Kenneth H. Davidson Appointed Treasurer for the Washington State Bar Association

Seattle Washington, October 24, 2002 — Kirkland attorney Kenneth H. Davidson has been appointed by the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Board of Governors to serve as treasurer, one of the WSBA’s four officers. As treasurer, Davidson chairs the WSBA Budget and Audit Committee, which oversees the WSBA’s annual budget of nearly $15 million.

Davidson, who represents WSBA members from the first congressional district, is in his final year of service on the Board of Governors. Mr. Davidson is a principal in the firm of Davidson, Czeisler, Kilpatric & Zeno. He served for five years on Washington’s Access to Justice Board, was founder of the Eastside Legal Assistance Program, and is a past-president of the East King County Bar Association.

The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington Supreme Court to license the state’s 27,300 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 14-person Board of Governors. There are three governors from the seventh congressional district, one from each of the other eight districts, plus three at-large members (one representing the Young Lawyers Division). 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 23 standing committees; 24 sections; and a Young Lawyers Division, with its many committees.