments. Mr. Walter is responsible for management of heavy caseload in all state and federal courts, from appearance through appeal. He has experience representing more than 80 Washington cities and towns on a wide range of federal, state and local land use, permitting, and environmental issues. Mr. Walter has extensive land use, permitting and environmental experience, including representation of municipal clients in legislative, risk management, planning and advocacy roles before numerous hearing examiners, city councils, state administrative agencies, and state and federal trial and appellate courts. He has substantial appellate work, including argument at the state courts of Appeal and Supreme Court, and the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Walter has experience negotiating and mediating settlement of complex, multi-million dollar municipal land use, civil rights and environmental cases. He also has experience litigating civil rights, ADA, FFHA and other federal claims. Mr. Walter is a frequent and continuing experience public speaker, writing and making presentations on a wide range of municipal, land use, environmental and civil rights topics. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Washington State Bar Association (Environmental and Land Use Law Section), Seattle-King County Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys and Planning Association of Washington. Mr. Walter earned his B.A. degrees from the University of Washington and his J.D. degree from Seattle University Law School.