Posts from the WSBA President
Last week was a busy week! It started with meetings on Monday of the Strategic Planning and Diversity Committees. Brian Kelly and the Strategic Planning Committee are making good progress and will have a set of goals for discussion at the next board meeting. Tracy Flood is moving forward on a couple fronts with the […]
Read More…The highlight of last week was the WSBA Staff Holiday Party and Charity Auction, which was held on Wednesday afternoon at the bar office. Your officers—Steve, Patrick, and I—challenged a staff team—Megan, Joy, Alison, and Pamela—to Family Feud WSBA Style. The rest of the staff looked on as we all tried to name the top […]
Read More…Last Wednesday was Seattle University Law School’s annual holiday party, an event that always makes me feel very connected to the community of lawyers here in Washington. Many of the faculty attended. And I had a chance to congratulate Lisa Brodoff, who with her partner Lynne, was stopping off at the Thurston County Courthouse on […]
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…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…There is one constant about serving as WSBA President, and that is that this job has me out connecting with and meeting WSBA members and others in the legal community near every single day. To recap last week, on Tuesday I attended the South Asian Bar’s annual event at FareStart. Like many of the other […]
Read More…It was another busy week in my role as WSBA president, but one that was extremely rewarding and energizing.
Read More…As I mentioned in my welcome post last week, I’ll be providing you an update early each week on some of the key highlights and happenings encompassed in my role as WSBA President. Last week provided me a much-welcomed reprieve, having come off a week that had me at more than 12 meetings/engagements in a […]
Read More…I welcome you to the WSBA’s new blog. I’m excited about the opportunities it brings – the ability to share information, ideas, and opinions while engaging and interacting about subjects of interest. To give you a better window into the presidency and what it entails, on Mondays I plan on sharing highlights from my previous […]
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