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Our thanks to each
of the following:
Editors
Theodore Angelis,
Preston Gates Ellis LLC
CONTENT EDITORS
Richard L. Furman, Jr.,
Hertog & Coster
Thuy Nguyen Leeper,
Dorsey & Whitney
LLP
David Hiscock,
Ballard Law Office
Phillip Zajdel,
Durham Law Offices PLLC
Ed Kamai,
Attorney and Counselor
at Law
Jennifer
Cameron-Rulkowski,
Attorney at Law
Heather Killebrew,
Rovang & Fong
E. Ross Farr,
Ogden Murphy Wallace
Courtney E. Flora,
McCullough Hill Fikso
Kretschmer Smith Dixon PS
AUTHORS
Civil Trial Practice
Joseph E. Bringman,
Perkins Coie LLP
Mark E. Koontz, Law
Offices of
Lembhard G. Howell,
P.S..
Wright Noel,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Boyd Wiley, Campbell Dille
Barnett Smith &
Wiley
Timothy J. Wilson,
Law Office of Timothy
J. Wilson
Appellate Practice
Howard Goodfriend,
Edwards,
Sieh, Smith &
Goodfriend, P.S.
Catherine Wright Smith,
Edwards, Sieh, Smith
&
Goodfriend, P.S.
Damages:
Proof and Measure
Mark P. Scheer,
Scheer & Zehnder
LLP
Guide to King County
Courthouse
The Honorable Jim Doerty,
Judge, King County
Superior Court
Guide to Spokane County Courthouse
Thomas R. Fallquist,
Clerk, Spokane Superior Court
The Honorable Steven
N. Grovdahl,
Commissioner,
Spokane Superior Court
David M. Hardy,
Administrator,
Spokane Superior Court
Gregory S. Morrison,
Attorney at Law
The Honorable Mike
Padden,
Judge, Spokane Superior Court
Guide to Clark County Courthouse
Teri Wert,
Clark County Clerk’s
Office
Guide to Snohomish County Courthouse
Edward E. Stemler,
Attorney at Law
Anne M. Trice,
Snohomish County Superior
Court Clerk’s Office
Personal Injury
David Heller, Heller
& Darvas
Shannon M. Whitemore,
Merrick, Hofstedt &
Lindsey
Evidence
Michael P. Scruggs,
Scruggs Law Offices
Collecting Claims and
Establishing Judgments
Patrick J. Layman,
Bishop, Lynch and
White, P.S.
Consumer Law
Peter L. Maier,
Maier & Severance,
P.C.
Domestic Relations
Sheila M. Huber, Attorney
at Law
Michael Louden, Attorney
at Law,
The Public Advocate
Ann Murphy, Professor of
Law,
Gonzaga School of Law
Probate, Guardianship and
Estate Planning
Suzanne C. Howle,
Thompson & Howle
Donna M. Calf Robe,
Thompson & Howle
General Tax Practice
Jason T. Froggatt,
Davis Wright Tremaine
J. Scott Gary,
Karr Tuttle Campbell
General Tax Practice
Robert M. Kane Jr.,
LeSourd & Patten,
P.S.
F. Michael Kovach,
Attorney at Law
Casey J. Little, Fahlman
& Olson, P.S.
Terri A. Merriam, Pearson
Merriam, P.C.
Martin Silver, Silver
Nagler
Kenneth R. Weil, Attorney
at Law
John J. White Jr.,
Livengood, Carter, Tjossem, Fitzgerald & Alskog, LLP
Kelly Yates, Esq., The
Exchange Facilitators Corporation
Phillip Zajdel, Durham Law Offices PLLC
Alternatives to Litigation:
Arbitration & Mediation
Diane McGaha, Washington
Arbitration &
Mediation Service
Michael S. Gillie,
Washington
Arbitration &
Mediation Service
William F. Joyce,
Ogden Murphy Wallace
John W. Kydd, Strong
& Kydd
Judy Mikel-Blair, Washington
Arbitration &
Mediation Service
Business Law Practice
Darcie Christopher,
Preston Gates Ellis,
LLC
Susan E. Foster,
Perkins Coie LLP
Mark M. Hough,
Riddell Williams, PS
Paula Holm Jensen, Esq.
John D. Kauffman,
Stoel Rives LLP
Shaukat Karjeker, Esq.
Marishka Marten, Stoel
Rives LLP
Howard R. Morrill,
Bundy & Morrill,
Inc., P.S.
Jill Peterson, Stoel
Rives LLP
Brian J. Todd,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Georges H.G. Yates,
Perkins Coie LLP
Andrew H. Zuccotti,
Preston Gates Ellis,
LLC
Real Property Practice
Dan Berger,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Scott Ellerby,
Mills Meyers Swartling
Rhys Farren,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Dale J. Galvin,
Malone Galvin Spicer,
PS
Sean Holland,
Commonwealth
Land Title Insurance
Company
Gregory J. Lawless,
The Lawless Partnership
Evan L. Loeffler, of
counsel, Harrison Benis & Spence, LLP
Walter Olsen Jr., Olsen
Law Firm
David M. Parker,
Anderson, Buck and Mann
Joseph Rockne,
The Lawless Partnership
John H. Ruhl,
Eisenhower &
Carlson PLLC
Jane Voget,
Law Offices of Jane
Voget
Commercial Practice
Robert Amkraut,
Riddell Williams P.S
Alexander A. Baehr,
Holland & Knight
LLP
David M. Byers,
Graham & Dunn PC
Kathleen J. Hopkins,
Tousley Brain Stephens
PLLC
Mark D. Northrup,
Graham & Dunn PC
Internet and Technology
Law
John F. DeVleming,
TrueNorthLaw PLLC
David J. James, Jr.,
AvantLaw PLLC
Rick L. Leitner,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
David A. Lowe,
Black Lowe & Graham
PLLC
Jane M. Savard,
TrueNorthLaw PLLC
Richard Schenkar,
Law Office of Richard
Schenkar
Criminal Trial Practice
Richard L. Anderson,
Senior
Deputy Prosecutor,
Office of King
County Prosecuting Attorney,
Criminal Division
Liza Burke, Cohen &
Iaria
Michael J. Finkle,
Seattle City Attorney’s
Office
Sharon Jones Hayden,
Kent City Attorney’s
Office
Thomas W. Hillier, II,
Federal Public
Defender,
Western District of Washington
Jeffery J. Jahns, Kitsap County
Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office
Pamela B. Loginsky,
Washington
Association of
Prosecuting
Attorneys
Brian McDonald, Office of
King
County Prosecuting Attorney
Susan M. Roe, United States
Attorney’s Office,
Western District
of Washington
Greg W. Schwesinger,
Veitch
Gaston & Kennedy
LLP
Jeffrey D. Veitch, Veitch
Gaston &
Kennedy LLP,
The Honorable John L.
