New Year’s resolutions were a bit late to kick in for many this year, as celebratory get togethers ran well into January due to the Huskies making it to the championship game. So, now, a month into the New Year, it’s time to revisit Dining Out Healthy, or, for some, Dining Out to Lose Weight. We tried to focus on such options while attempting to live a healthy January.

Dry January is a separate issue, but, due to calories and dis-inhibition, our healthy issue does not include sampling many of the alcoholic beverages offered. (We will have to go back for that for at least one of the places we sampled.)

Greetings, now that we have started 2024, I hope it is a prosperous and healthy year for you and your families. We have started the new year with a short legislative period and many proposed laws that will affect all of us. We have a superb team assisting us in advocating for the courts both at a local level and at a state level through the Superior Court Judges Association. Comprising one of our biggest concerns are changes in law that affect our operations and result in increased filings and calendars. 

The following are highlights from the KCBA Board of Trustees meetings held on December 13, convened by KCBA President Karen Orehoski. After President Karen Orehoski called the meeting to order, the Board approved the minutes for the Board meeting held November 15, 2023.

I keep forgetting this year has 366 days, thereby ensuring the calendar remains synchronized and reconciling the Earth’s orbit to the calendar. Now that I get an extra day this month (and year), I have to figure out what to do with it. Actually, I’ll probably be at my desk, reading correspondence and writing, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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The February 2024 issue of the KCBA Bar Bulletin contained an opinion piece: From the River to the Sea, by King County Bar Association member Dua Abudiab. The placement of this Article and our failure to clearly identify that it was not the perspective or position of the KCBA, its Board or its staff, was in error.

This month we continue to celebrate 50 years of bringing advocacy to our communities by taking a closer look at the nuts and bolts of intake and encouraging members to donate their time and expertise.

As we step into February, we enter a month of opportunities ranging from observance of the silly or festive to a serious reflection of our nation and its history. Whether it is Groundhog Day, Valentine’s Day, or Fat Tuesday, each brings its unique significance (or lack of significance) depending on our own personal experience and perspective.

Laws may not change hearts, but hearts can change the law. When we are driven by collective ideals of inclusion and belonging, we can create collectives and active allyship. 

Former Washington Supreme Court Justice and Bar Bulletin favorite has penned a poignant profile of Tom Ahearne, renowned trial and appellate lawyer who refuses to let his disability prevent him from advocating for clients and the underprivileged.