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FEATURES
11
Editorial:
The Golden Dome
and the Golden Rule
By John Cain
12
TPCBA TRAVELS
Europe Travel
By Judge Rebecca Reeder
25 Years of Sturgis
By Antoni Froehling
Won’t You Let Me
Take You on a Cruise
By Prof. John Weaver, ret.
19
Animal Law Flyer
20
Why the Y
By Judge Lizanne Padula
22
A New Generation
of the Bar Exam
By Owen Leupold
25
My Foray Into
Immigration Court
By Judge Kitty-Ann van
Doorninck, ret.
28
Going Solo, Oh What a
Joy It is – or Not!
By David Shelvey
30
Invasion of the Mysterious
Drones - Part II
By Nigel Malden
36
Golf Flyers
CONTENTS
DEPARTMENTS
5
Inside this Issue
8
President’s Page
By Elizabeth Johnson
9
A Word from the
Executive Director
By Kit Kasner
26
Pierce County New &
Young Lawyers Report:
“Verdict in Vogue”
By Chris Walsh
36
Classifieds
37
Law Library News
By Stephen Seely
38
Tacomaprobono
Community Lawyers
By Laurie Davenport
ON THE COVER:
TPCBA TRAVELS 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
*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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