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EDITOR
Theodore Angelis, K&L Gates
CONTENT EDITORS
Richard L. Furman, Jr., Aiken, St. Louis & Siljeg, P.S.
Emily Gant, Ogden Murphy Wallace
David Hiscock, Ballard Law Office
Ed Kamai, Attorney and Counselor at Law
Heather Killebrew, K&L Gates
Thuy Nguyen Leeper, Assistant Corporate Counsel, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Brent D. Lloyd, Assistant City Attorney, Seattle City Attorney’s Office
Andrew Rapp, Hecker Wakefield & Feilberg
Jennifer Cameron-Rulkowski, Attorney at Law
AUTHORS
Civil Trial Practice
Joseph E. Bringman, Perkins Coie LLP
Mark E. Koontz, Law Offices of Lembhard G. Howell, P.S..
Wright Noel, The Noel Law Firm, 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
Ron Miles, Administrator, District 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
Guide to Kitsap County Courthouse
Jennifer Brugger, Northwest Justice Project
Personal Injury
Jason P. Amala, Gordon Thomas Honeywell Malanca Peterson & Daheim LLP David Heller, Heller & Darvas
Peter Steilberg III, Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey
Shannon M. Whitemore, Merrick, Hofstedt & Lindsey
Evidence
Michael P. Scruggs, Scruggs Law Offices
Collecting Claims and Enforcing Judgments
Patrick J. Layman, Bishop, White & Marshall, 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
Florence K. Deleranko, Thompson & Howle
Suzanne C. Howle, Thompson & Howle
Karen I. Treiger, Thompson & Howle
General Tax Practice
Jason T. Froggatt, Davis Wright Tremaine
J. Scott Gary, Karr Tuttle Campbell
Neil Hudders, Perkins Coie, LLP
Darek Jarski, LeSourd & Patten, P.S.
Robert M. Kane Jr., LeSourd & Patten, P.S.
F. Michael Kovach, Attorney at Law
Casey J. Little, Fahlman Olson & Little, PLLC
Jacquetta D. Little, Fahlman Olson & Little, PLLC
Terri A. Merriam, Merriam & Isaacson, P.C..
Wade Moller, Attorney, Corporate Tax Department, Washington Mutual
Charles Robinson, Karr Tuttle Campbell
Martin Silver, Silver Nagler
Rodney Waldbaum, LeSourd & Patten, P.S.
Kenneth R. Weil, Attorney at Law
John J. White Jr., Livengood, Carter, Tjossem, Fitzgerald & Alskog, LLP
Kelly Yates, Esq., The Exchange Facilitators Corporation
Alternatives to Litigation:
Arbitration & Mediation
Diane McGaha, Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service
Michael S. Gillie, Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service
William F. Joyce, Salter Joyce Ziker, PLLC
John W. Kydd, Strong & Kydd, PS
Judy Mikel-Blair, Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service
Michael Nigrey, Washington Arbitration & Mediation Service
Business Law Practice
Holly Birge, Stoel Rives LLP
Darcie Christopher, K&L Gates
Kassim Ferris, Stoel Rives LLP
Susan E. Foster, Perkins Coie LLP
Seann Hallisky, Stoel Rives LLP
Mark M. Hough, Riddell Williams, PS
John D. Kauffman, Stoel Rives LLP
Marishka Marten, Stoel Rives LLP
Howard R. Morrill, Bundy & Morrill, Inc., P.S.
John Motley, Stoel Rives LLP
Jill Peterson, Stoel Rives LLP
Brian J. Todd, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Georges H.G. Yates, Perkins Coie LLP
Andrew H. Zuccotti, K&L Gates
Real Property Practice
Dan Berger, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Alison D. Birmingham, General Counsel, Murray Franklyn Family of Companies
Scott Ellerby, Mills Meyers Swartling
Rhys Farren, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Dale J. Galvin, Galvin Realty Law Group
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 Law Office of Joseph Rockne
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
R. Gibson Masters, K&L Gates
Mark D. Northrup, Graham & Dunn PC
Russel R. Robertson, Graham & Dunn PC
Internet and Technology Law
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
Jaime Hawk, Grant County Juvenile Public Defender
Sharon Jones Hayden, Seattle City Attorney’s Office
Thomas W. Hillier, III, 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
Mike Pellicciotti, Office of the King County Prosecuting Attorney
Tami A. Perdue, Kent City Attorney’s Office Susan M. Roe, United States Attorney’s Office, Western District of Washington
Greg W. Schwesinger, Law Offices of Bradley Johnson
Jeffrey D. Veitch, Veitch Gaston & Kennedy LLP,
The Honorable John L. Weinberg, U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Western District of Washington
Employment Discrimination
Nick M. Beermann, Jackson Lewis LLP
Katheryn Bradley, Jackson Lewis LLP
Sarah Capelli, Jackson Lewis LLP
Michael Griffin, Jackson Lewis LLP
Laurie Johnston, Jackson Lewis LLP
Jennifer L. Mora, K&L Gates
Gina D. Wolverton, Jackson Lewis LLP
Bankruptcy Practice
Mark A. Bailey, Beresford Booth PLLC
Eastern Washington Bankruptcy
Ian Ledlin, Phillabaum, Ledlin, Matthews, & Sheldon, PLLC
State Administrative Law
Patricia Hickey O’Brien, Senior Assistant Attorney General
Public Entitlement Law
Yvette Hall War Bonnett, Northwest Justice Project
Dinnen Cleary, Columbia Legal Services
James Douglas, Douglas Drachler & McKee, LLP
Robert P. Kingsley, Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings
Nancy Koptur, Rules and Policy Manager, DSHS Division of Child Support
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, K&L Gates
Thomas L. Dickson, Dickson Steinacker LLP
Catherine A. Drews, K&L Gates
Courtney E. Flora, McCullough Hill Fikso Kretschmer Smith Dixon, PS
Kristin French, University of Washington School of Law (J.D. Candidate, 2007)
James A. Greenfield, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
John M. Groen, Groen Stephens & Klinge, LLP
Timothy M. Harris, Pacific Legal Foundation
Matthew Hansen, Graham & Dunn
John W. Hemplemann, Cairncross & Hemplemann, PS
Zachary Hiatt, Graham & Dunn
Brian L. Holtzclaw, Cairncross & Hemplemann, PS
Robert D. Johns, Johns Monroe Mitsunaga
Cristina Jorgenson, Buck & Gordon, LLP
Kathryn Killinger, King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Civil Division
Tadas Kisielius, Buck & Gordon, LLP
Duana Kolousková, Johns Monroe Mitsunaga
Molly Lawrence, Buck & Gordon, LLP
Eric Laschever, Stoel Rives, LLP
Brent D. Lloyd, Seattle City Attorney’s Office, Civil Division
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
Tracy Y. Williams, Johannessen & Associates, P.S.
Margaret Ann Yowell, Marten Law Group, PLLC
Washington Lawyers Practice Manual Active Committee Members 2007:
Theodore Angelis, K&L Gates
Jennifer Cameron-Rulkowski, Attorney at Law
Richard L. Furman Jr., Aiken, St. Louis & Siljeg, P.S
Emily Gant, Ogden Murphy Wallace
David Hiscock, Ballard Law Office
Ed Kamai, Attorney and Counselor at Law
Heather Killebrew, K&L Gates
Thuy Nguyen Leeper, Assistant Corporate Counsel, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Brent D. Lloyd, Assistant City Attorney, Seattle City Attorney’s Office
Andrew Rapp, Hecker Wakefield & Feilberg
Neil Savage, YLD Publications Manager, King County Bar Association
