Seattle Attorney Anthony R. Miles Receives Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Seattle Washington, October 9, 2003—The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) announced that Seattle attorney Anthony Miles has received the Washington Young Lawyers Division (WYLD) Outstanding Young Lawyer Award for his exceptional contributions to community and professional organizations. The award was presented October 8 at the Seattle law offices of Preston Gates Ellis LLP.

Mr. Miles is an associate in the Seattle office of Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, with a practice emphasizing healthcare law, the intersection of healthcare regulation and technology, and regulatory compliance (including privacy, security, information management, and licensing and healthcare fraud and abuse). He received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School in 1999, where he was a Clarence Darrow Scholar, received an Earl Warren Scholarship, and was editor-in-chief of the Michigan Journal of Race & Law. He also received the Dores McCree and Jane L. Mixer awards for his contributions to the law-school community and service in the public interest.

Mr. Miles actively participates in several civic organizations, and local and national bar activities. Besides being a member of the WSBA, he is secretary and member of the board of directors of the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas, and was a 2001-2003 member of the board of directors of Rosehedge AIDS Housing and Health Care. He is a member of the WSBA Judicial Recommendation Committee, a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, a member of the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association, a member of the Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys, and a member of the Loren Miller Bar Association.

Mr. Miles recently served as counsel of record for 112 members of Congress and the mayor of Detroit in filing a brief amicus curiae in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, the affirmative-action cases involving the University of Michigan and the University of Michigan Law School's admissions policies. "Tony distinguished himself by his exceptional pro bono work as counsel of record in these cases," said Preston Gates attorney James Andrus, who nominated Mr. Miles for the award. "His superior talent, dedication, and coordination efforts led to the impressive, significant impact in an important public debate on a national level, and his efforts directly impact the community of young lawyers and the future diversity of that group. The quality of the work product shines brightly as an example of what can take place when intelligence, passion, and perseverance merge in a young lawyer."

About the Washington Young Lawyers Division
The WYLD provides programs and services of special interest to young lawyers, to the public, and to those denied access to the justice system. In particular, the WYLD sponsors Continuing Legal Education seminars of interest to young lawyers; publishes De Novo, a quarterly publication serving young lawyers; sponsors programs that benefit high school students, including the YMCA Mock Trial Competition; and sponsors seminars addressing questions facing young lawyers as they balance professional and personal lives. Any active member of the WSBA is a member of the WYLD until December 31 of the year in which the member attains the age of 36 or until the December 31 of the fifth year in which the member has been admitted to practice in any state, whichever is later.

About the Washington State Bar Association
The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington Supreme Court to license the state's 27,600 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; and three at-large members, one of whom represents the Young Lawyers Division. The president is David W. Savage of Pullman. The board meets every six weeks at various locations around the state, and its meetings are open to the public. Much of the work of the WSBA is carried out through its 23 standing committees, 24 sections, and a Young Lawyers Division.

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