David B. Starks - Bellevue, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, Washington, 1998
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: First Place and Best Brief, S.U. Intellectual Property Competition
    Honors: Regional Finalist, J. Giles Sutherland Intellectual Property Competition
    Honors: Regional Finalist, American Association for Justice Moot Court Competition
    Honors: Awarded National Membership in The Order of Barristers

• Non Legal Education

  • Southern Indiana University, 1992
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: English

Languages

• English

Classes and Seminars

• Recognition of Foreign Court Orders and Conflicts of Laws, American Bar Association, 2012
  
• For Better or Worse: International Issues in Marriage and Divorce, American Bar Association, 2012
  
• US Hague Cases and the UCCJEA, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2012
  
• Marital Misbehavior, the Chronically Noncompliant party: Remedies, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2012
  
• Commencing Divorce Action, Divorce Litigation: From Start to Finish, National Business Institute, July 19, 2011
  
• Saving a Stolen Childhood: How to Prevent and Resolve International Kidnapping Cases, American Bar Association, 2011
  
• Family Enterprises in Distress: Issues to Consider, American Bar Association, 2011
  
• Nuts and Bolts of Family Law, King County Bar Association
  
• Domestic Violence: A View from the Bench, National Business Institute
  
• Family Law Boot Camp, Washington State Bar Association
  
• International Family Law: The Hague Convention, King County Bar Association

Representative Cases

• In re the Marriage of Meredith
  • Court: Washington State Court of Appeals Division II
  • Year: 2009
• Brosselin v. Harless
  • Court: US District Court, Western District of Washington
  • Year: 2011

Published Works

Articles

• International Family Law, Washington State Bar Association Family Law Desk Book (Co-author), Washington State Bar Association, December, 2010
  
• "In Any Tongue, It's Still 'Goodbye',", Washington Law & Politics, Winter, 2009
  
• "Washington's Resolution to Equal Custody", King County Bar Bulletin, January, 2008
  
• "Family Law Takes on Global Perspective", King County Bar Bulletin, December, 2007
  
• The Globalization of Family Law, King County Bar Association Bulletin, 2007
  
• "Shared" Custody is Now Shared, White Paper, 2007
• The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, 2007
• International Travel with Children: Identification Requirements, White Paper, 2007
• Equal Custody, King County Bar Bulletin

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1998
• Texas, 2008
• Oregon, 2010

Other Affiliations

• Washington State Bar Association
• State Bar of Texas
• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association Professionalism Committee, 2004 - 2006 (Member)
• Tacoma-Pierce County YMCA Board of Governors, 2000 - 2001 (Member)
• King County Bar Association
• American Bar Association, International Law Section (Co-Chair)
• Oregon State Bar
• American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)
• International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Fellow)