"Lawyer"
STEVEN A. HEMMAT5106 South Orcas Street Seattle, Washington USA 98118 Home: (206) 725-2474 Work: (206) 682-6644 E-Mail: shemmat@msn.com Admitted to the practice of law in the State of Washington, United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, United States Claims Court, and United States Supreme Court. WORK EXPERIENCE 1990 – present: Attorney, Seattle, Washington. Private law practice primarily in areas of business and real estate law, contracts, personal injury law, family law, and estate planning. Trial/motions practice before King County Superior Court. Active pro bono practice. Serves as both arbitrator and mediator. 1988 – 1990: Trial attorney, United States Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch, Washington, D.C. Represented and defended the United States before the U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit primarily in Contract Disputes Act cases and Federal personnel matters. Work involved extensive cooperation and coordination with Federal administrative agency personnel. Served on Justice Department Hearing Panel to review amnesty for Mariel Cubans. 1988: Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Washington, D.C. Assisted in the development and implementation of the high profile Federal Drug Free Workplace program. Worked closely with a large variety of administrative agencies in development and implementation of drug testing programs. 1987 – 1988: Attorney-Advisor, United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C. Worked in Division of Surface Mining, drafting regulations and administering Abandoned Mine Land program. EDUCATION 1983 – 1986: Juris Doctor, Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon. Staff member and acting editor, Environmental Law. Author, Parks, People and Private Property: The National Park Service and Eminent Domain, 16 ENVTL LAW 935 (1986) 1980 – 1983: Bachelor of Arts, Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Major, Political Science; Minor, History CIVIC ACTIVITIES Chair, Jewish Education Center, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Operates the Community High School of Jewish Studies, Jewish teacher certification program, learning for Jewish educators, and other education programs. Vice-President, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, Seattle, Washington. Past Chair, Planning & Allocations Committee and Executive Board member, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Involved in leadership on a variety of committees and sub-committees relating to the operation of non-profit organizations and providing funding for social service agencies (local, national and overseas). Past Vice-President, Northwest Yeshiva High School, Mercer Island, Washington. Director, Capital Project Team, Seattle Hebrew Academy (2003-2006). $9.4 Capital Project to retrofit and rehabilitate the Seattle Hebrew Academy building damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Oversight and involvement in design and construction, planning, fundraising, financing and marketing of Project. President, Pioneer Square Business Improvement Area, Seattle (1998-2001). Successfully led the BIA to merge with the Pioneer Square Community Council and Planning organization to a professionally-run, sustaining entity, the Pioneer Square Community Association. Trustee, Altabet Memorial Fund of the Jewish Community Endowment Trustee, Rabbi Arthur R. Jacobovitz Institute Volunteer legal services attorney, King County Bar Association. Estate planning for people with AIDS. Lecturer and author in legal education courses, with subjects including attorney fee agreements, ethics, family law and adoption law. HONORS Seattle Kollel Am Echad Jewish Unity Award (with wife), 2009 Community Volunteer Award, Seattle Hebrew Academy, 2005 Spitzer Young Leadership Award, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, 2002 Cornelius Honor Society, Northwestern School of Law, Lewis & Clark College, 1986 10/09 | 
