May 2000

Board of Governors Candidate Biographical Statements

Please note: ballots will mailed after May 15, 2000. Deadline for voting is 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 15, 2000. Ballots will be counted on Monday, June 19, 2000 at the WSBA office.

1st Congressional District — Ken Davidson

At the beginning of the 21st century, our profession and the courts face considerable challenges in operating a legal system that is effective and open to all. In response, the WSBA must provide leadership to:

1. Support adequate funding for all components of the justice system;

2. Promote public education of and respect for the law, the courts and the work of our profession;

3. Assure delivery of quality legal services; and

4. Provide better ways to make the justice system responsive, fair and accessible.

I am pledging my time and skills to the Board of Governors to carry out these objectives. Serving on the BOG, I will draw on my experience from 25 years of private practice, five years on the Access to Justice Board, and many different roles in the King County Bar Association, the East King County Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, and other worthy organizations. I look forward to addressing the challenges ahead.

5th Congressional District — William D. Hyslop, Peter Karademos and John M. Riley III

A Spokane native, Bill has practiced law at Lukins & Annis, P.S. in litigation and construction law since 1980. Between 1991 and 1993, he was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington.

In June, Bill is completing his term as president of the Spokane County Bar Association. This has included serving six years on the board, and serving as chair of the Professionalism, CLE and Superior Court Liaison committees. At the WSBA, he chaired the 2000 Bar Leaders Conference and served on the 1999 Bar Leaders Conference Committee. An advocate for access to justice, Bill is a former vice-chair of the Equal Justice Coalition, and has served on several LAW Fund/EJC lobbying efforts for legal services funding. This past year, he helped facilitate the WSBA’s long-range planning meeting in Spokane, and he attended the ABA Bar Leaders’ National Institute. He belongs to the WSBA Litigation and Public Procurement and Private Construction Law sections.

His education includes a J.D. from Gonzaga Law School (1980), a Master of Public Administration from the University of Washington (1977), and a B.A. from Washington State University (1973). He has also been very involved in leadership roles in many state, community, political and civic activities. These include serving as co-chair of the Citizens for Spokane Schools, chair of the campaign committee that led to Spokane’s new arena, and past-president of the WSU Alumni Association.

Please contact Bill at 509-455-9555 or whyslop@lukins.com with your WSBA concerns and issues. He wants the WSBA to be responsive to you, and he wants to hear from you.

My name is Peter J. Karademos. I am from the 5th congressional district, practicing in Spokane. I have been licensed since October 1974. I am running for a position on the Board of Governors because I have always been very much involved in serving my fellow attorneys through the Bar Association. I wish to continue in that endeavor. I have served on the Family Law Executive Committee for the WSBA for seven years, and have been very involved in the support of legislation beneficial to my fellow attorneys. I personally was involved in the most recent modification of the Child Placement Modification statute. I have been extensively involved in the support and passage of 2000 relocation legislation. I am also a member of the Legislative Committee for the WSBA, working on the passage of legislation. I wish to continue those types of tasks through a seat on the Board of Governors. I believe that the individuals who serve on the Board of Governors play a very important part in the passage of new rules or new legislation that affect all of us. I pledge to work hard. I am respectfully requesting your support.

I am a partner at Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole P.S. I received a B.A. from Whitman College, and my J.D. from Gonzaga School of Law. I am a Spokane native. I practice primarily in business and real estate-related law.

I believe that I am uniquely qualified for the 5th district governor position, in that during my 20 years of practice, I have spent a substantial portion of my time in Bar Association activities. I served as chair of the Spokane County Bar Young Lawyers in the early 1980s. I was a board member, officer or president of the WSBA Young Lawyers Division from 1983 to 1988. From 1990 to 1992, I served as a trustee of the Spokane County Bar Association and was a member of the WSBA Legislative Committee. In 1993, I was elected to the Executive Committee of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, where I served as chair and am now finishing my term as past-chair. I also have served on the WSBA CLE Committee and have served four years on the WSBA Resolutions Committee, the last two as chair. Since 1983, I have attended many Board of Governors meetings. I have been faculty/author or chair of 12 WSBA CLEs since 1992.

I would be honored to serve on the Board of Governors. I have been a lawyer in a small firm, a large firm, as well as general counsel for a corporation. I know the life and needs of the 5th district lawyers. I will focus on making sure the Board meets your needs.

7th-West Congressional District — Lucy Isaki and Harry McCarthy

Admitted to practice in 1977 after graduation from UPS, Lucy is a Senior Assistant Attorney General and handles complex defense litigation. She was a partner at Bogle & Gates at the time of its dissolution.

Lucy is completing a term as president of the King County Bar Association. She is past-president of the Seattle Chapter of Washington Women Lawyers, and past-chair of the board of visitors at Seattle University Law School. Lucy was KCBA’s delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, president of the Legal Foundation Board in 1995, and chair of the Equal Justice Coalition in 1998. She was a liaison to the WSBA Board of Governors, and has served on several Bar committees.

Since 1973, I have resided in Seattle with my family and practiced law. For the last two years, I have served as a judge pro-tempore for the Superior Court and for the District Court of King County. During 1999-2000, I have taught trial advocacy as an adjunct professor at the University of Washington Law School. I have also been active on the Professionalism Committee of the WSBA. From 1973 to 1998, I practiced as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Seattle. For the last four years of my career in the office, I served as Chief of the Criminal Division.

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