2005 Notice of Board of Governors Election

Four positions on the WSBA Board of Governors will be up for election this year.  These are the governors representing the 3rd, 6th, 8th and 7th - East* Congressional Districts. These positions are currently held by Joni R. Kerr (3rd District), Howard L. Graham (6th District), Randolph Gordon (8th District) and Andrea Brenneke (7th - East District).

The WSBA Bylaws provide that any member in good standing, except a member previously elected to the Board of Governors, may be nominated for the office of governor from the Congressional District (or geographical region within the 7th district*) in which such member is entitled to vote.  Nominations are made by filing a statement of interest and a biographical statement of 100 words or less.

Generally, members are entitled to vote in the congressional district in which the member resides.  All out-of-state active WSBA members are eligible to vote in the district of the address of their agent within Washington for the purpose of receiving service of process as required by APR 5(e), or, if specifically designated to the executive director, within the district of their primary Washington practice.

Nomination forms are available from the Office of the Executive Director, 2101 Fourth Avenue, Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98121-2330; 206-727-8244 and the WSBA Web site at www.wsba.org.  The WSBA executive director must receive nomination forms by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 1, 2005.  The Board of Governors determines the official dates of the election.  Ballots are mailed on the 15th of April and counted approximately the 15th of May.

*Note: The biographical statements of nominated candidates will be published in the May issue of Bar News. 

*The 7th Congressional District is divided into three sub-districts, East, Central, and West.  These sub-districts are distinguished by zip codes and each has one elected governor.  For the coming year, the east sub-district (zip codes are 98028, 98055, 98105, 98115, 98118, 98122, 98125, 98129, 98144, 98145, 98155, 98178, and 98185) will elect a new governor.

Nomination Forms