Mount Vernon Lawyer Eron M. Berg to Serve on the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors

Seattle, Washington, July 9, 2004 — The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) announces that Mount Vernon lawyer Eron M. Berg will serve on its 14-member Board of Governors. Mr. Berg will represent lawyers in the Second District, which runs north from Mukilteo/South Everett to the Canadian border, and east up the Highway 2 corridor into the Cascades. He will be sworn in September 16, 2004, at the Annual Meeting of the WSBA, and will serve a three-year term.

Mr. Berg graduated from La Conner High School and Skagit Valley College, and attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, where he earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree. In 1999 he earned his law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. In 2000 he opened the Law Office of Eron M. Berg, PLLC, in Mount Vernon, where he continues to practice, with an emphasis on civil law.
A member of the WSBA since 1999, he is also a member of the Skagit County Bar Association, and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, all Washington superior and district courts, and the Washington State Court of Appeals.

In 1993, while still an undergraduate, Mr. Berg founded his own business, The Ice Cream Tower, in La Conner, which he owned until 1998. The business also included two satellite espresso operations.

Mr. Berg has an impressive record of community service that belies his young age. He has served as La Conner's planning commissioner and a member of the La Conner Town Council, and in 1999 he was elected to a four-year term as mayor of La Conner. From 2001 to 2003 he served as chairman of both the Skagit Council of Governments and the Skagit Regional Transportation Policy Organization, and for several years was a board member of the Skagit Emergency Management Council, the Skagit County Law and Justice Council, and the Skagit County Economic Development Public Facilities Program.

Currently he is vice president and president-elect of Youthnet, a nonprofit corporation that serves Skagit, Island, Whatcom, and Snohomish counties by providing youth and family services, including an alternative high school, foster placements, a teen shelter, and other social-service programs.

When not practicing law or serving the community, Mr. Berg enjoys walking around town with his wife and infant son. "I am honored to join the Board of Governors, and I look forward to serving the people of Washington by helping to improve our justice system," he said.

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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