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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
2023 BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Heather Swann, President
Catherine Case, President-Elect
Desiree Hosannah, Secretary-Treasurer Sarah Richardson, Immediate Past President Patrick Brown, President, Young Lawyers Section Leann Paluck, Family Law Section Liaison David Snell, Trustee
Elizabeth Vincent, Trustee
Nicholas Andrews, Trustee
Nina Caldwell, Trustee
Nichole Fisher, Trustee
Richard Wooster, Trustee
*Jessica Campbell, Criminal Law Section Liaison
*Melisa Evangelos, Tacomaprobono Liaison
*Desiree Hosannah, Minority Bar Association Liaison
*Leslie Bottimore, Collaborative Law Liaison
*Nichole Fisher, WA Women Lawyers Liaison
*Presiding Judge Tim Ashcraft, *Judge Stan Rumbaugh, *Judge Diana Kiesel, *Commissioner Philip Thornton,
Judicial Liaisons - Pierce Co. Superior Court
*Presiding Judge Kevin McCann, Judicial Liaison - Pierce Co. 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: Carlos Sosa
John Cain, Richard DeJean, Antoni Froehling, Shannon Hadeed, Nigel Malden, Salvador Mungia, David Shelvey, David Smith, David Snell, Elizabeth Vincent, John Weaver
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Editorial: Toward a Better Future By Jordan Couch
12
President’s Day(s)
in Court
By Professor John Weaver, ret.
17
Lawyer’s Helping Hungry Children By Arlene Joe
19
Quilts are Like Families
By Judge Stephanie Arend, ret.
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A Lawyer Who Had to Deal with the IRS By David Shelvey
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Update: Naughty or NICE?
By Jessica Campbell
24
Titan’s Last Trip
By Nigel Malden
ON THE COVER:
Inside this Issue
By Carlos Sosa
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President’s Page
By Heather Swann
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Briefly
By Kit Kasner
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Young Lawyers Section Report: Courts as Legislators, Police and Homeless Policy Czars?
By Nicole Fisher
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WSBA Board
of Governor’s Report By Todd Bloom
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Law Library News: Winter Update By Stephen Seely
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Tacomaprobono Community Lawyers By Laurie Davenport
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