Washington State Bar News

May 2001

Articles

• WSBA President Sought. No Smoke-filled Room Required by Lindsay Thompson
• The Impact of Longevity on Divorce Settlements by Camden M. Hall, Janice E. Reha and Lisa R. Peters
• Crime Victims and the Law by Mark Panitch

Columns

• Editor's Page: Two Cents' Worth by Mark A. Panitch
• President's Corner: Why Not Say "I'm Sorry" by by Jan Eric Peterson, WSBA President
• Executive's Report: What Members Are Telling the Board by Jan Michels, WSBA Executive Director
  

Departments

• Letters
• Lawyer Services: Wizards of Justice: The Power of Imagination by Stella Rabaut
• Ethics & The Law: Lawyer Discipline: 2000 Summary Report
• 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
  • WSBA Presidential Search
  • Board of Governors Elections
  • Governor Candidate Biographies
  • WYLD Trustee Elections
  • WYLD President-elect Nominations
  • Board for Trial Court Education
  • Washington Defender Association Board of Directors
• Usury Rate: The average coupon equivalent yield from the first auction of 26-week treasury bills in April 2001 is 3.945 percent. The maximum allowable interest rate for May 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.