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Practice Emphasis Emerging Companies & Entrepreneurs Professional Experience Joined Graham & Dunn, 2006 Leary Franke Droppert PLLC, 2003 - 2006 Admitted to Practice: Washington, 2000 Bernadette counsels clients on a variety of general corporate and tax issues, with an emphasis on corporate formation and governance, securities law compliance, private equity transactions, stock and asset sale and purchases, and business tax planning. Prior to joining Graham & Dunn and Leary Franke Droppert, Bernadette was an associate at Venture Law Group and served as assistant general counsel of a technology company. Professional and Community Activities Washington State Bar Association Former Trustee, King County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division President, Jubilee Women�s Center Board of Directors Presenter, Future of the Law Institute, Washington Bar Foundation Recognition Washington Law & Politics "Rising Star," 2005 - 2008 Education L.L.M., Taxation, University of Washington School of Law, 2004 J.D., University of Washington School of Law, 2000 Order of the Barristers; Moot Court Honor Board. | 