Wenatchee Lawyer Stanley A. Bastian Elected to the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors

Seattle Washington, July 13, 2004 — The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) announces that Wenatchee Lawyer Stanley A. Bastian has been elected to its 14-member Board of Governors. Mr. Bastian will serve the Fourth District, which runs from the Spokane Valley to the Northeast Edge of Spokane County, and includes the communities of Ellensburg, Leavenworth, Moses Lake, Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Wenatchee, and Yakima. He will be sworn in September 16 at the Annual Meeting of the WSBA, and will serve a three-year term.

Mr. Bastian, a former public defender for the City of Renton and prosecutor for the City of Seattle, is a shareholder in the Wenatchee and Moses Lake firm of Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward, P.S., which he joined in 1988. His practice focuses on civil litigation, employment law, labor negotiations, and insurance defense.

In 1980 he earned a B.S. from the University of Oregon, and in 1983 a J.D. from the University of Washington, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa. He was admitted to both the Washington and the Oregon bars in 1983, and the current president of the Chelan-Douglas County Bar Association. He is also a member of the American Bar Association.

From 1984 to 1985, Mr. Bastian served as the law clerk for Washington State Court of Appeals Judge Ward Williams. He also served as the Assistant City Attorney for the Seattle City Attorney's Office, Criminal Division, from 1985 to 1988.

Mr. Bastian is a former member of the Chelan-Douglas Counties United Way Board of Directors, and served as the board's president from 1998 to 1999. Since 1992, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Legal Aid for Washington (LAW) Fund, a nonprofit organization committed to ensuring the promise of equal justice for all in Washington state regardless of financial standing or position.

About the WSBA
The Washington State Bar Association is a private, nonprofit organization authorized by the Washington State Supreme Court to license the state's 28,400 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, 23 sections, and a Young Lawyers Division.

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