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THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
July 2024
JESSE
Clark County, WA Bar Association
OTLA Guardian
WSAJ Eagle DON JACOBS
Trial Lawyer of the Year, Clark County (2015)
The Clark County Bar Association is a professional organization that serves to support our local attorney community through providing education and networking opportunities designed to enhance and foster better relationships within the local legal community.
July Hearsay Contributors
Scott Edwards
Schauermann Thayer
Scott has been a partner at Schauermann Thayer since 2013. Scott’s practice focuses on wrongful death, personal injury, auto accident, biking accident, and insurance cases.
Jesse Jacobs
NW Injury Law Center
Jesse Jacobs is a trial attorney representing personal injury clients in Southwest Washington. He is the immediate past president of the CBBA.
Judge James Smith
Clark County District Court
Judge James Smith was appointed as District Court Judge in 2021. Prior to being appointed, he was serving as a Senior Deputy Prosecutor and Team Leader for the child abuse prosecution unit.
Jean Mccoy Landerholm, P.S.
Jean McCoy’s practice focus is real estae transactions and conflict resolution, landlord/ tenant and creditors’ rights.
“Sal, like I am, is a past president of the WSBA. In his 38 years of private practice he has tried complex civil lawsuits and he has argued appeals at every level of state and federal appellate courts. He will make a great addition to our state supreme court. Sal has my full support.”
KYLE SCIUCHETTI, MILLER NASH LLP, PAST PRESIDENT WSBA
“I’ve known Sal for years and he has been a true champion for access to justice. I am giving him my complete support to be elected to our state supreme court. I hope you will give him your support as well.”
LOREN ETENGOFF, FORMER WSBA GOVERNOR AND FORMER TRUSTEE LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON
Judge Robert Lewis
page 9
Bottom’s Up with Jean and Jesse
page 14
Lawyer
page 18
Even under the best circumstances, working through a
When real property is involved, having a Certi
neutral on your team ensures a fair settlement for your client.
As a CDLP, Theresa Springer offers a balanced, thorough nancial evaluation of the current and future mortgage nancing requirements and as well as realistic solutions to obstacles in negotiations.
4 Phases of Divorce Mortgage Planning
Vetting the House Qualifying Income Consumer Debt Analysis Home Equity Solutions
Theresa Springer brings a lifetime of experience in the mortgage profession, so you can be condent that whatever Home Equity solutions your client needs, she’ll help your team navigate them and provide guidance for making the right decisions.
Left to right: Steven Hogue, Amy Price, Erik Selden (Team Leader), Bryan Dent, Phil Czajka
Clark County Bar Association
CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING
June 4, 2024
Minutes for the CCBA Board of Trustees Meeting June 4, 2024
Called to order 12:08 p.m. Hawke, Melnick, Larson, Petersen, Sutanto, Busby, Phelan, and Executive Director Darco
May 7, 2024 board meeting minutes: Motion to Approve (Petersen / Hawke) Approved
Treasurer’s Report (Melnick): Financials prepared for board to review. Still in the black, but barely. Hope to have income from the Summer Soiree and new/renewed memberships. Typically lose money monthly this time of year due to the revenue cycle. Want to be a Summer Soiree sponsor? Get in touch with Lisa Darco
Ongoing Action Items
Committee Reports:
Hearsay Committee (Hawke): As usual, lots of great content is in the works. The committee is meeting this week. The next Hearsay issue is coming out soon.
Social Committee (Phelan, Darco): Bowling with the Judges is coming up. Registration is open for the golf tournament. You don’t have to be a golfer; you can pay the fee and come hang out. The Summer Soiree menu will be “killer” and the band is already havinng jam sessions.
CLE Committee (Busby): The committee is meeting tomorrow. 40 people registered so far for Commissioner Ellis’ Child Support CLE
DEI Committee (Wechselblatt): no updates
Membership Committee (Petersen): Nathan will be present to sign people up for memberships at the judicial candidate forum. An email was sent to nonmembers with upcoming CCBA events.
Current Action Items
Goal Setting and tracking: roundtable discussion of goals
Membership Update (Darco): 2023/2024: 428 attorney members, 2023/2024 15 Associate members, 2023/2024 35 staff members, Non Renewed: 38, New Members: 40, 2022/2023: 410 attorney members, 2022/2023 11 associate members, 2022/2023 10 staff members, March 1, 2023: 401 members
Department 12 Bar Poll: June 19th is application deadline; June 24th deadline for applicants to submit statement; June 25th “Voters Pamphlet” distributed to CCBA members; June 27th applicant Forum held; July 1st CCBA bar poll sent to members; July 8th 4:00 poll return deadline; July 9th count/verify; July 9th release results in the afternoon
Upcoming Meetings/ Events
Bowling with the Judges 6/13/24
Summer Soiree 8/3/24
Golf Tournament 8/9/24
Barrister’s Ball 3/8/25
Adjourned 12:54
