May 2000

Changing Venues

Doug Tingvall, in-house counsel for John L. Scott, has a secret second life starring in musicals around the Puget Sound area. Having previously held major roles in productions through the Gilbert & Sullivan Society and the Bellevue Opera, rumor has it that he’ll next appear as Emile in an Everett revival of "South Pacific."

The Honorable Joseph Farris of Seattle was elected Chair of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation at their 44th annual meeting in Dallas in February.

The Spokane County Bar Association has honored Richard D. McWilliams with the annual "Smithmoore P. Myers" Professionalism Award. Attorneys Lewis Orland and Donald McMannis were also recognized by SCBA for over 50 years of law practice each.

Ronald M. Gould, former WSBA President and member of the Board of Governors, has been officially sworn in as a circuit judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Seattle.

Joan Fitzpatrick has been named the holder of the new Jeffrey and Susan Brotman Endowed Professorship at the University of Washington School of Law. Jeffrey Brotman, the founder and chairman of Costco Inc., earned his law degree from UW in 1967.

Dorsey & Whitney LLP has announced that Irwin Treiger, a partner in the firm’s Seattle office, has been nominated by the American Bar Association Nominating Committee to serve on its Board of Directors. The nominees will be presented to the ABA House of Delegates in New York in July.

The Honorable Robert J. Bryan, a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, has been appointed to a four-year term on the Board of the Federal Judicial Center in Washington, D.C. This organization is the research, education and planning agency of the federal judicial system.

Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC in Seattle, for their new free program designed to help pro se litigants represent themselves in the court process. Christine Allen, the firm’s public service counsel who devotes nearly 100 percent of her time to pro bono work, taught the first class in mid-February. Future teachers include firm attorneys Marco Magnano, Jr.; Al Willert; Steve Jones; Roger Pearce; Susan Wright and Brian Buckley.

Laura Sealey has opened Sealey Law Offices in Kent. She has represented personal injury victims and victims of sexual abuse in Western Washington since 1985.

Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle has added Carl Crow to its tax department as a partner. His practice will focus on federal and international taxation of business transactions for limited liability companies and partnerships.

Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Mackiewicz & Norris LLP, a firm specializing in patents, trademarks and copyrights, will open an office in Seattle in late spring of this year.

Lee E. Johnson has been elected chairman of the management committee at the intellectual property firm of Christensen O’Conner Johnson & Kindness in Seattle. Johnson’s area of practice encompasses patent prosecution, trademarks, copyrights, licensing, and general intellectual property business counseling and management.

Rehman H. Bashey has been elected partner at the law firm of Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP in Seattle, where he concentrates his practice in appellate litigation, and professional and products liability litigation. John H. Gadon has joined the firm’s Portland office as a partner, and will focus his practice on complex federal and state tax planning and litigation.

Shaukat Karjeker will head the new offices of Merchant & Gould, an intellectual property firm opening soon in Seattle. Lawrence Lycke will also be a partner at the firm, which is expected to employ 10 lawyers by this summer.

John L. West has joined the Seattle firm of Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson as of counsel. His practice will continue to emphasize corporate matters, including emerging business, technology and e-commerce. Also joining the firm is Howard F. Jensen, whose practice will be in the areas of land use and environmental law matters.

Kenneth W. Masters has joined Charles K. Wiggins as a member of their newly incorporated practice, Wiggins Law Offices PLLC, which focuses on civil appeals.

Karr Tuttle Campbell has announced the addition of Jill T. Whitney as an associate in the firm’s business and finance department’s tax and transaction practice group, where she will practice business law with an emphasis in taxation.

Lisa I. Toth has become an associate at Greenen & Greenen PLLC in Vancouver. Her practice will focus on family law, criminal law and bankruptcy.

Todd R. Hargrove is now an associate with Groff & Murphy PLLC in Seattle. He served as a law clerk in Divisions I and II of the Washington State Court of Appeals, and will focus his practice on complex commercial litigation with an emphasis on construction disputes.

David K. Daggett has joined Preston Gates & Ellis LLP in Spokane as an associate in the technology and intellectual property area. New associates in the firm’s Seattle office include Laura K. Clinton, Joshua Clanagelo-Bryan, Paul E. Fogarty and R. Gibson Masters. Newly of counsel are Sam Z. Haviland, Norman S. Milks and Susan D. Wray.

Holmes Weddle & Barcott in Seattle has added Jay Rodne as an associate. He practices admiralty and maritime law with an emphasis on maritime personal injury defense, vessel financing and commercial law.

Shane G. Hernandez has joined the firm of Raugust & Associates in Spokane.

Timothy L. McMahon has joined Stoel Rives LLP in the land use practice group, and will have offices in both Vancouver and Portland.

Susan K. Servick has moved in another direction, becoming an associate at Quane Smith LLP in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. Her areas of practice include governmental tort and civil rights defense, real estate errors and omissions defense, criminal defense and family law matters.

Short Cressman & Burgess PLLC in Seattle has added new associate Bradley A. Evens, who splits his practice between the areas of family law and commercial litigation.

Albert Prince, who sat on Bellevue’s first city council and served as its first park board chairman, passed away February 11 at the age of 81. He was known for his colorful bow ties and the ability to see humor in many situations.

Seattle attorney Walter J. Reseburg, Jr., a 1939 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, passed away March 23 at the age of 84. In addition to maintaining a private law practice, he was appointed U.S. Court Commissioner in 1959, a position he held until the early 1970s. An avid baseball fan, he played and coached the game throughout his life.

Former Graham & Dunn attorney Charles Layton Sayre passed away February 22 at the age of 82. He co-authored a chapter in the WSBA’s first Commercial Law Deskbook, and continued to handle mandatory arbitration matters until his health forced his full retirement from the law. He was also an enthusiastic steelhead fisherman.

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