Yakima Lawyer Robert M. Boggs Elected to WSBA Board of Governors

Seattle, Washington, October 5, 2001 —Yakima lawyer Robert M. Boggs has been elected to the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Board of Governors. His three-year term expires in September 2004.

A 1978 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, Mr. Boggs began his law career as a deputy prosecutor in Ephrata, Washington. Since 1982 he has practiced with the Yakima firm Lyon, Weigand and Gustafson, where he is now a shareholder and primarily represents Central Washington school districts. Mr. Boggs is a member of the Washington Council of School Attorneys, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association, Washington State Trial Lawyers Association, Yakima County Bar Association, and John Gavin American Inns of Court.

The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington Supreme Court to license the state's 26,500 lawyers. The WSBA both regulates lawyers under the authority of the Court and serves its members as a professional association — all without public funding. As a regulatory agency, it administers the bar exam, provides record-keeping and licensing functions, and administers the lawyer discipline program. As a professional association, the WSBA provides continuing legal education for attorneys, in addition to numerous other educational and member service activities.

The governance of the WSBA is vested in its 13-person Board of Governors. There are three governors from the seventh congressional district, one from each of the other eight districts, plus two at-large members. The Board meets regularly (every six weeks) at various locations around the state, and its meetings are open to the public. Much of the work of the Bar is carried out through its 28 standing committees; 23 sections; and a Young Lawyers Division, with its many committees.