Vice President
Retired, Attorney at Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson P.S.
Gary has worked with a number of lender clients to develop efficient and cost-effective documentation for a wide range of lending activities, from individual residential transactions to large commercial projects. He has worked through the most complicated of real estate and C & I financing and has assisted clients with complex troubled loans, ranging from large multi-state residential construction workouts to the restructuring of downtown commercial and multi-family project financings. He takes pride in his ability to “get the deal done” by working efficiently and in a cooperative manner with all of the parties to a transaction.
Gary has been an attorney at HCMP since 1982, having arrived in Seattle from my native Buffalo, N.Y., following law school and college on the east coast. As dictated by the then-prevailing economic environment, he spent his first seven years dealing primarily with workout and bankruptcy matters. As the economy improved, he shifted to transactional work, mostly financing transactions and loan syndications.
He has found that working through some troubled times has provided a great perspective on what’s really important when “push comes to shove” in a transaction. His early experience has also proved to be a true resource in handling the restructuring and workout of troubled loans and, advising clients in creating effective strategies for realizing their security should a loan turn sour.