FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   

September 17, 2007

Contact: Stephanie Perry
Communications Specialist/Website Editor
206-733-5932; stephaniep@wsba.org

Dale Carlisle Receives WSBA Lifetime Service Award

Seattle, Washington, September 17, 2007 — The Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) announces that Tacoma attorney Dale Carlisle will be honored with the 2007 Lifetime Service Award. This is a special award given for a lifetime of service to the WSBA and the public, and is given only when there is someone especially deserving of this recognition. WSBA President Ellen Conedera Dial will present the award at the WSBA Annual Awards Dinner, to be held on September 20, 2007, at the Grand Hyatt Seattle Hotel.

Carlisle received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho, and his law degree from George Washington University School of Law. He was a judge advocate for the U.S. Air Force from 1960-1963, and assistant U.S. attorney for the western district of Washington from 1964-1966. He was general counsel for Levitt West from 1970-1973. From 1990-2000, Carlisle was the managing partner of his firm, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Peterson & Daheim PLLC, where he has practiced since 1966.

In addition, Carlisle served from 1999-2002 on the WSBA Board of Governors, and from 2001-2002 as WSBA president. He has also served on the Board of Advisors of the WSBA Leadership Institute, and he is a past chair of the WSBA Business Law Section. He was president of the Western States Bar Conference from 2005-2006, and has served as president and trustee of the Tacoma Public Library. He has also served as director and on the executive committee of Forward Together, and as president of the Tacoma City Club.

“Dale Carlisle has served with distinction and honor throughout his professional legal career,” wrote Judge Zulema Hinojos-Fall in her nomination letter. “Dale has provided leadership and shown his commitment to issues affecting the practice of law and attorneys throughout his career. He has also been an inspiration … as a leader who has devoted his time and talent to encouraging professionalism and dedication in the legal profession.”

About the Washington State Bar Association
The WSBA is part of the judicial branch, exercising a governmental function authorized by the Washington State Supreme Court to license the state’s 30,700 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, the WSBA administers the bar admission process, including the bar exam; provides record-keeping and licensing functions; and administers the lawyer-discipline system. 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 2006-2007 president is Ellen Conedera Dial, of Seattle. The 2006-2007 president-elect is Stanley A. Bastian, of Wenatchee, and the immediate past-president is S. Brooke Taylor, of Port Angeles. 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 23 standing committees; 26 sections; and a Young Lawyers Division, with its many committees.

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