DAVID K. DeWOLF

Gonzaga Law School

Box 3528, Spokane, WA 99220-3528

(509) 313-3767 (W)

FAX 509-313-5840;

Email: dewolf@ gonzaga.edu

http://dewolflaw.net

(509) 466-2156 (H)

 

CURRENT POSITION

 1995- Professor, Gonzaga Law School; teaching Torts, Criminal Law, Antitrust, Consumer Law

 PREVIOUS TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 1991-95 Associate Professor, Gonzaga Law School

 1987-91 Assistant Professor, Gonzaga Law School

 1984-87 Assistant Professor, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

 OTHER LEGAL EXPERIENCE

 2004-   Member, Washington Pattern Instruction Committee

 2013-   Of counsel, Albrecht Law Offices, Spokane

 1993- 97 Of Counsel, Casey, Gore & Grewe, P.S., Spokane, Washington

 1987-88 Associate, O'Brien, Watters, Davis, Malisch & Piasta, Santa Rosa, Calif. (business and personal injury litigation)

 1980-84 Associate, Lukins & Annis, Spokane, Washington (Principal responsibility for trial of a variety of cases, including antitrust, Consumer Protection, and construction/product liability)

 1979-80 Law Clerk, Justice Stephen Bistline, Idaho Supreme Court, Boise, Idaho

 EDUCATION

 1979 J.D., Yale Law School

 Barristers Union Gallagher Prize Finalist

 Research Assistant, Professors Guido Calabresi and Joseph Goldstein

 Intensive Semester, Florence, Italy (studying comparative civil procedure)

 1971 B.A., Stanford University

 Phi Beta Kappa

 Honors in Humanities (Double Major: Religious Studies and German)

 Volunteers in Asia: Teacher, Hong Kong (Summer 1968); Chairman, Selection Committee

 PUBLICATIONS

Washington Tort Law & Practice (with Keller W. Allen), Thomson Reuters, 4th ed. 2013 (Volumes 16 and 16A of Washington Practice

Washington Contract Law & Practice (with Keller W. Allen and Darlene B. Caruso), Thomson Reuters 3rd ed. 2014 (Volume 25 of Washington Practice)

Elements of an Action, Thomson Reuters (Volume 29 of Washington Practice)

Civil Jury Instruction Handbook, Thomson Reuters (Volume 6B of Washington Practice)

The Development of Insurance Bad Faith in Washington, 49 Gonz. L. Rev. 478 (2014).

The Washington Supreme Court and the State Constitution:  A 2010 Assessment (with Michael Bindas, Seth Cooper, and Michael Reitz), 46 Gonz. L. Rev. 1 (2010-11)

The “Teach the Controversy” Controversy, 4 U. St. Thomas J. L. & Public Policy 326 (2009)

Review of the book, Ten Tortured Words, by Stephen Mansfield, Denver University Law Review (2007)

Intelligent Design Will Survive Kitzmiller v. Dover, 68 Montana Law Review 7 (2007).

Rebuttal to Irons, 68 Montana Law Review 89 (2007).

Teaching the Origins Controversy: Science, or Religion, or Speech? (with Stephen C. Meyer and Mark DeForrest), 2000 Utah L. Rev. 39 (2000)

Teaching Harbeson, Journal of Legal Education, December 2004

Academic Freedom After Edwards, published in 13 Regent University Law Review 447 (2001)

Review of The Catholic University as Promise and Project: Reflections in a Jesuit Idiom, by Michael J. Buckley, published in 16 J.Law and Religion 423 (2001)

 Liability for Product Manufacturers in Washington: When is Strict Liability Appropriate? 27 Gonz. L. Rev. 217 (1991-92)

 Comparative Contribution Statutes and the Effect of Settlement on Claim Reduction, 23 Gonz. L. Rev. 37 (1987/88)

 Assumption of Risk and Abnormally Dangerous Activities: A Proposal (with Deborah G. Hander), 51 Mont. L. Rev. 161 (1990)

 State Action Under the Religion Clauses: Neutral in Result or Neutral in Treatment? 24 U. Richmond L. Rev. 253 (1990)

 Book Review / Essay (reviewing Laurence Tribe, Abortion: The Clash of Absolutes), 26 Gonz. L. Rev. 257 (1990/91)

Fetal Position: The Pro-life Majority in Congress has a unique opportunity to Adopt Sensible Limits on Elective Abortion National Review, March 20, 1995 (with Stephen C. Meyer)

A Pro-Life Case for the Daschle Bill, Wall Street Journal, June 6, 1997 (with Stephen C. Meyer)

 PERSONAL

 Born, 8-23-49; married (Priscilla Ellwood), 1972. four children.

  MEMBERSHIPS

 Washington State Bar Association, since 1980