Washington State Bar News

July 2001

Articles

• If at First You Don't Succeed.... Turning a Judgment Against a Recalcitrant Tortfeasor into Cash by Yvonne Kinoshita Ward 
• New Legislation of Interest to Attorneys: 2001 Highlights by Senator Adam Kline and Senator Stephen L. Johnson
• Alaska Airlines Flight 261 Plaintiffs Prevail on Damage Issue by Robert F. Hedrick
• Courtrooms to Classrooms by Lynn Mattson-Eul

Columns

• Editor's Page: Your IOLTA Account by Barbara C. Clark
• President's Corner: The President's Initiative by Jan Eric Peterson, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: Percolating Issues by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
  

Departments

• Letters
• Lawyer Services: LOMAP: Taking the Mystery Out of Law Office Administration for the Solo and Small-Firm Practice by Peter D. Roberts
• Disciplinary Notices
• Changing Venues - Who's Going Where
• The Board's Work - News from the Board of Governors
• Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection 
• FYI: For Your Information
• Opportunities for Service
  • Board of Governors Election
  • Opportunities for Citizen Members on WSBA Committees and Boards 
  • Letters of Application Invited for the New WSBA Board of Governors At-Large Positions
  • WYLD Trustee Elections
  • WYLD President-elelct Nominations
  • CASA Volunteers Needed
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in June 2001 is 3.634 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for July 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.