RANDALL K. GAYLORD
San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney
350 Court Street
P. O. Box 760
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
(360) 378-4101 (PHONE)
(360) 378-3180 (FAX)
randyg@co.san-juan.wa.us

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT San Juan County Prosecuting Attorney (elected 1994 and re-elected 1998, 2002, and 2006)
Friday Harbor, Washington
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE Washington (1986); U.S. District Courts for Washington; Court of International Trade (1987); Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1997); United States Supreme Court (1999). Previously admitted in Utah and Idaho.
AREAS OF PRACTICE Criminal prosecution, defense of claims and suits against San Juan County, advisor to all county elected officials and departments on civil matters emphasizing land use, shoreline and growth management laws, public records, public meetings, contracts, real estate, and litigation.
EDUCATION

Juris Doctor, University of Utah College of Law, 1985
Leary Scholar (Top 20 percent of Class).
Note and Comment Editor, Journal of Contemporary Law and Journal of Energy Law and Policy

B.S., Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 1980
Major in environmental studies; minor in economics.

Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1975 - 1976
Liberal Arts
PRIOR LEGAL
EMPLOYMENT

Randall K. Gaylord, P.S. 1993-1995
Eastsound, Washington

Randall & Danskin, P.S., 1988 - 1993
Spokane, Washington

Adjunct Professor of Environmental Law, 1991 - 1992
Gonzaga University College of Law, Spokane, Washington

Hearing Examiner Pro-Tem, 1991
Office of the Hearing Examiner, Spokane, Washington

Associate Attorney, 1986 - 1988
Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, Spokane, Washington

Law Clerk to Justice Christine M. Durham, 1985 - 1986
Utah Supreme Court, Salt Lake City, Utah
PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS		 Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (President 2007, Co-chair, Civil Section 1995-2006; Ethics Chair);Washington State Bar Association (Member: Land Use and Environmental Law Section since 1986); Utah State Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member: Law Practice Management Section); National District Attorney's Association; Listed in: Who's Who in American Law and Directory of Environmental Attorneys
PUBLICATIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS

Public Records Act – Legislative Update, WAPA Summer Conference 2006

The Role of the Victim Advocate in the Prosecutor’s Office, WAPA Victim-Witness Conference, Spring 2006

Moderator, Public Records Q & A, WAPA Spring Conference 2006

Moderator, Ethics for Civil Prosecutors, WAPA Spring Conference 2006

Washington Privacy Act Update, CLE Free, December 2005

Practice Tips and Model Forms for Handling Public Records Requests, WAPA Summer Conference 2004

Panelist, Bar Association Plan to Respond to Unjust Criticism of Judges, Annual Meeting of Bench-Bar-Press Committee, Seattle 2003

Coroner Potpouri, WAPA Summer Conference 2003

Rural Places: Hamlets, Small Towns, Villages, Crossroads and Residential Neighborhoods Under the Growth Management Act, Law Seminars International, April 2003

Ethical Concerns with Public Access to Police and Prosecutor Records before Trial Criminal Justice Institute, September 2001

A Rural County’s Perspective on Housing Under the Growth Management Act, Law Seminars International, November 2002

Food for Thought: The Small County’s Perspective on Clustering. Rural Lands and Procedure, September 2001

Impacts of Motorized Watercraft on Shallow Aquatic Systems, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey, December 2000

Recreational Boating and the Environment, The Florida Bar Environmental & Land Use Law Section and the Florida Sea Grant College, May 1999

Ethics for Civil Prosecutors, WAPA Summer Conference - 1997, 1998, 1999

Development Impact Fees: Paying for New Growth, Joint Spring Conference Sponsored by American Planning Association, Planning Association of Washington, Washington State Department of Transportation and Washington State Department of Community Development, 1993.

Land Use Law Update, Spokane County Bar Association, 1993

Eminent Domain and Special Purpose Districts, Washington State Water and Wastewater Association Annual Conference, Spokane, 1992

Legal Issues for Short Course on Local Planning, Sponsored by the Washington State Department of Community Development for the Counties of Pend Oreille, Stevens and Whitman, and the Cities of Pullman, Millwood and Airway Heights, 1992; Joint Planning Conference 1993.

Environmental Issues in Real Estate Transactions
Washington State Bar Association, Spokane and Seattle 1991 and 1992

Casenote, National Audubon Society v. Superior Court: A Watershed Case Integrating California Water Law and the Public Trust Doctrine, 5 Journal of Energy Law and Policy, 135 (1984)
COMMUNITY SERVICE Islands Little League Board Member (1995-2006); United Way Board Member (2000-present); Orcas Prevention Partnership (1999-present); Member Orcas Island Lions Club (1994-present); Trustee, San Juan County Law Library (1995-1999); Chair, San Juan County Law and Justice Council (1996 and 2006); Member, Orcas Island Yacht Club; Founding Member and General Counsel to Inland Northwest Land Trust, 1990 - 1993; Member, Advisory Council, Spokane County Air Pollution Control Authority, 1991 - 1993
PERSONAL Born in Rochester, New York. Married in Olga, Washington in 1981 to Marny Keenan. Two children: Colin (born 1988) and Genna (born 1989). Avid skier, bicyclist, birder, and trail runner.
REPORTED CASES
OF INTEREST

State v. Christensen, 153 Wn.2d 186, 102 P3d 789 (2004)

Durland et al v. San Juan County, WWGMHB No. 00-2-0062c (FDO - May 7, 2001)

State v. Fire, 145 Wn.2d 152, 34 P3d 1218 (2001)

State v. Thorson, 98 WnApp 528 (2000).

State v. Hunter, 102 Wn. App. 630, 9 P3d 872 (2000)

State v. Fire, 100 WnApp 722, 998 P2d 362 (2000).

Intertanko v. Locke, 148 F.3d 1053, reversed 529 U.S. 89 (2000)

Town of Friday Harbor et al v. San Juan County, WWGMHB No. 99-2-0010c (FDO-July 21, 1999)

Weden v. San Juan County, 135 Wn2d 678 (1998).

Belas v. Kiga, 135 Wn2d 913 (1998).

State v. Rupnick, 93 WnApp 1027 (1998).

Seattle SMSA Ltd. Parnership v. San Juan County, 88 F.S. 1128 (1997)

San Juan County and Yeager v. Washington State Department of Ecology, West Wash. Growth Mgt. Hrgs. Bd. Case No. 97-2-0002 (June 19, 1997).

Beckstrom et. al. v. San Juan County, West. Wash. Growth Mgt. Hrgs. Bd. Case No. 95-2-0081 (January 3, 1996)

Ellis et al. v. San Juan County, West. Wash. Growth Mgt. Hrgs. Bd. Case No. 97-2-0006 to -19 (June 1996)

State v. Farmer, 80 Wash. App. 795, 911 P.2d 1030 (1996).

Pease Hill Community Group v. County of Spokane, 62 Wash. App. 800 (1991)

West 514 Inc. v. County of Spokane, 53 Wash. App. 838 (1989)

Attorney General Opinion 1998 No. 11 Regarding Coroner Authority to Issue Death Certificates

Attorney General Opinion 1998 No. 15 Regarding Authority to Prohibit Video and Sound Recordings at Public or Private Meetings

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