Education

• LL.M. – Environmental and Natural Resources Law, December 2008
  Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon
  Activities: Animal Law Clinic – Student Director
  Honors: Animal Law Clinic – Most Outstanding Legal Writing Award, Spring and Summer 2008
  
  
• Juris Doctor, December 2007
  South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas
  Advocacy: Won an award for a brief in the 2006 Spurgeon E. Bell Memorial Intramural Moot Court Tournament
  Activities: Environmental Law Society (ELS) – President, Treasurer; Animal Law Society (ALS) – Treasurer; Phi Delta Phi International Legal Fraternity – Member
  Honors: Dean’s List, Fall 2006 and Spring 2007; graduated in top 1/3 of class
  
  
• Master of Arts – Germanic Studies, May 1998
  Bachelor of Arts with Honors – Germanic Studies, December 1994
  The University of Texas Austin, Texas
  Honors: Delta Phi Alpha (German Honor Society) – President; Golden Key National Honor Society – Member; Dean’s List 1993 and 1994

Practice Areas

• Animal and equine law
• Business formation
• Contracts
• Entertainment and art law
• Estate planning
• Immigration
• Mediation
• Legal Research

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Washington State Bar Association
• Snohomish County Bar Association

Employment

• Assistant Editor of the Animal Legal & Historical Center at Michigan State University College of Law

Other

• Notary Public (Washington)
  
  
• German language proficiency:
  Certificate of Proof of German Language Ability, March 1995 from Carolo-Wilhelmina Technische Universität in Braunschweig, Germany; International Business German Certificate, 1997 from German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.; German Teacher, September 2003 – May 2004 at Stafford High School in Stafford, Texas; Passed the U.S. Department of Defense's written German test
  
  
• Equestrian expertise:
  20 years experience riding, training and showing dressage; USDF Qualified Rider; shown through Third Level; schooled to FEI; ridden with Karl Mikolka, Franz Rockawansky, Rachel Saavedra, Gerhard Politz, Lurena Bell-Stanley, Hans Biss, Paul Kathen, Julia Dahleen, Gunnar Oestergaard; participated in USDF Instructor Certification workshops; published translations of Monsieur Baucher and His Art: a Serious Word with Germany's Riders by Louis Seeger and Anatomy of Dressage by Heinrich Schusdziarra; published articles on dressage in national magazines. Please see Classical Dressage for more information.
  
  
• Web design and graphic art:
  Certificate in Electronic Publication – Web Production Specialization, May 2003, Houston Community College in Houston, Texas
  Honors: Phi Theta Kappa – Omega Sigma Honor Society – Member; Dean’s List 2001, 2002 and 2003
  
  Example websites:
  Classical Dressage
  Exploited Animals
  Bonnie Hodges Art Gallery
  Leadership by George!
  Web Design
  
  
• Volunteer work:
  Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors for the Louis Braille School for vision impaired children in Edmonds, Washington.
  
  
  

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