Ah, August; the height of tourist season. As a downtown denizen, I spend a lot of time answering tourist questions. In case you’re curious, here are my top 5 tourist FAQs:
- Where is Pike’s [sic] Market?
- Where is the original Starbucks?
- Where do they throw the fish?
- Does the Monorail go to the airport?
- Do you know Dale Chihuly?
If you’ve ever been asked anything really strange by a tourist, drop me an email and I will run it in a future column if it is interesting enough.
On to more lawyerly things …
New Shareholders
Michael Goldfarb recently joined Peterson Young Putra as a shareholder. His practice focuses on commercial and business litigation. Goldfarb was previously with the Law Offices of Michael A. Goldfarb.
John Poffenbarger has joined Karr Tuttle Campbell’s Trusts and Estates Department as a shareholder. Poffenbarger was formerly a partner with the Seattle office of Stoel Rives. His practice focuses on estate planning and business planning for privately held companies.
Associate Additions
Bullivant Houser Bailey has added Tim Giacometti as a real estate associate. Giacometti’s real estate experience includes serving as a loan underwriter, senior financial analyst and asset manager prior to becoming an attorney.
Joseph Corr has joined Lane Powell as an associate attorney in the firm’s Railroad and Mass Transit Industry Group. Corr was formerly with Williams Kastner and Gibbs.
My absolute favorite law firm, Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, recently added Viet Nguyen as an associate in the firm’s Litigation Department. His practice will include personal injury and complex litigation. Nguyen was formerly with Bauer, Moynihan & Johnson, LLP.
Stoel Rives LLP recently added two new associates, John Ridge and Ryan Steen. Ridge was an associate at Stoel Rives from 2003 to 2007 and returns to the firm after working for the City of Bellevue as an assistant city attorney. Ridge’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and appellate work. Steen, who practices in the firm’s Resources, Development and Environmental Law Practice Group, was formerly with Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. His practice focuses on environmental, natural resources, wildlife and water law.
Jennifer Sohn has joined Peterson Russell Kelly, PLLC, as an associate. Her practice focuses on business planning, taxation and estate planning. In addition to her J.D., Sohn has an LLM and is licensed to practice in both Washington and California.
Of Counsel and Other Attorney Additions
Bullivant Houser Bailey has added Roger Sauer and Connie Sue Martin as of counsel. Sauer, who was previously with a firm in New Jersey, focuses his practice on litigation. Martin, formerly with Marten Law Group, PLLC, practices environmental and natural resource litigation, with a niche in matters involving Native American tribes.
Daniel Hendrickson has joined Peterson Russell Kelly, PLLC, as of counsel. His practice focuses on general business and contract law, and corporate and LLC formation, among other things. Hendrickson was formerly with O’Shea Barnard Martin, P.S.
John Sobba recently joined Foster Pepper, PLLC, as of counsel in the firm’s business, intellectual property, antitrust and consumer protection and health care practice groups. Sobba most recently was of counsel at Ogden Murphy Wallace. His practice focuses on the design, development and commercialization of intellectual property, acquisitions and mergers, and distributor and indirect sales channel development, among other things.
Gregory Schwartz has joined Rohde & Van Kampen, PLLC, as a senior attorney. Schwartz, who was formerly at McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren, PLLC, will be working in the areas of intellectual property, securities arbitration and business litigation. Douglas Roach has joined Ahlers and Cressman, PLLC. He previously spent several years serving as general counsel with HSW Enterprises.
Going Solo
Claire Cordon, who was formerly an EEOC attorney, recently opened her own practice. She focuses on advising employers on their responsibilities and employees on their rights.
Honors and Awards
Salvador Mungia has been elected president of the Washington State Bar Association for 2009–10. Mungia is a partner with Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, LLP. His practice focuses on trial work with an emphasis in medical malpractice and serious personal injury, business, real property and general aviation litigation.
Sven Peterson, an associate in Foster Pepper’s Health Care Practice Group, has been selected for the 2008–09 Leadership Tomorrow program. The program prepares, challenges and engages emerging and existing leaders through leadership development for the benefit of the Puget Sound region.
Obituaries
Cornelius Peck, emeritus professor of law at the University of Washington School of Law, recently died of congestive heart failure at the age of 85. Professor Peck served in the Navy and with the U.S. Department of Justice. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School. He joined the U.W. Law School faculty in 1954 and became a full professor in 1956. Professor Peck retired and was designated as professor emeritus in 1994.
Willard Hatch recently died at the age of 88. He served in the Navy during World War II and graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1948. He practiced bankruptcy law in Seattle until his retirement in 2001. After retiring, he did volunteer work for SCORE, an SBA program that assists small business owners.
Karen Sutherland is the chair of the Employment and Labor Law Practice Group of Ogden Murphy Wallace, PLLC, and chair of the King County Bar Association Bar Bulletin Committee. Her practice focuses on employment and labor law and complex litigation. She can be reached at 1601 Fifth Ave., Suite 2100, Seattle, WA 98101, by fax at 206-447-0215 or by email at ksutherland@omwlaw.com.
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