Christopher T. Bayley served as the

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prosecuting attorney from 1971 to 1979. He remains active in the political, business, and legal communities of

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Early life and military service

Bayley received his Bachelor of Arts in history from

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(1960) and his

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from

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(1966). He also served three years as an active-duty officer in the

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. After his active-duty service, Bayley joined the

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and served until 1985, retiring as a Captain (O-6).

Legal and political career

Bayley began his legal career in 1966 as an associate at

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. He then served as a Deputy Attorney General and Chief of the Consumer Protection and Antitrust Division under Washington State Attorney General

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. In 1971, he was elected as the King County Prosecuting Attorney. In 1971, he led a grand jury investigation with Judge Stanley C. Soderland and attorney Evan Schwab into police payoffs. Bayley served two terms and was succeeded by

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in 1979. He then became Partner in Charge of Public Finance at

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. Bayley continued to remain active in

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politics in the state of

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. In 1998, he ran unsuccessfully for the

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, losing to Linda Smith in the

primaries.

Business career

Bayley has been involved in a number of business ventures. In 1982, he became Senior Vice President at Burlington Northern Resources. In 1985, he became President of Glacier Park Company (a real estate subsidiary of Burlington Northern Resources). In 1992, he left Burlington Northern Resources and became Chairman of New Pacific Partners. In 1998, Bayley formed the Resource Action Council (renamed to Stewardship Partners in 2002. Since 1999 Bayley has been Chair and Principal of Dylan Bay Consulting. Clients include law firms, companies and individual who need help with environmental or political strategy before the Washington legislature or local governments Recent projects include sale of 50,000 acres in the Teanaway Valley to the state for environmental protection and passage of the Washington Law on International Arbitration in the 2015 legislative session . Bayley has served as a member of the

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, and the national boards of

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, Discovery Institute, Scenic America and The National Organization for Olmsted Parks. As of February 2021, Bayley is the acting president of the Classical KING FM Board of Directors.

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External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20130510023629/http://www.stewardshippartners.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ Stewardship Partners Biography *http://www.sabre.org/about/bios/OD_bio_C_Bayley.php Sabre Foundation Biography *https://web.archive.org/web/20130514184243/http://www.olmsted.org/naop-about/naop-board-of-trustees/biographies/269 Olmsted Parks Biography *http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=720093&privcapId=165101&previousCapId=36873737&previousTitle=CLEARWIRE%20CORP-CLASS%20A Bloomberg Businessweek Biography * Christopher T. Bayley,
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Early life and military service

Legal and political career

Business career

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