Pullman Lawyer David W. Savage to Serve as President-Elect of Washington State Bar Association

Seattle, Washington, October 2, 2002 — Pullman lawyer David W. Savage has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA). He will serve as the 113th president of the WSBA when he begins his term in September 2003. Mr. Savage served on the Board of Governors as an at-large member in 2001-2002.

Mr. Savage is a shareholder and managing partner of the Pullman law firm Irwin, Myklebust, Savage & Brown PS, which he joined in 1973. He is a member and immediate past chair of the WSBA Court Rules Committee, recently served as a hearing officer for the WSBA Disciplinary Board, and has served as a trustee of the Eastern District Federal Bar Association. Mr. Savage is also a member of the Montana and 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 has been active in the Pullman United Way, Pullman High School Mentoring Program, and the Pullman Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Whitman and Asotin County bar associations.

The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington Supreme Court to license the state’s 26,600 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.