Washington State Bar News

Articles

• Beware When Your Client is a Debtor in Possession: Getting and Staying Employed in Bankruptcy Cases by David S. Kupetz
• Take the Initiative on Constitutionality by Hugh Spitzer
  The Changing of the Guard
• Jan Eric Peterson: A Profile of the New WSBA President by Allison L. Parker
• Bar Year 2000-2001: Welcome to the New Governors; Returning Governors; Committee Chairs; Section Chairs 

Columns

• Editor's Page: The Catalog of Arguments by Jeff Tolman, Guest Editor
• President's Corner: Proud to Be a Lawyer by Jan Eric Peterson, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: The Gift of a Tail Wind by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
  

Departments

• Letters
• Lawyer Services: How to Understand Your Anger by Jean L. Johnson
• Ethics & The Law: Honest Abe's Guide to Practicing Law by Barrie Althoff
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues - Who's Going Where
• FYI
  • Opportunity for Service
    • Washington Defender Association Board of Directors
    • Legal Foundation of Washington Board of Trustees – Two Positions Available
    • Limited Practice Board – Two Positions
    • Northwest Justice Project Board of Directors – Two Positions Available
    • Office of Public Defense Advisory Committee 
  • Committee Reports
  • Section Reports
  • Implementation of Changes to GR 14 Extended
  • New Edition of the Family Law Deskbook 
  • New Mandatory CLE (MCLE) Reporting Requirements
  • 2000 WSBA Award Recipients 
  • Rulemaking Procedures
  • Discipline 2000 Talk Force
  • Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in September 2000 is 6.305 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for October is therefore 12 percent. Compilations of the average coupon equivalent yields from past auctions of 26-week treasury bills and past maximum interest rates for January 1989 – present appear in the current issue of  the Bar News. Information from January 1987 to date is available online.