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FEATURES
10
Editorial: Nostalgic for
the Holidays, Neuroplastic
for the New Year
By David Snell
12
The Academy Awards®
Convention Follow-Up
By Heather Swann
14
Pierce County Launches
Juror Pay Pilot
By Washington Courts
16
My Top Ten Tech Gifts
By David Smith
20
Tzi-Tzith-
A Story About Hannukah
By Joseph Allen Smith
25
Holidays and Memories
By Paula Olson
27
Toucan Sam and Me
By Prof. John Weaver, ret.
ON THE COVER:
Happy Holidays from your TPCBA
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
5
Insider
By Elizabeth Vincent
7
President’s Page
By Catherine Case
9
Briefly – A Word from
the Executive Director
By Kit Kasner
28
New & Young
Lawyers Section:
Meet Brenna Quinlan
By Christopher Walsh
30
How I Found Out
About the Law or...
How the Law Found Me
By David Shelvey
35
Law Library News
Fall Update
By Stephen Seely
36
Tacomaprobono
Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
40
Classifieds
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
A representative from the QLaw Association
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.
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Lawyer magazine do not necessarily reflect the official position
of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. Advertisers are not
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