FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   
July 16, 2007      

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

WSBA Young Lawyers Division Elects 2007-2010 Trustees

Seattle, Washington, July 16, 2007 — The Washington State Bar Association's Young Lawyers Division (WYLD) is pleased to announce new members of its Board of Trustees. The new trustees will take office for the 2007-10 term, beginning in October.

Vancouver attorney Daniel Gasperino will represent the Southwest District. Gasperino is an assistant city attorney in the Domestic Violence Prosecution Center of the City of Vancouver. He received his law degree from the Gonzaga University School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice from Eastern Washington University.

Spokane attorney Elizabeth Mosey will serve as the Greater Spokane County trustee. Mosey is in private practice, focusing on land use, zoning, real property, and contract dispute issues. She received her law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law, and her undergraduate degree in Animal Science from Colorado State University. Mosey is the treasurer of the Spokane County Young Lawyers' Division (SYLD), and the chairperson of the SYLD Judicial Theater Committee, which sponsors an annual ethics CLE where local judges perform skits that present ethical dilemmas.

Seattle attorney Michael Pellicciotti is a new King County trustee, one of three King County seats. Pellicciotti received his law degree from Gonzaga University School of Law, a master's degree in Economic Development from Brandon University, and an undergraduate degree in Science from Alfred University. He has served as national chair (president) of the American Bar Association (ABA) Law Student Division, currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Gonzaga University School of Law, and was just appointed by the WSBA Board of Governors as a WSBA YLD delegate to the ABA House of Delegates.

Everett attorney Kari Petrasek will represent young lawyers in Snohomish County. Petrasek received her law degree from the Seattle University School of Law, and an undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and International Management from Gustavus Adolphus College. She is a founding member of the Snohomish County Young Lawyers Division. Petrasek currently practices at a small firm in Everett focusing on juvenile law. This will be Petrasek's second term on the Board of Trustees.

Bremerton attorney Alexis Wallace will serve as the WYLD Board of Trustees' first at-large trustee. The at-large seat was created to be filled by a lawyer who, in the Board's discretion, has the experience and knowledge of the issues affecting those lawyers whose membership is or may have been historically underrepresented on the Board, or who represent some of the diverse elements of young lawyers of the State of Washington. Wallace is a deputy prosecuting attorney in the Juvenile Division of the Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. She received her law degree from the Arizona State University College of Law, and an undergraduate degree in American Studies from Arizona State University West. Wallace currently serves as a member of the WSBA Committee for Diversity, and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of De Novo, the WYLD newsletter.

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 30,600 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, 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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