Kennewick Lawyer Fran Forgette Receives "Local Hero" Award

Kennewick lawyer Fran Forgette was recently honored with the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) "Local Hero" Award. He received the award for outstanding volunteer service to the residents of the Tri-City area. The "Local Hero" Award is an effort to acknowledge lawyers who quietly champion justice in their communities.

Mr. Forgette is a partner in the firm of Rettig, Osborne, Forgette, O'Donnell, Iller & Adamson LLP, which he joined in 1977. He has been active in numerous Tri-City civic groups, including the Mid-Columbia Education Alliance, a business/education partnership. He founded the Adopt-A-Disk Program, now part of the Alliance, in 1994. It is a continuing partnership between local businesses and education that provides technology funding for computer software and peripherals to every elementary school in the Tri-City area. Mr. Forgette is the administrator of the program and serves on the executive committee of the Alliance.

Mr. Forgette is a member of the board of directors and the executive committee of TRIDEC, the economic development entity for the greater Tri-City area, and he previously served as volunteer legal counsel for TRIDEC. He is the immediate past-president and current member of the Tri-Cities Cancer Center Board of Directors, and is a past-president of the Tri-City Area Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-Cities Estate Planning Council.