Michael D. McKay Robert G. Chadwell David E. Wilson Thomas M. Brennan Patrick J. Preston Krista K. Bush Kathryn C. Pineda Michael A. LeMay (1970-2005) Biography | Resume CONTACT INFORMATION Direct Telephone: (206) 233-2802 E-mail: Gene Wilson has more than thirty years experience in criminal and civil litigation as a trial lawyer, judge, mediator and arbitrator. A Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Gene served eight years as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Washington, presiding over both criminal and civil matters, and acting as a mediator in a large number of civil cases spanning the spectrum of federal litigation. He has completed mediation courses conducted by the Federal Judicial Center and by Harvard’s Program of Instruction for Lawyers. He is an arbitrator on the Commercial panel of the American Arbitration Association. Before being appointed to the bench, Wilson was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Seattle and in Washington, D.C. In Seattle, he worked in both the Civil Division and the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office. He was Chief of the Criminal Division for a number of years, and served as interim United States Attorney in 1989. Gene was lead counsel in several lengthy Racketeer Influenced and Controlled Organization cases, including the successful prosecutions of the Sheriff of Pierce County, Native American businessman Robert Satiacum, and the Neo-Nazi group known as The Order. He also prosecuted a wide-range of other federal crimes, including violations of the Export Controls statutes, tax statutes, and extortion affecting interstate commerce. In addition to trial experience, he has argued a substantial number of cases before the United States Courts of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit and the District of Columbia Circuit. In recent years, Gene served as lead defense counsel for a defendant in the Hague on trial for war crimes. This case took up most of his time for more than two years. Gene has received a number of awards, including The Distinguished Community Service Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith, personal commendations from the United States Attorney General and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and several awards for superior performance from the United States Department of Justice. He is active as an instructor in a number of trial advocacy programs, including service on the faculty of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and as an instructor and moot court judge in the United States Department of Justice's Trial Advocacy program. He regularly serves as a judge in various moot court programs conducted by the School of Law, University of Washington. A 1966 graduate of the School of Law, University of South Carolina, he served on active duty as an officer in the Army Judge Advocate General corps, trying court-martial cases in Germany and arguing appeals before the United States Court of Military Corps in Washington, D.C. He retired from the Army Reserve as a Colonel, having completed his military service as a Military Judge. He is listed in Who’s Who in America.