Guide to Specialty Bar Associations

As of November 2009

American Immigration Lawyers Association (Washington State Chapter)
www.ailawa.org

Lisa Ellen Seifert, Chair (5/2008 - 5/2010)

Bonnie Stern Wasser, Vice Chair (5/2008 - 5/2010) 

Federal Bar Association of the Western District of
Washington
www.fba-wdwash.org

Stuart Dunwoody, President

Kirk Johns, Vice President

Government Lawyers Bar Association of Washington
www.wagovlaw.org

Jason T. McGill, President

Mother Attorneys Mentoring Association of Seattle (MAMAS)
www.mamaseattle.org

Rachel S. Black, President

Amy Jo Tangeman, Vice President

Washington Appellate Lawyers Association

Howard M. Goodfriend, Co-President (9/2008 – 9/2009)

Ken W. Masters, Co-President (9/2008 – 9/2009)

Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Teresa Mathis, Executive Director
1511 3rd Avenue, Ste. 503
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 623-1302
(206) 623-4257 Fax
teresa@wacdl.org
www.wacdl.org

Bill Bowman, President (6/2008 – 5/2009)

Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys

Gregory M. Banks, President (1/2009 - 12/2009)

Steven M. Clem, Vice President (1/2009 - 12/2009)

Washington Defender Association

Christie Hedman, Executive Director
110 Prefontaine Place S, Ste. 610
Seattle, WA  98104
(206) 623-4321
wda@defensenet.org
www.defensenet.org

John T. Rodgers, President (5/2008 - 4/2009)

L. Daniel Fessler, Vice President East

Jon Komorowski, Vice President West

Washington Defense Trial Lawyers

Kristin Lewis, Executive Director
701 Pike Street, Ste. 2200
Seattle, WA  98101
(206) 749-0319
(206) 749-0321 Fax
kristin@wdtl.org
www.wdtl.org

Jillian Barron, President

Emilia Sweeney, President-elect

Washington Employment Lawyers Association

Victoria L. Vreeland, Chair (1/2008 - 12/2009)

Kathleen Phair Barnard, Vice-chair (1/2008 - 12/2009)

Washington State Association of Municipal Attorneys
www.wsama.org

Heidi Wachter, President

Washington State Society of Health Care Attorneys
www.wssha.org

Dana L. Kenny, President 

Sallie Sanford, President-elect



Washington State Association for Justice (formerly known as Washington State Trial Lawyers Association)

1809 Seventh Ave., Ste. 1500
Seattle, WA  98101-1324
(206) 464-1011
(206) 464-0703 Fax
www.wstla.org

Bradford J. Fulton, President

Carol N. Johnston, President-elect