Wayne D. Tanaka is a Member and past chair of the firm’s Municipal practice area. As a lead attorney, Mr. Tanaka is responsible for the full range of projects associated with our municipal clients, which include land use decisions, growth management, municipal financing, personnel matters, public records and open public meetings. He also represents municipal clients on a variety of other matters, such as shoreline management, local improvement districts, civil service and tort litigation.

Mr. Tanaka has been President and was on the Board of the Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys, the statewide organization of municipal attorneys. Mr. Tanaka served three terms on the Bellevue School District Board of Directors.

Mr. Tanaka was born in 1950 in Lufkin, Texas. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University in 1972 and received his law degree in 1975 from the University of Washington.