Business Law Section
The Business Law Section is committed to providing services that its members value, operating in a fiscally responsible manner, and enhancing the professional collegiality among all Washington business lawyers. Section members have access to certain restricted portions of this website, such as the Current Developments and Legislation pages. Members are also entitled to attend section events, participate on the Business Law Section list serve, and receive a semiannual newsletter and other publications prepared from time to time, including a sourcebook containing in-depth comments and legislative history on the Business Corporation Act (RCW 23B) and a report on opinion letter practice in Washington.
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Section Executive Committee Elections
The Section is conducting elections for open positions on the executive committee.
Voting is scheduled for June 6–19, 2022.
Candidate information, Open Positions, and Terms
For more information about the Sections and its executive committee, please review the Section's bylaws. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by position.
Chair-elect: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: James Bishop
Secretary: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Joanna Cleveland
Treasurer: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Kelly Lawton-Abbott
At-Large Member (two positions open): one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Joanna Cleveland
Candidate: Emily Harfouche
Candidate: Kelly Lawton-Abbott
Corporate Act Revision Committee Co-chair (two positions open): one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Eric DeJong
Candidate: Michael Hutchings
Privacy and Data Security Law Committee Co-chair (two positions open): one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Jeff Hamilton
Candidate: Kelly Lawton-Abbott
Legal Opinions Committee Chair: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Scott MacCormack
Nonprofit Corporations Committee Chair: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022, and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: David A. Lawson
Partnership and LLC Law Committee Co-chair (two positions open): one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Matthew LeMaster
Candidate: Elisabeth Yandell McNeil
Securities Law Committee Chair: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Andrew Ledbetter
Uniform Commercial Code Committee Co-chair (two positions open): one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Gregory Fox
Young Business Lawyers Committee Chair: one-year position beginning Oct. 1, 2022 and ending Sept. 30, 2023.
Candidate: Ronak Chokhani
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Executive Committee
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Chair: Shaina Johnson (2021-2022) Chair-Elect: Christina Catzoela (2021-2022) Secretary: Jenna Nand (2021-2022) Treasurer: Annie Robertson (2021-2022) Immediate Past Chair: Diane Lourdes Dick (2021-2022) |
Young Lawyer Liaison: Thomas Garvey (2021-2022) Board of Governors Liaison*: Bryn Peterson (2021-2022) At-Large Members: |
Section Committees
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Communications Committee Corporate Act Revision Committee Co-Chairs: Financial Institutions Committee Privacy and Data Security Law Committee Co-chair: Annie Robertson (2021-2022) Legal Opinions Committee |
Nonprofit Corporations Committee David A. Lawson (2021-2022) Partnerships and LLC Law Committee Co-chairs Elisabeth Yandell McNeil and Doug Batey (2021-2022) Securities Law Committee Uniform Commercial Code Committee Young Business Lawyers Committee** |
* Nonvoting members
** Ad hoc committee
All positions are for Fiscal Year 2022, except as otherwise indicated. Please contact subcommittee members for details on their upcoming meeting dates and locations.
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To join the section list serve and for general section questions, please send your email address and Bar number to sections@wsba.org. For more information and to get involved with the section, please contact Section Chair Shaina Johnson.
