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The Beles Group
204 Grand Central Park
216 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone (206) 622-9119
E-mail: cbeles@belesgroup.com
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz, 1971; J.D., magna cum laude, Gonzaga University, 1975; Managing Editor, Gonzaga Law Review, 1974-1975, LL.M., International Business, with high honors, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley,1988 Admitted: 1975, Washington; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1978, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court; Member: Washington State Bar Association (Hearing Officer; Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Intellectual and Industrial Property; International Practice); State Board of Bar Examiners (Member, Executive Committee; Professional Development and Competency Implementation Committee); Washington State Trial Lawyers Association.
Professor Beles focuses his practice in the following areas of law: Arbitration; Mediation; International Business; International Contracts; Export Compliance; Technology Contracts; Entertainment Contracts; Construction Contracts; Limited Liability Company Law; Personal Injury; Consumer Protection
Law Clerk to Chief Judge, Harold J. Petrie, Washington State Court of Appeals, Div. II, 1975-1977. Washington State Assistant Attorney General, Consumer Protection, Antitrust and Education Divisions, 1977-1979. Associate Professor of Law, Torts, Products Liability and Constitutional Law, Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, 1979-1987. Administrative Law Judge, HEP Board, 1980-1985. Arbitrator and Mediator: Commercial, International, High Tech, Construction and Consumer Protection, American Arbitration Association. Arbitrator: World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, Switzerland; National Association of Securities Dealers; King County Mandatory Arbitration.
He is the founder of High Tech Conflict Solutions. Master of the Bench, Charles Powell American Trial Advocacy Inn of Court. Author: "The Washington Consumer Protection Act vs. The Learned Professional," 10 Gonzaga Law Review 435, 1975; "Truth and the Use of History to Interpret Our State Constitution," 2 DeNovo, Issue 7, March 1989. Executive Board, Northwest Folklife, 1998—.