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Gary Swearingen serves as Corporate Counsel at Costco Wholesale since January 2014, bringing extensive legal expertise from previous roles, including Associate General Counsel and Vice President of Legal Affairs at Motricity, where responsibilities included overseeing customer and vendor contracts during significant business transformation. Prior experience includes Senior Counsel at Washington Mutual, negotiating complex vendor and technology licensing contracts, and serving as a Partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology Group at Garvey Schubert Barer, where a broad range of technology and intellectual property matters were managed. Early career experience includes a role as a Research Analyst at Mathematica Policy Research, focusing on Medicare's managed healthcare initiatives. Gary Swearingen holds a JD from the University of Washington School of Law and a BS in Economics and Political Science from Willamette University.