Puyallup Lawyer Bryce H. Dille Elected to WSBA Board of Governors

Seattle, Washington, October 5, 2001 —Puyallup lawyer Bryce H. Dille has been elected to the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors. His three-year term will expire in September 2004.

A partner in the firm Campbell, Dille, Barnett, Smith and Wiley, Mr. Dille has engaged in general practice in Puyallup since 1968. He has been actively involved in local and state bar activities, including serving as WSBA special district counsel, and as a member of the WSBA CLE and Legislative committees. He recently completed a three-year term on the WSBA Disciplinary Board. Mr. Dille served as president of the Puyallup Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival.

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.