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FEATURES
10
117th Annual
Lincoln Day Banquet
By Nina Caldwell
13
Letters to the Editor
14
Meet the New
2025 Board of Trustees
19
Editorial –
Inside Justice Thomas,
There are Two Wolves,
Right?
By Rob Henry
24
Mentees and Mentors
By Judge Diana Kiesel,
Pierce County Superior Court
28
The Mediation Dance
Part II
By Michelle Luna
30
Tax Tips for
Solo Practitioners
By David Shelvey
Designed by:
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
5
Inside this Issue
By Elizabeth Vincent
6
President’s Page
By Elizabeth Johnson
9
Briefly –
A Word from the
Executive Director
By Kit Kasner
32
Attorney Spotlight –
Meet Lauren Romero
By Elizabeth Johnson
37
Law Library News
By Stephen Seely
38
Tacomaprobono
Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
42
Classifieds
ON THE COVER:
2025 Board of Trustees
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
Jason Johnson, Trustee
Sven Nelson, 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 Randall Hansen, 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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