The holidays are here, and the next month or so will be a seemingly endless stretch of office potlucks, ugly sweater parties, cookie exchanges, and other gatherings where you’ll be expected to bring a dish. Short on time, culinary skill, and/or enthusiasm? Not to worry! These foolproof dishes will shine at any event, and nobody […]
Read More…5 Keys to Remembering Names C — Concentrate on listening, instead of what you’re about to say. O — Observe the owner of the name: look into their eyes as they say their name. U — Understand the name and its pronunciation. R — Repeat the name immediately. T — Translate the name into a word that […]
Read More…This past April, my parents invited me and my brother on a cruise through the Galapagos Islands aboard the National Geographic Endeavor. On the second night we anchored off of Isla Espanola, also known as Hood Island. The island is famous as an albatross breeding ground. As a maritime attorney and local Hood River history […]
Read More…You’re eating lunch with a colleague. As you discuss a case your firm is trying, the person across the table taps their smartphone just long enough for the screen to light up. The phone isn’t ringing or vibrating, but they check it anyway. They make eye contact with you, only to look away a few […]
Read More…Keeping your practice safe from Internet check scams is getting harder and harder these days, as scammers get increasingly sophisticated. Lately there has been a rash of email check scams targeted to attorneys’ inboxes. Have you seen one of these scams in action?
Read More…Does information collected by a hospital to review the qualifications of a physician for admission to medical staff constitute ”peer review” or ”quality improvement”? In a decision issued September 20, 2012, the Washington State Supreme Court concluded that when a hospital, through its medical staff, initially reviews the qualifications of a physician for admission to […]
Read More…Traditional legal practice is not the only employment option for those with a J.D. Despite the complexity, evaluating non-legal employment prospects may be well worth your time and effort. Depending upon the industry and position, the rewards can include: stable income and benefits, flexible hours, greater work-life balance, unlimited job growth potential, and the opportunity […]
Read More…Last week’s main event was the Board of Governors meeting in Seattle; my first meeting as WSBA’s president. One of the most interesting topics was the new amendments to the Mandatory Continuing Education Rules. The proposed changes would allow a greater number of credits for doing pro bono work, but the credits would be counted […]
Read More…Many of us know about the Washington Leadership Institute (WLI), but what is a CSP? Community Service Projects, or CSPs, are designed by WLI fellows with an aim toward improving the civil or criminal justice system, the public’s perception of the legal system or lawyers, or the efficiency of the WSBA. WLI fellows are tasked […]
Read More…I am told that the November issue of Bar News, which contained an article called Pillow Talk: The Obligations of RPC 1.6, authored by Jamila Johnson, drew substantial discussion. I’d like to clarify the remarks I made that were included in the story. It may seem that our confidentiality rule, RPC 1.6, is of ancient […]
Read More…Burned out? Bummed out? Second-guessing your decision to pursue a career in the law? I have the antidote. Below are 5 of the best courtroom scenes ever from Hollywood movies. You’ve probably seen them all before — but that’s because they’re classics. Never mind that they don’t much resemble what actually goes on in court. Nobody would watch a movie in […]
Read More…With the recent churn on the Court — the last five years have seen a new chief; the arrival of Justices Stephens, Wiggins, and Gonzalez; and Justice Chambers’ impending retirement — there is always plenty to cover. Case Facts In re Personal Restraint Petition of Glasmann, No. 84475-7, is a doozy. Edward Glasmann held quite […]
Read More…The iconic curse of baseball great Babe Ruth took one last victim after the company responsible for the demolition of the original Yankee Stadium filed for bankruptcy. Demco Inc., the construction company responsible for tearing down Yankee stadium, has been struggling through the economic downturn and finally called it quits in August 2012. The city of New […]
Read More…A quiet week for me, a momentous week for our country. Without question, the election consumed the national attention last week and left no room for the normal event schedule. Which is just as well since I stayed up too late watching the returns come in. The sole event I attended was a meeting of […]
Read More…Autumn is always a special time of year in the Admissions department at the WSBA. Around this time, we release results and the pass list from the summer bar exam, and open up applications for the winter exam. We get a barrage of questions about every step of the admissions process, from applying to sit for […]
Read More…The Seattle Times recently featured an interesting article about Seattle fashion sense, which asked whether Seattle is one of the country’s worst dressed cities. Interestingly enough, the results of the featured study showed that Seattle ladies represent pretty well, coming in as fourth-best dressed after San Francisco, New York and D.C. The dudes are dragging […]
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