Some attorneys file lawsuits against real estate brokers and firms without fully understanding the intricacies of the real estate brokerage industry. So here are some tips from an unlikely source, a real estate broker.

Neal Black’s roots in Pacific Northwest’s forests run deep. Fittingly, his favorite adage is “Society grows great when people plant trees under whose shade they know they’ll never sit.” Neal has spent a lifetime in law and policy, learning to see the forests, see the trees, and plant new ones.

On March 17, this Jewish boy from Brooklyn raises a glass to his old Irish boss, Stephen Martin Reilly. After a brief (right out of law school) stint as a junior prosecutor in San Francisco, the prospect of taking another bar exam, and looking for a job in another state, where I knew no one, except the graduate student at UW I was dating, didn’t sit well with my friends and family. But I was young and smitten by the lass. So off I went, with my cockatiel Baretta1 perched inside a shoe box on my lap, flying to Seattle.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been in the news lately. What implications does it have for mediation? Will you be able to settle cases more efficiently and get a better result with “big data” at your fingertips? Maybe.

The KCBA Labor & Employment Law Section is proud to present the 56th Annual Pacific Coast Labor & Employment Law Conference at the Seattle Convention Center on April 27–28, 2023. The Conference is typically the largest labor and employment law conference in the Pacific Northwest, welcoming around 300 attendees who average 14+ years of experience representing employees, unions, management, or government agencies in labor and employment matters.

When Socrates asked us to explain what justice is I blushed. Not from embarrassment, thank you very much, but from exasperation. Anyone familiar with the real world understands justice is the advantage of the stronger. In fact, injustice on a grand scale often appears stronger, freer, and more masterly than justice. And while Socrates may imagine examples of justice in the form of wise rule, the refutation is incomplete. This is because Socrates is nothing more than the doubt inside your soul. It knows nothing but how to make you squirm.

Finer weather and slightly higher temperatures might mean more outdoor activities for some of us. The mountain may not always be out, but I look forward to a quick walk through a local park during lunchtime or planning an outing to one of Washington’s state parks on the weekend. It is a great way to break away from the ever-increasing to-do list regardinng client matters, emails, and drafts.

The following are highlights from the KCBA Board of Trustees meeting held on January 18, convened by KCBA President Tahmina Watson.

Stone House, 9701 Rainier Avenue, info@thestonehousecafe.com, 206.397.4102, is a fun location for brunch or lunch (it closes at 5 p.m.) in South Seattle. The picturesque location, across the street from Lake Washington, was a gas station from 1926 through 1963. The restaurant opened in 2015. The building is very distinctive for its “stacked rock” exterior.

This month I am excited to inform you of another change that the Bar has been working on since this time last year. With the ability to take advantage of resources to update our technology, we were finally able to move forward with a project that I believe will make interactions with the Bar easier for our members, easier for our staff, and will provide us with the data we need to learn which of our member benefits are most often utilized and appreciated by our members. This will also free up time to give our members the personal service that we always try to provide.