September 2002 

Changing Venues

WSBA governor Stephen J. Henderson has received the Thurston County Bar Association's Bigelow Award. The award, which is given annually in recognition of professionalism and outstanding community service, is named after pioneer lawyer Daniel R. Bigelow.

WSBA governor William D. Hyslop has received the Washington State University Alumni Achievement Award. He served as president of the WSU Alumni Association in 1991-1992, and served as volunteer alumni director in Spokane for eight years. He also co-chaired WSU's legislative network, which supports state legislation benefiting higher education.

Mark S. Davidson has been appointed to the board of directors of the Alzheimer's Association of Central and Western Washington. He is a member in the Seattle office of Williams Kastner & Gibbs PLLC.

Yemi Fleming Jackson has been elected vice-president of the Loren Miller Bar Association. She has also been elected to the board of trustees for the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers.

Jeffery P. Robinson has been elected to the board of directors for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is the current president of the Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Steven G. Toole has been elected 2002-2003 president of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (WSTLA). The following have received WSTLA awards: Patrick H. LePley, Trial Lawyer of the Year; Andrea A. Darvas, Professionalism Award; Janet L. Rice, President's Award.

Maggy Bailly has become an honorary initiate of the University of Washington Order of the Coif.

Brooks E. Harlow has received the Distinguished Service Award from the Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA). He recently completed a two-year term on the FCBA executive committee.

Scott A. Smith has been elected chair of the Washington State Access to Justice Board. The nine-member board promotes access to the civil justice system for low- and moderate-income people in Washington.

Christopher S. Marks has been named a founding member of the William L. Dwyer Inn of Court. The Inns of Court is a national organization that matches experienced lawyer and judge mentors with new lawyers and law students. William L. Dwyer Inn students are studying at Seattle University and the University of Washington law schools.

Mark J. Asplund has been elected president of the Bellevue Philharmonic board of directors. He has been a board member for two years.

Blake A. Ilstrup has joined Venture Law Group as an associate. He practiced in the firm's Menlo Park, CA, office before joining the Kirkland office.

William R. Connors has joined the labor, employment and regulatory department in the Seattle firm Miller Nash LLP. His practice focuses on business, energy, natural resources, and regulated utilities.

Sandra Blair Hernshaw and John P. Zahner have joined the Seattle office of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC. Ms. Hernshaw is of counsel, and concentrates on estate planning and probate, including complex estate, gift and generation-skipping tax planning, formation of private foundations, and other forms of charitable gift planning. Mr Zahner is an associate in the litigation practice group, focusing on insurance matters.

Rachael M. Ward has joined the Seattle firm Betts Patterson & Mines PS as an associate in the business group, concentrating on estate planning, probate, business transactions and corporate law.

F. Dayle Andersen Jr. and Gary L. Shenkle have joined the Spokane firm Keith S. Douglass & Associates LLP, focusing on medical malpractice and personal injury.

Lance E. Olsen has been named a member of Routh Crabtree Fennell, a full-service mortgage banking law firm. He has also been named chief operations officer of Northwest Trustee Services. Mr. Olsen concentrates on bankruptcy, creditors' rights and related litigation.

Wendy Beth Oliver has joined the Seattle firm Graham & Dunn PC, focusing on corporate law, corporate finance, contract negotiation, real estate and insolvency.

Whitney H. Leibow has joined the Seattle firm Cairncross & Hempelmann as of counsel. He is part of the firm's technology transactions, and creditors' rights and bankruptcy groups.

Stephanie R. Haug has joined the tax practice group at Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller LLP in Spokane.

Danette M. Capello has joined REI as senior counsel. She is responsible for developing and negotiating real estate agreements for REI's retail operations.

Benjamin R. Sligar has joined the Tacoma firm Davies Pearson as an associate focusing on workers' compensation, personal injury and Social Security disability.

Jennifer D. Bucher, Andrea D. Orth and Gary D. Swearingen have become owners in the Seattle firm Garvey Schubert Barer. Ms. Bucher has been with the firm since 1996, and concentrates on labor and employment advice and litigation. Ms. Orth has also been with the firm since 1996, and focuses on general business litigation. Mr. Swearingen joined the firm in 1994. He focuses on the transfer and protection of intellectual property rights.

Frederick V. Betts, co-founder of the Seattle firm Betts, Patterson & Mines, died July 4 at age 94. A Seattle native, Mr. Betts was born in a Queen Anne house where he lived until last year. He earned his law degree from the University of Washington in 1933 and practiced law in Seattle ever since. Until his death, Mr. Betts traveled to his downtown Seattle office four days a week, and his last trial was conducted when he was 85 years old. During his long career as a trial attorney handling mostly insurance-defense cases, he represented clients and tried cases in virtually every courtroom in Washington. Memorial donations may be made to the Frederick V. and Arline E. Betts Memorial Music Endowment at Plymouth Congregational Church (1217 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101), or Children's Hospital (PO Box 5371, MS CL-04, Seattle, WA 98105).

Katie L. Hill, of Seattle, was tragically killed in Washington, D.C., on August 9. She was 36. An avid collector of fountain pens, Ms. Hill was in Washington for a fountain-pen convention. In addition to pens, she enjoyed antique cameras, charm bracelets, hats and French culture. Prior to her legal career, Ms. Hill worked in marketing for WRQ and Avenue A Incorporated. She was a 1999 graduate of Seattle University School of Law.

Long-time Tacoma lawyer Valen H. Honeywell Jr. died July 24 of complications following heart surgery. He was 86. Mr. Honeywell was a partner in the Tacoma firm Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, from which he retired in 1991. Before joining the firm in 1952, he served as chief civil deputy in the Pierce County prosecutor's office. Mr. Honeywell served on the Bench-Bar-Press Committee, the Tacoma Public Library board, and was a member of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. He was an avid reader who also enjoyed golf, tennis, bridge and crossword puzzles. His son Mark and grandson Matthew are attorneys.

Arthur J. Lambo, of Kirkland, died April 22 of heart failure. He was 81. Mr. Lambo served in the Army from 1942 to 1945 during World War II. Following the war, he attended the University of Washington and Gonzaga University School of Law. For 30 years, he served as corporate counsel for the American Automobile Association (AAA), and rose to the level of general manager of all offices in Washington. Though he retired in 1981, AAA continued to seek his counsel, keeping an office and staff available to him for many years. Mr. Lambo was a member of the Good Roads Association, and enjoyed boating and traveling.

Seattle activist and lawyer Michelle L. Pailthorp died July 31 at age 61 after suffering an aneurysm. Ms. Pailthorp worked for environmental, political and women's causes in Washington for more than 30 years. She was instrumental in the 1972 referendum campaign that narrowly ratified the state Equal Rights Amendment. In the 1970s, Ms. Pailthorp served as legislative director of the ACLU of Washington, and was a Washington delegate to the 1977 National Women's Year convention. She served on the judicial-candidate screening committee of Washington Women Lawyers, and was an active member of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Memorial donations may be made to The Nature Conservancy (4245 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 100, Arlington, VA 22203), or 1000 Friends of Washington (1617 Boylston Ave., Ste. 200, Seattle, WA 98122).

Michael Reese died July 26 of cancer at age 59. Mr. Reese joined the WSBA in 1970 and began working for the King County Medical Society (KCMS). For the last 23 years, he had served as executive director of the KCMS. During his tenure, the society became one of the largest associations of its kind in the country. Mr. Reese had a passion for flying, and often spent weekends flying family and friends around the Northwest.