Governor Douglas C. Lawrence
8th District
Message from Doug Lawrence
I am very proud to have been elected to represent the lawyers of the 8th Congressional District on the Washington State Bar Association. The WSBA is here to serve and assist the lawyers of Washington. If you have any questions or suggestions concerning the WSBA and how it may better serve you and the legal community, I welcome your comments.
Many significant issues come before the Board of Governors during the year. Most are formally considered during the Board's regular meetings. I invite you to review the agenda for each meeting and let me know of any areas of specific interest or concern. The agendas are normally posted on the Board of Governors page in advance of the meetings. Here is the link: http://www.wsba.org/info/bog/default.htm. You will also find minutes of past meetings which will highlight the matters that were considered and the actions that were taken. I look forward to receiving your input.
Services for Our Members
The WSBA provides many services for its members. Most of you are probably familiar with the excellent CLE programs sponsored by the Bar, and with the Bar's deskbook series. These are excellent resources for keeping up to date and learning about the most recent developments in the law. The Bar also rolled out Casemaker for its members last year — a no cost research tool for case law, statutes, ethics opinions, court rules and more. If you haven't done so already, check it out! There is a link to Casemaker on the WSBA homepage at http://www.wsba.org.
For a listing of some of the other services the WSBA provides to our members, click on this link. If there are other specific benefits that you think WSBA should consider offering, just let me know so that we can consider them.
About Doug Lawrence
Doug Lawrence is a shareholder with the firm of Stokes Lawrence, P.S. Doug's practice focuses on estate planning and probate matters. He received his B.A. in classical studies with high honors from Michigan State University and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law).
Doug is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, the past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the Washington State Bar, and a past Chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the King County Bar Association.
He has been actively involved in the drafting and passage of trust and estate related legislation, including the Trust and Estate Dispute Resolution Act of 1999 (TEDRA), and the Trust Act of 1984. Doug received the 1999 Washington State Bar Association Award of Merit for his part in drafting TEDRA. He has authored several articles on estate and probate matters, and has been a frequent lecturer on those subjects.
Doug is also a former adjunct professor of law at Seattle University School of Law and taught Estate Planning for the JD and LLM in Taxation programs at the University of Washington School of Law. His three-year term as WSBA 8th District Governer expires in September 2008.
About the 8th District
The 8th Congressional District seat on the Washington State Bar Association corresponds to the 8th Congressional Seat for the United States Congress currently held by Representative Reichert. As presently configured, the District extends from the King County-Snohomish County border on the north to the Pierce County-Lewis County border on the south, and most of King County east of Lake Washington and most of Pierce County east of Tacoma. The following cities or towns are within the 8th District: Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Buckley, Carnation, Duvall, Eatonville, Enumclaw, Issaquah, Maple Valley, New Castle, North Bend, Orting, Redmond, Sammamish, and Snoqualmie. If your representative in the U.S. Congress is Dave Reichert, you are in the 8th Congressional District. View map.
