Francisco A. Duarte - Bellevue, WA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • State University of New York, Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, New York, 1994
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • State University of New York, University at Albany, 1987
    B.A.
    Major: Mathematics

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Fox Bowman Duarte, PLLC, Partner, 1998 - 2010
• King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1995 - 1998
• Office of the Washington State Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, 1994 - 1995
• Bermingham & Cook, PC, Law Clerk, 1992 - 1994
• Ways and Means Committee, Assembly, New York State Legislature, Legislative Budget Analyst for Higher Education, 1987 - 1991

Classes and Seminars

• Law School Instructor Trial Advocacy, University of Washington School of Law, 2006 - Present
  
• Instructor National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Northwest Regional Program, 2006 - Present
  
• 2016 WFCJ Defending DUIs – Opening & Closing Statement Presentation (Upcoming)
  
• 2016 WSBA Readmission Course Evidence Presentation
  
• 2016 Taste of Trial Lawyers College Presentation
  
• 2016 Seattle University Law School Co-chair of Cross-Examination CLE
  
• 2016 Seattle University Law School DUI Blood Evidence Presentation
  
• 2016 National College for Defending DUIs – Advanced Course in Blood Analysis and Trial Advocacy, Fort Collins, CO – Instructor
  
• 2015 WSBA Readmission Course Evidence Presentation
  
• 2015 WSAJ Lessons from Trial Presentation
  
• 2015 WSAJ Voir Dire Presentation and Demo
  
• 2015 WFCJ Defending DUIs, Blood Testing Presentation
  
• 2015 Trial Lawyers College – Voir Dire Regional Seminar, San Diego, CA – Staff Instructor
  
• 2015 Trial Lawyers College – Defense of the Damned, Dubois, WY
  
• 2015 Society of Counsel Representing Accused Persons In-house DUI CLE
  
• 2015 NACDL Cross-examination Presentation, New Orleans, LA
  
• 2015 UW Trial Advocacy Lecture – Theme Analysis and Development
  
• 2015 National College for Defending DUIs – Advanced Course in Blood Analysis and Trial Advocacy, Fort Collins, CO – Instructor
  
• 2014 Trial Lawyers College – WA Regional Seminar, Leavenworth, WA – Staff Instructor
  
• 2014 Trial Lawyers College – September Class – Staff Instructor
  
• 2014 WSAJ Luvera Seminar – Closing Argument Presentation
  
• 2014 Trial Lawyers College – Discovering the Story, Atlanta, Georgia
  
• 2014 Trial Lawyers College – Direct and Cross Examination, San Diego, CA
  
• 2014 Superior Court Boot Camp
  
• 2013 Trial Lawyers College – Staff Training
  
• 2013 NITA Deposition Program, Seattle, WA
  
• 2013 Trial Lawyers College – Opening Statements – California
  
• 2013 Trial Lawyers College – September Class – Staff Instructor
  
• 2012 WSBA Voir Dire in Tort Cases
  
• 2012 WSBA Evidence Presentation
  
• 2012 WFCJ DUI Seminar
  
• 2012 Trial Lawyers College – Finding the Story, California, Staff Instructor
  
• 2012 Trial Lawyers College – Psychodrama for Lawyers, Staff Instructor
  
• 2011 WSBA Evidence Presentation
  
• 2011 WFCJ Defending DUIs Seminar
  
• 2011 Thurston County Legal Services – Trial Skills
  
• 2011 National College for Defending DUIs, First Person Opening Statements, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  
• 2011 NITA Northwest Regional Program, Instructor
  
• 2011 National College for Defending DUIs, Opening Statement Presentation, Mexico
  
• 2010 Trial Lawyers College – Closing Argument Presentation 2010 Kenya Trial Advocacy – Justice Advocacy Africa
  
• 2010 DCMJA – DUI Presentation to District and Municipal Judges
  
• 2010 Trial Lawyers College – Discovering the Story for Trial
  
• 2010 Trial Lawyers College – Advance Trial Skills Course with Josh Karton
  
• 2010 WSAJ – Voir Dire Presentation
  
• 2010 WSBA Criminal Justice Institute
  
• 2010 WSBA – Evidence Boot Camp
  
• 2010 Botswana – Trial Advocacy – Justice Advocacy Africa
  
• 2009 WSTLA – Presentation on DUI Defense
  
• 2009 WACDL – Presentation on Vehicular Homicide and Assault Trials
  
• 2009 NITA – Trial Advocacy – Mexico City
  
• 2009 Judicial Conference – District and Municipal Judges – Presentation on Forensic Sciences Re Breath Testing
  
• 2009 Botswana Trial Advocacy – Justice Advocacy Africa
  
• 2008 Washington Young Lawyers Division Trial Advocacy Program Cross-Examination and Re-Direct Lecture
  
