Blake is a longtime Tacoma attorney who represents peace and environmental activists in a variety of state and federal trials.

Blake’s legal practice is diverse and includes criminal defense and personal injury work. He does pro bono work related to victim advocacy, hospice work, and his work for a pediatric HIV/AIDS support organization. Blake’s work reflects his commitment to social justice, including one of Washington’s last death penalty defense trials and defense of Father Bill Bichsel, Sister Anne Montgomery and others who engaged in civil resistance against nuclear weapons. Blake has also successfully represented many environmental activists in jury trials and serves on many boards dedicated to issues close to his heart.

Blake believes that theater has an important role in bringing our community together as we continue to suffer the effects of a pandemic, and considers the work of this board to be more vital to our community than ever.