Profile of Randy Gordon on Famous Like Me

Randolph I. Gordon is a Democrat from Bellevue, Washington. As of 2005, he is running a campaign to unseat U.S. Representative Dave Reichert in the 8th District in Washington. He owns his own law firm and is an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University School of Law.

Early Life

Randy Gordon was born in Brooklyn, New York

Education

• 1975 B.A. University of Michigan with High Honors and High Distinction
• 1978 J.D. Harvard Law School

Career

In 1978 he started his law practice at the law firm Riddell, Williams, Bullitt & Walkinshaw of Seattle, Washington. Then in 1983, he became a principal in the law firm Casey Gordon Davis, P.S. from 1983 to 2002. This practice emphasized trial practice, business and commercial litigation, products liability and plaintiff personal injury, toxic tort and chemical exposure litigation, mediation and arbitration, court-appointed special master. In 1995, he was the appellants’ counsel in Birklid v. Boeing, 127 Wn.2d 853, a landmark case where he represented seventeen workers that were exposed to toxic phenol compound fumes. The case determined that knowledge of a hazardous condition constitutes 'deliberate intention'. . Since 2002, he is a principal of the Bellevue, Washington law firm Gordon Edmunds Elder PLLC where his specialties are Mediation and Arbitration, Civil Litigation, Personal Injury Law, Toxic Exposure Law, and Products Liability.

Also, since spring term 1999, he has taught as an Adjunct Professor at the Seattle University School of Law, where he specializes in products liability and remedies.

In his bid for 2006 US House of Representative to unseat the incumbent Dave Reichert, Randy Gordon will face ex-Microsoft Product Manager Darcy Burner of Carnation, Washington in the September 2006 Democratic primary election.

Pro-Bono Work

• Randy Gordon, Paul Lehto and John Wells are asking King County Superior court to void Sequoia’s contract which has effectively allowed them to conduct elections. Gordon argues that by outsourcing voting to a private company which keeps its process secret, the individual's right to a election process that is transparent and observable is being abridged. Gordon is seeking a refund of $5 million for Snohomish County for 1000 voting machines.
• Eastside Legal Assistance Program (volunteer lawyer)
• American String Project (board member)
• Pacific Northwest Ballet (member of the Barre)
• Eastside YMCA (Parent-Child Program leader)
• Washington State Karate Association (Counsel)
• USA-National Karate-do Federation (Presiding Officer of National Board of Review; General Counsel)
• Washington State Bar Association (Special District Counsel)
• Hearing Officer; Governor, 8th Congressional District)
• Lake Bellevue Water Quality Association; and others.

Honors and Awards

• Invited on three occasions in the last five years to give the Commencement Address to the graduating case
• 1993, 2003 Outstanding Faculty Award
• Board of Student Advisers
• The Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
• Founded the still extant orientation program
• Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year
• Branstrom Prize
• Bain-Swiggett Prize for poetry
• James B. Angell Scholar
• 1998 Public Justice Award
• 2001 Professionalism Award
• 2001 President's Award
• 2005 Rising Star of the Democratic Party
• Three times received the Washington Law & Politics "Super Lawyer" award by peer selection

Views

Gordon is a progressive democrat that has appeal with the growing disatisfaction with the current Bush adminsitration in the 8th congressional district. His top priorities in his campaign are to make strides to better basic needs for the society - healthcare, poverty, homelessness and getting out of Iraq, which he feels is a diversion of resources overseas.

Animal and Wildlife Issues

Appropriations

Budget, Spending and Taxes

• Pro Fiscal Responsibility

Business and Consumers

Civil Liberties, Human Rights

• Pro Free Press
• Pro Personal Privacy
• Pro Social Justice

Congressional Affairs

Economy

• Pro American Innovation
• Pro Living Wage
• Believes in government to create conditions within which its citizens may flourish and rejects policies that put corporate greed before human need.

Education

• Pro Affordable Education

Election Process

• A champion for trustworthy elections. Gordon believes that outsourcing voting to a company that keeps its voting process secret is a violation of the voting rights act and an individuals right to an open and observable election. Gordon believes that companies that provide electronic voting equipment must comply with the same laws as counties do in conducting an election.

Energy

• Pro Energy Independance
• Wants more fuel efficient cars by increasing the CAFE standards to 36 miles per gallon.

Environment

• Pro Environmental Stewardship
• Wants Clean Air rather than the addition of 90,000 more pounds of neurotoxic mercury into the air. The U.S. EPA identified Mercury as greatest concern of all toxin released into the air by power plants.

Foreign Aid and Policy Issues

Gun Issues

Health Issues

• Pro Healthcare Reform
• Advocates for better, safer health care on I-336 and against the destructive I-330.
• Would like to make sure that people's health does not depend on their wealth.

Housing and Property Issues

Immigration

Iraq War

• Pro getting out of Iraq
• Feels that Iraq is a diversion of resources overseas

Legal Issues

National Security Issues

• Pro National Security

Science and Medical Research

Social Security

• Argues that Social Security rests on a foundation of shared moral precepts, such as the conviction that “a person’s health shouldn’t depend on their wealth.” The program is “one of the great institutions that has stood for the principle of the common welfare” since its establishment in 1935

Trade Issues

Transportation Issues

Women

• Pro Choice
• Pro Women's Rights

Speeches

• Proud to be a Lawyer Randy Gordon, Seattle University School of Law Commencement Address, Seattle, Washington, December 16, 2000.
• Proud to be a Lawyer Randy Gordon, Seattle University School of Law Commencement Address, Seattle, Washington, December 22, 2001
• Commencement Address Randy Gordon, Seattle University School of Law Commencement Address, Seattle, Washington, December 20, 2003

Memberships and Affiliations

• East King County Bar Association (Trustee, Vice President, President)
• King County Bar Association (East King County Trustee)
• Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (Governor, 8th District; Liaison to State Bar)
• Bellevue Kiwanis

Family

• Randy Gordon, divorced, has two daughters, Katie (20) and Becky (17), and a step daughter Brittany (19).

Also See

• Randy Gordon's Resume

External Links

• Randy Gordon for Congress
• the Randy Gordon Photo Gallery
• Washington Congressional Races in 2006

• MoveOn brings activists together to set a course for the future Tracy Johnson Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 22, 2004
• Reichert faces competition for 8th District seat Dean A. Radford King County Journal September 14, 2005
• 2 Democrats enter race for Congress Ashley Bach Seattle Times September 14, 2005
• Two Democrats already have Reichert in their sights The Associated Press the News TribuneSeptember 15, 2005
• Democrats aim to pick up more seats in Congress State's majority party goes on the offensive against Republicans David Ammons Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 19, 2005

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