• 2008 Trial Lawyers College Regional Seminar, Santa Fe, New Mexico Instructor/Staff
  
• 2008 Washington State Bar Association CLE – How to Practice More Effectively in Courts of Limited Jurisdiction – General Criminal procedures
  
• 2008 National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Northwest Regional Program – Trial Skills Instructor
  
• 2008 15th Annual Criminal Justice Institute – Evidence Trial Tips: Common Objections in Trial, Jury Selection, and Preserving the Record
  
• 2008 Trial Lawyers College Regional Seminar, Leavenworth, Washington Instructor/Staff
  
• 2008 Public Defender Association CLE DUI Breath Testing Issues
  
• 2007 Washington State Trial Lawyers Association – Summer Convention
  
• 2007 WSP BAC Breath Test Technician Course – Mock Trial
  
• 2007 Trial Lawyers College Regional Seminar, Leavenworth, Washington Instructor/Staff
  
• 2007 University of Washington, School of Law – Trial Advocacy Program – Voir Dire Lecture
  
• 2007 Washington State Trial Lawyers Association Taste of Trial Lawyers College
  
• 2006 District and Municipal Court Judges Association – Discussion on Field Sobriety Tests – September 2006
  
• 2006 District and Municipal Court Judges Association – Discussion on Field Sobriety Tests – August 2006
  
• 2006 Washington Young Lawyers Division Trial Advocacy Program – Cross-Examination and Re-Direct Lecture
  
• 2006 Washington State Bar Association CLE – DUI Law Telecast
  
• 2006 Pierce County Bar Association CLE – DUI Law: The Hot Topics
  
• 2006 National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) – Northwest Regional Program – Demonstration on Closing Argument
  
• 2006 Trial Lawyers College Regional Seminar, Leavenworth, Washington – Instructor/Staff
  
• 2006 District and Municipal Court Judges Association – Spring Program DUI Traffic Instructions: New pattern Jury Instructions
  
• 2006 WSP BAC Breath Test Technician Course – Mock Trial
  
• 2006 ACA Trial Skills Lecture – Opening and Closing Statements
  
• 2005 Washington Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers – DUI Lecture – Tri-cities
  
• 2005 Pittman’s Legal Line Radio Show
  
• 2005 Washington Young Lawyers Division Trial Advocacy Program – Cross-Examination and Re-Direct Lecture
  
• 2005 12th Annual Criminal Justice Institute – Keeping Up With DUI Developments: Discrepancy Legislation, A New Breathalyzer Machine; New Portable Testing WACs
  
• 2005 Clark County Bar Association CLE – DUI Update Presentation
  
• 2005 National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) – Northwest Regional Program June 18 -26
  
• 2005 Family Law Trials: The Dynamics of Advocacy
  
• 2004 Washington State Bar Association CLE – The Advantages of Anti-Bias Awareness, Cultural Competency, and Respecting Diversity, Diversity and Jury Selection Considerations
  
• 2004 Washington Young Lawyers Division Trial Advocacy Program
  
• 2003 Washington’s District Court Judge’s Conference
  
• 2003 Defending DUIs Seminar – DataMaster Debunked
  
• 2003 Whatcom County Public Defender’s CLE

Published Works

Articles

• Did Donahue Reverse 40 years of Criminal Precedence, Trial News, WSTLA
  
• Cross-Examination—It’s All about Story Telling, Defense Magazine, WACDL
  
• DUI Law Awaiting High Court Ruling, Bar Bulletin, KCBA
  
• DUI Law, Defense Magazine, WACDL
  
• The Patriot Act—Not so Patriotic!, Warrior, Trial Lawyers College
  
• Blood Chapter (only), Defending DUIs in Washington – Book (Lexis/Nexis)
• An Interview with the USA Patriot Act, WSBA Criminal Law Section
• Reducing DUIs: Doomed to Repeat History?, Bar Bulletin, KCBA

Bar Admissions

• Washington, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. District Court Western District of Washington, 1994
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Washington, 1995

Other Affiliations

• Washington State Bar Association
• EAGLE, Member Washington State Association for Justice
• Former fellow, The William L. Dwyer American Inn of Court
• Former Chair and Board of Director, Lawyers Helping Hungry Children
• Former Secretary and Board Member, Seattle Shakespeare Company
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• Former Chair and Executive Board of Director, WSBA Criminal Law Section
• Member, Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice
• Founding Member, Northwest Academy of DUI Defense
• Former Chair and Steering Committee Member, WSBA Criminal Justice Institute
• Former member, Washington Pattern Jury Instructions Motor Vehicle Crimes Subcommittee
• Former Chair, WACDL Public Education Committee