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FEATURES
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
The Pierce County Lawyer is published as a service to the membership of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Catherine Case, President
Elizabeth Johnson, President-Elect
Desiree Hosannah, Secretary-Treasurer
Heather Swann, Immediate Past President
Patrick Brown, President, Young Lawyers Section
Hannah Gurewitz, Family Law Section Liaison
Katherine Kameron, Pierce County Minority Bar Association Liaison Christy McKinley, Pierce County WA Women Lawyers Liaison
Nina Caldwell, Trustee
Nichole Fisher, Trustee Richard Wooster, Trustee Michelle Luna, Trustee Brad Hashimoto, Trustee Jessica Campbell, Trustee
*Amity Bjork, Criminal Law Section Liaison
*Melisa Evangelos, Tacomaprobono Liaison
*Cindy Wysocki, Collaborative Law Liaison
*Judge Diana Kiesel, *Judge Susan Adams, *Presiding Commissioner Philip Thornton, Judicial Liaisons, Pierce Co. Superior Court *Presiding Judge Kevin McCann, Judicial Liaison, Pierce Co. District Court *Commissioner Randall Hansen, Judicial Liaison, Tacoma Municipal Court *Todd Bloom, WSBA, Governor 6th District Liaison
*John Weaver, ret., Law School Liaison (* non-voting members)
PIERCE COUNTY LAWYER MAGAZINE COMMITTEE
Editor: Elizabeth Vincent, Co-Editor: David Shelvey
John Cain, Richard DeJean, Antoni Froehling, Shannon Hadeed, Michelle Luna, Nigel Malden, Salvador Mungia, David Smith, David Snell, Carlos Sosa, Christopher Walsh, John Weaver and law students Viveca Burnette and Owen Leupold
News contributions, information, advertising and letters to the editor are welcome. Readers are encouraged to submit letters to the editor on any topic. All submissions may be edited at the discretion of the Editor and PCL Committee and may be published on a space available basis.
The opinions expressed by the authors in the Pierce County Lawyer magazine do not necessarily reflect the official position of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. Advertisers are not necessarily endorsed by the TPCBA.
The Pierce County Lawyer Committee reserves the right to refuse advertising.
SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO:
Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Pierce County Lawyer Magazine
945 Fawcett Avenue, Suite C, Tacoma, WA 98402-5612 director@tpcba.com
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In Memoriam – Judge David Kenworthy By Judge Brian Tollefson, ret.
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Step Into the Spotlight – the 28th Annual Bar Convention
By Catherine Case
and Elizabeth Johnson
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Editorial –
The Envelope Please
By Professor John Weaver, Ret.
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The White Cascade – Book Review
By Judge Ronald Culpepper, Ret.
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Power of Attorney
By David Shelvey
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Addressing the Attorney Shortage in Pierce County By Cindy Wysocki
ON THE COVER:
Table of Contents
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Inside this Issue
By Elizabeth Vincent
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President’s Page
By Catherine Case
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Briefly –
A Word from the Executive Director By Kit Kasner
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Young Lawyer’s Report – Networking Goldmine By Michael McNeil
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Law Library News – Credit Scores, Corrections and Consternation By Stephen Seely
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Tacomaprobono Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
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