2011 Press Releases

• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Bellingham December 9–10 (December 6, 2011)
• Washington State Bar Association Honors 50-Year Members (November 10, 2011)
• Joanna Plichta Boisen to Receive 2011 WSBA Young Lawyers Division Thomas Neville Pro Bono Award (November 7, 2011)
• National Organization of Bar Counsel Passes Resolution in Honor of WSBA General Counsel Robert Welden (November 4, 2011)
• Lynn Johnson to Receive WSBA Local Hero Award (October 25, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Tacoma October 28 (October 25, 2011)
• Dainen N. Penta Sworn In as WSBA Young Lawyers Division 2011-12 President (October 24, 2011)
• 585 Candidates Pass Summer 2011 Washington State Bar Exam (October 17, 2011)
• Washington First Responder Will Clinic to Be Held October 8 in Puyallup (October 6, 2011)
• Washington First Responder Will Clinic Held October 1 in Spokane (October 3, 2011)
• New WSBA President, President-elect, and Governors Sworn In (September 23, 2011) 
• David Keenan Receives 2011 Outstanding Young Lawyer Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Judge Marlin Appelwick Receives 2011 President’s Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Judge Steven C. González Receives 2011 Outstanding Judge of the Year Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Judge Mary I. Yu Receives 2011 Outstanding Judge of the Year Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Robert D. Welden Receives 2011 Lifetime Service Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Tim Connor Receives 2011 WSBA Excellence in Legal Journalism Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Kripa Upadhyay Receives 2011 Community Service Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Ramona Writt Receives 2011 Excellence in Diversity Award (September 23, 2011) 
• Charles Sipos Receives 2011 Award of Merit (September 23, 2011) 
• Harry Schneider Receives 2011 Award of Merit (September 23, 2011) 
• Joseph McMillan Receives 2011 Award of Merit (September 23, 2011) 
• Justice Mary Fairhurst Receives 2011 Award of Merit (September 23, 2011) 
• Margaret Fisher Receives 2011 Angelo Petruss Award for Lawyers in Public Service (September 23, 2011) 
• Craig A. Sims Receives 2011 WSBA Professionalism Award (September 23, 2011) 
• 2011 WSBA Annual Awards Dinner to Be Held on September 22 (September 20, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Seattle September 22–23 (September 20, 2011)
• Washington Lawyers Give Back to First Responders on 10th Anniversary of 9-11 (September 7, 2011)
• Legal Self-Help Educator Wins Flame of Democracy Award (July 29, 2011)
• Jeffrey Damasiewicz Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (July 27, 2011)
• WSBA Governor Nancy L. Isserlis Elected Treasurer for 2011–12 (July 26, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Ocean Shores July 22–23 (July 20, 2011)
• WSBA Home Foreclosure Legal Aid Project to Continue Thanks to $1.1 Million Grant from Washington State Attorney General’s Office (July 15, 2011)
• Washington First Responder Will Clinic to Be Held July 9 for Walla Walla/Tri-Cities Area (July 5, 2011)
• James W. Armstrong Jr. Elected WSBA At-Large Governor (June 23, 2011)
• Daniel G. Ford Elected WSBA District 7-East Governor (June 23, 2011)
• Vernon W. Harkins Elected WSBA District 6 Governor (June 23, 2011)
• Brian J. Kelly Elected WSBA District 3 Governor (June 23, 2011)
• Wilton S. "Bill" Viall III Elected WSBA District 8 Governor (June 23, 2011)
• Bronson J. Brown Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (June 7, 2011)
• Michele G. Radosevich Elected 2011–2012 WSBA President-elect (June 7, 2011)
• Washington State Bar Association and Access to Justice Board to Host 16th Annual Access to Justice and Bar Leaders Conference June 3–5 in Kennewick (June 1, 2011)
• Colleen Kinerk Named Recipient of Norm Maleng Leadership Award (June 1, 2011)
• Joanne M. Hepburn Named Recipient of WSBA Pro Bono Award (June 1, 2011)
• Thomas E. Kelly Jr. Named Recipient of WSBA Pro Bono Award (June 1, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Kennewick June 3 (May 31, 2011)
• 324 Candidates Pass Winter 2011 Washington State Bar Exam (May 2, 2011)
• Loretta Story Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (May 2, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Bellevue April 29 (April 26, 2011)
• Washington First Responder Will Clinic to Be Held March 26 at Shoreline Fire Department Headquarters (March 22, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Spokane March 18 (March 15, 2011)
• John R. Clark Honored Posthumously with Local Hero Award (March 9, 2011)
• Paul B. Mack Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (March 9, 2011)
• Washington Adopts the Uniform Bar Exam; Uniform Bar Exam to Be Used Beginning July 2013 (February 1, 2011)
• Martha Trupp Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (February 1, 2011)
• Jon Tunheim Receives WSBA Local Hero Award (February 1, 2011)
• WSBA Board of Governors to Meet in Olympia January 27 (January 25, 2011)
• WSBA Civil Rights Law Section Honors the Memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 13, 2011)
• WSBA Leadership Institute Welcomes 2011 Class of Fellows (January 3, 2011)