Weinberg, U.S. Magistrate Judge
for the Western
District of
Washington
Employment Discrimination
Mark Berry,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Philip Clements,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Barry L. Davidson,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Robert M. Howie,
Riddell Williams P.S.
Susan Johnson,
Larson Hart &
Shepherd PLLC
Karen Krause, Perkins
Coie LLP
Richard Lentini,
Ryan Swanson &
Cleveland PLLC
Katherine Olsen,
Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
Mark Shepherd,
Larson Hart &
Shepherd PLLC
Barbara Van Ess,
Riddell Williams P.S.
Bankruptcy Practice
Mark A. Bailey,
Davis Wright Tremaine
LLP
Eastern Washington Bankruptcy
Ian Ledlin,
Phillabaum, Ledin &
Matthews
State Administrative Law
Patricia Hickey O’Brien,
Senior Counsel,
Office of the Attorney
General
Public Entitlement Law
Yvette Hall War Bonnett,
Columbia Legal Services
Dinnen Cleary,
Columbia Legal Services
James Douglas, Theiler
Douglas
Drachler & McKee
Robert P. Kingsley,
Administrative Law
Judge,
Office of
Administrative Hearings
Janet Varon,
Northwest Health Law
Advocates
Mattie T. Harvin Woode,
Administrative Law
Judge,
Office of
Administrative Hearings
Law Office Management
Richard Schenkar,
Attorney at Law, M.B.A,
J.D.
Land Use and Environment
Cindy Johnson Acebedo,
Short Cressman &
Burgess, PLLC
Russell C. Brooks,
Pacific Legal
Foundation
Kelly Cole, Stoel Rives,
LLP
Kristi Darrell,
Preston Gates &
Ellis, LLP
Thomas L. Dickson,
Dickson Maher Ingells
LLP
Catherine A. Drews,
Preston Gates &
Ellis, LLP
Courtney E. Flora,
McCullough Hill Fikso
Kretschmer Smith Dixon, PS
James A. Greenfield,
Davis Wright Tremaine,
LLP
John M. Groen,
Groen Stephens &
Klinge, LLP
Margaret Yowell Hall,
Marten Law Group, PLLC
Timothy M. Harris,
Pacific Legal
Foundation
John W. Hemplemann,
Cairncross & Hemplemann,
PS
Brian L. Holtzclaw,
Cairncross &
Hemplemann, PS
Robert D. Johns,
Johns Monroe Mitsunaga
Cristina Jorgenson,
Buck & Gordon, LLP
Courtney A. Kaylor,
McCullough Hill Fikso
Kretschmer Smith Dixon, PS
Kathryn Killinger, King County
Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office,
Department of Natural
Resources
and Parks Section
Duana Kolou?kov‡,
Johns Monroe Mitsunaga
Molly Lawrence,
Buck & Gordon, LLP
Eric Laschever, Stoel
Rives, LLP
Brent D. Lloyd,
Snohomish County
Prosecuting Attorney’s
Office
Melody B. McCutcheon,
Hillis Clark Martin
& Peterson, PS
Joe Mentor, Jr.,
Mentor Law Group, PLLC
Joel C. Merkel, Merkel
Law Office
Jamie M. Morin,
Mentor Law Group, PLLC
Alison Moss,
Dearborn & Moss
PLLC
Cheryl Nielson, Washington State
Attorney General’s
Office
Tracy Shallbetter,
Davis Wright Tremaine,
LLP
Larry Smith, Graham &
Dunn
Jane J. Voget,
Law Offices of Jane J.
Voget
Washington Lawyers Practice Manual Active Committee Members
2005:
Theodore Angelis,
Preston Gates Ellis
LLC
Jennifer
Cameron-Rulkowski,
Attorney at Law
Heather Cowdery,
Preston Gates Ellis,
LLC
E. Ross Farr,
Ogden Murphy Wallace
Courtney E. Flora,
McCullough Hill Fikso
Kretschmer Smith Dixon PS
Richard L. Furman Jr.,
Hertog & Coster
David Hiscock,
Ballard Law Office
Susan Johnson,
Larson, Hart &
Shepherd PLLC
Ed Kamai,
Attorney and Counselor
at Law
Courtney Kaylor,
McCullough Hill Fikso
Kretschmer Smith
Heather Killebrew,
Rovang & Fong
Thuy Nguyen Leeper,
Dorsey & Whitney
LLP
Neil Savage,
King County Bar
Association
Chris Thayer,
Larson, Hart &
Shepherd PLLC
Phillip Zajdel,
Durham Law Offices PLLC
