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FEATURES
12
Editorial –
Homeless in Tacoma
By John Cain
16
Becoming and Being a
Judge – An Interview with
Judge Steve Krupa
By Professor John Weaver, Ret.
18
AI in Legal Education:
a Seattle University Excerpt
By Owen Leupold, Kathryn
Boling, LeighAnne Thompson
20
Habitat Continues to
Make a Difference in 2025
By Mark Holcomb
& Sherrana Kildun
22
The Mediation Dance:
Part 1
By Michelle Luna
24
Bridging the Divide:
Desirée Wilkins Finch and
the Tacoma Urban League
26
Judges Retirement
Party Recap
By Catherine Case
30
Invasion of the
Mysterious Drones
By Prof. John Weaver, ret.
Designed by:
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
5
Inside this Issue
By Elizabeth Vincent
7
President’s Page
By Catherine Case
9
A Conversation with
Liz Johnson,
2025 TPCBA President
By Michelle Luna
11
Briefly – A Word from the
Executive Director
By Kit Kasner
34
New & Young Lawyer’s
Report – Lawyer Spotlight:
Meet Patrick Brown
By Christopher Walsh
37
Law Library News –
Winter Update
By Stephen Seely
38
Tacomaprobono
Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
41
Classifieds
ON THE COVER:
Lincoln Day Banquet 2025
The Pierce County Lawyer is published as a service to the
membership of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association
2024 BOARD OF TRUSTEES (thru 2/7/25)
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
John Cummings, QLaw Association Liason
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, 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
John Cain, Richard DeJean, Antoni Froehling, Shannon Hadeed,
Michelle Luna, Nigel Malden, Salvador Mungia, David Shelvey,
David Smith, David Snell, Carlos Sosa, Christopher Walsh, John Weaver
and law students Viveca Burnette and Owen Leupold
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