The Legal Foundation of Washington will present the 2005 Charles A. Goldmark Distinguished Service Award to Ada Shen-Jaffe at the 19th Annual Goldmark Award Luncheon. The luncheon will be held Friday, February 18, 2005 at the Emerald Ballroom of the Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue between 12:00pm and 1:30 pm.

Ms. Shen-Jaffe receives the award in recognition of her leadership in the equal justice community both in her home state of Washington and nationally. Ms. Shen-Jaffe has played a key role in the architecture and strategy of civil legal justice since 1981when she became Deputy Director of Evergreen Legal Services which later became Columbia Legal Services which she directed for the last 18 years.

Joaquin Avila, Visiting Professor at Seattle University School of Law, MacArthur Fellow, and noted authority on minority voting rights issues will give the keynote address.

The Goldmark Award honors the memory of Charles A. Goldmark, Seattle attorney, community leader, and ardent supporter of access to justice. Mr. Goldmark served as the Legal Founda-tion’s president at the time of the tragic assault that led to his death in 1986. We invite the public to attend the luncheon where we pay tribute to all of the volunteer lawyers and legal aid providers in our state.