Francisco A. Duarte, a partner at the firm of Fox Bowman Duarte, is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington and Deputy King County Prosecutor. Mr. Duarte is a director and former chair of Lawyers Helping Hungry Children, a non-profit corporation, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Shakespeare Company. He is also past chair of the WSBA Criminal Law Section, the WSBA Criminal Justice Institute, and the Public Education Committee of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Mr. Duarte has taught trial practice at the Northwest College for DUI Defense, the WYLD Trial Advocacy Program and at the regional National Institute of Trial Advocacy. In 2006, Mr. Duarte was appointed to serve on the faculty of the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.
Mr. Duarte is a frequent lecturer at legal education programs on criminal law topics and has appeared on Northwest Cable News and radio programs as a legal analyst. Mr. Duarte has published articles on criminal law in Defense, Trial News, and The Warrior magazines. At FBD, Mr. Duarte practices criminal law exclusively, defending DUIs, felonies, and other serious traffic and criminal matters.
Instructor, Regional National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) 2005 – 2006
Lecturer, Washington Young Lawyers Division, Trial Advocacy Program 2003 – 2006
Former Chair and Current Board of Director, Lawyers Helping Hungry Children (non-profit corporation) 2002 – 2006
Former Chair and Current Executive Committee Member, WSBA Criminal Law Section 2002 – 2006
Former Chair and Current Steering Committee Member, WSBA Criminal Justice Institute 2002 – 2006
Secretary, Board of Directors, Seattle Shakespeare Company 2005 – 2006
Member of Motor Vehicle Crimes Subcommittee, Washington Pattern Jury Instructions 2003 – 2005
Lecturer, Northwest College for DUI Defense 1999 – 2003
Chair, Public Education Committee, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL) 2001 – 2002
Robert J. Connelly Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, University at Buffalo School of Law, SUNY 1994
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University at Buffalo School of Law, JD State University of New York, 1991 – 1994
University at Albany, BA Mathematics State University of New York, 1983 – 1987
Francisco A. Duarte, a partner at the firm of Fox Bowman Duarte, is a former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington and Deputy King County Prosecutor. Mr. Duarte is a director and former chair of Lawyers Helping Hungry Children, a non-profit corporation, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Seattle Shakespeare Company. He is also past chair of the WSBA Criminal Law Section, the WSBA Criminal Justice Institute, and the Public Education Committee of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
