Biography
T.J. has more than 30 years of experience and focuses his practice on commercial real estate development, investment, and debt and equity financing. He has worked on a broad range of commercial real estate matters, including entitlement, development, acquisitions and dispositions, leasing, organizational and financial structuring, and joint ventures with high net worth and institutional investment partners. Prior to his legal career, T.J. was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and served onboard the USS Puffer (SSN-652) through 3 years of operational deployments.
Bar Admission
Washington
Practice Areas
Education
B.S., Pennsylvania State University, 1990
Professional Affiliations
South Carolina Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
American Bar Association, Taxation and Real Property
Eisenhower Carlson PLLC (Tacoma, WA), 2018-Present
Foster Pepper PLLC (Seattle, WA), 2000 – 2018
Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim (Tacoma, WA), 1997 – 2000
Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board (Seattle, WA), Legal Intern,
1996
U.S. Navy, USS Puffer (SSN-652), Submarine Warfare Qualified, 1990 – 1994
Prior Affiliations
Planning Association of Washington, Board Member, 1998-2000
Washington Department of Commerce, Editor and Lecturer for Short Course on Local
Planning, 1998-2000
Representative to Washington State Building Code Technical Advisory Group on the
Endangered Species Act, 2001-2002
Seattle University School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Basic Real Estate and Advanced Real
Estate Courses, 2004 – 2014
Tacoma Farmers Market, Board Member, 2012 – 2015
Awards & Recognition
T.J. has been recognized by the Best Lawyers in America publication for his work in
real estate law from 2013 through 2027.
