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FEATURES
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Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!
By Catherine Case
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Bar Convention Highlight for Kidz
By Presiding Judge Anneke Berry
15
Farewell to Dependency Court
By Judge Diana Kiesel
16
EDITORIAL:
Of Library Books & Things
By John Cain
19
Celebrate Law Day a Little Late
By Professor Emeritus John Weaver
20
Tacoma-Pierce County
Law Day 2025
By Judge Dee Sonntag
24
TPCBA’s Annual
Scramble Golf Tournament
By Michel B. Smith
27
Peer Support for Lawyers,
Judges and Law Students
By Carole Grayson
29
Attorney John Cummings Named
2025 City of Destiny Award Winner
By Elizabeth Johnson
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Access to Justice:
From Crisis to Change
By Jordan Couch
31
Ideas for Calendaring
and Routines for the Day
By David Shelvey
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
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Inside this Issue
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President’s Page
Call to Action: Share Your
Time, Stories and Heart
By Elizabeth Johnson
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Briefly - A Word from the
Executive Director
By Kit Kasner
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Law Library News
By Stephen Seely
39
Tacomaprobono
Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
40
Classifieds
ON THE COVER:
TPCBA Convention 2025
Designed by:
The Pierce County Lawyer is published as a service to the
membership of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
2025 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Elizabeth Johnson, President
Nina Caldwell, President-Elect
Laura Groves, Secretary-Treasurer
Catherine Case, Immediate Past President
Brenna Quinlan, President, Young Lawyers Section
Carlos Sosa, Family Law Section Liaison
Desiree Hosannah, Pierce County Minority Bar Association
Christy McKinley, Pierce County WA Women Lawyers Liaison
John Cummings, Q-Law Association Liaison
Michelle Luna, Trustee
Brad Hashimoto, Trustee
Jessica Campbell, Trustee
David Snell, Trustee
Sven Nelson, Trustee
Patrick Brown, Trustee
*Amity Bjork, Criminal Law Section Liaison
*Melisa Evangelos, Tacomaprobono Liaison
*Cindy Wysocki, Collaborative Law Liaison
*Judge Diana Kiesel, *Presiding Judge Susan Adams, *Judge Matthew
Thomas, *Presiding Commissioner Karen Watson, Judicial Liaisons
- Pierce County Superior Court
*Presiding Judge Claire Sussman, Judicial Liaison
- Pierce County District Court
*Commissioner Jason Johnson, 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
John Cain, Richard DeJean, Antoni Froehling, Shannon Hadeed,
Michelle Luna, Nigel Malden, David Shelvey, David Smith,
David Snell, Carlos Sosa, Christopher Walsh, John Weaver and law
students Viveca Burnette and Owen Leupold
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