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Class of 1968
Kenneth W. Elfbrandt passed away January 17, 2012. Elfbrandt started his career as a private attorney in Seattle and Olympia. He then worked as an Assistant State Attorney General and the Executive Secretary for the State Personnel Appeals Board. Following retirement in 1989, Elfbrandt served on the Washington State School Retirees’ Association and as a Legislative Committee Member for Washington Public Employees Association until 2007.
Yasuhiro Fujita was an expert in international litigation and international arbitration. After graduating, he became a partner in the Tokyo law firm of Adachi, Henderson, Miyatake & Fujita.
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William H. Rubidge passed away on December 12, 2011, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Rubidge received his Bachelor’s and law degree at the UW. Rubidge spent most of his law career as an Assistant United States Attorney, where he retired with honors.
Class of 1970
Michael L. Lewis passed away May 3, 2012. In 1971,
Lewis joined the private firm, McBee & Lewis. He then practiced at Lewis Evans & Pollino, from 1984 through 2011. Lewis specialized in civil trial work. He was a past-president of the Skagit County Bar Association and the Northwest Washington Estate Planning Council. He served on the Washington State Bar Association as a member of the Civil Litigation Committee, the WSBA Ethics Committee and as a disciplinary hearing examiner for the Board of Governors.
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Thomas W. Top passed away December 22, 2011.
After law school, Top was chosen to work for the Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department in Washington, DC. There he prosecuted violations of integration policy in various school districts from 1966 to 1969. Top returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1970 and worked with several law firms until he retired in June 2001.
Class of 1967
David L. Martin passed away January 11, 2012. After law school, Martin briefly worked at the Washington State Attorney General’s Office before being drafted in the United States Army. While posted to Ft. Myer, Virginia, as a member of the U.S. Army Military Police, Martin attended George Washington University Law School. In 1972, he returned to Seattle and joined the Lee Smart firm.
Class of 1972
Thomas G. Allison passed away May 26, 2012. Upon graduating from UW Law, Allison served a one-year clerkship with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, where he played a major role in legislation which increased the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to track wrongful corporate practices. Following his clerkship, he served as staff counsel to the Committee on Commerce from 1972 to 1974 and the transportation counsel from 1974 to 1977. Allison was then appointed as the Chief Counsel of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and in 1978, was named general counsel to the Senate Appropriations Committee. In 1980, he was nominated by President Jimmy Carter as General Counsel, Department of Transportation, where he played a major role in the enactment of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act. Allison also served as the Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1981, Allison left the Carter Administration and became a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Preston, Thorgrimson, Ellis & Holman. He later moved to the firm’s Seattle office and retired from legal practice in 2006.
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graduating, Angevine began his law career in Yakima, but in 1967, accepted a position at the law firm of Bannister, Bruhn and Luvera in Mount Vernon. In the early 70s, he served as Prosecuting Attorney before entering private practice in 1976. Angevine was an active member of the Washington State Bar Association.
Russell W. Busch passed away April 11, 2012. After graduating from UW Law, he served as a clerk for the Washington State Court of Appeals. Busch then joined the Evergreen Legal Services in 1976, where he handled many environmental matters on behalf of Indian tribes in the Northwest.
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Earl Angevine passed away on May 31, 2012. After
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