2024 July Hearsay

HearSay THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

July 2024

December 2019

“Been there, done that.”

“Still there, still doing it.”

JESSE JACOBS

DON JACOBS

Injury law in Oregon and Washington Available for consult, association, or referral.

JESSE JACOBS Clark County, WA Bar Association President OTLA Guardian WSAJ Eagle DON JACOBS Trial Lawyer of the Year, Clark County (2015) Past President, Oregon Trial Lawyers Association

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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 pa rtner at Schauerma nn Thayer since 2013. Scott’s practice focuses on wrongful death, personal injur y, auto accident, bik ing 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.

P r ior to b e i ng a pp oi nte d , he was ser ving as a Senior Deputy Prosecutor and Team Leader for the child abuse prosecution unit.

Jean Mccoy Landerholm, P.S. Je a n Mc C oy ’s pr a c t ice fo c us is rea l estae t ra nsactions a nd conf lict resolut ion, la nd lord / tena nt a nd c re d itors’ r ig ht s.

“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.”

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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 ONLINE »

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Judge Robert Lewis page 9

Bottom’s Up with Jean and Jesse page 14

Lawyer BFF’s page 18

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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

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