Pullman Lawyer David W. Savage Elected to WSBA Board of Governors

Seattle, Washington, October 5, 2001 — Pullman lawyer David W. Savage has been elected as an at-large member of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Board of Governors. His two-year term will expire in September 2003. There are two at-large seats, which were created recently to ensure representation from underrepresented members of the association, with the goal of making the Board of Governors a more diverse body,

Mr. Savage is a shareholder and president of the Pullman firm Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown, which he joined in 1973. He is a member and immediate past chair of the WSBA Court Rules Committee, and serves as a hearing officer for the WSBA Disciplinary Board. Mr. Savage is also a member of the Idaho State Bar, and serves on a number of Idaho State Bar boards and committees. In 1995, Washington Governor Mike Lowry appointed him to the Walsh Commission to study and recommend procedures for judicial election reform. Locally, Mr. Savage is active in the Pullman United Way, Pullman High School Mentor Program, and the Pullman Chamber of Commerce.

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.