2024 November Hearsay

HearSay THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

November 2024

December 2019

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November Hearsay Contributors Ryan Busby Law Office of Ryan Busby, PLLC Rya n Busby is a solo practioner.

His practice is focused prima rily on misdemea nor c r im ina l defense a nd pa rent representation in dependencies.

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.

Jean Mccoy Landerholm, P.S. J e a n M c C o y ’s p r a c t i c e f o c u s is re a l est ae t r a nsa c t ions a nd con f l ic t re s olut ion , la nd lord / t e n a nt a n d c r e d it o r s ’ r ig ht s .

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Professionalism in the Practice of Law Presented by: Hon. James Smith, Clark County District Court Teresa Foster, McKinley Irvin Jon McMullen, Jon J. McMullen, PS

Judge Christine Hayes page 10

Ghosts, Ghourds and Good Times! page 20

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Left to right: Steven Hogue, Amy Price, Erik Selden (Team Leader), Bryan Dent, Phil Czajka

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Scott G Weber, County Clerk Charlene Huffman, Chief Deputy Clerk

1200 Franklin/First Floor, P. O. Box 5000 Vancouver, WA 98666-5000 564-397-2292 Fax 360-397-6099 www.clark.wa.gov

MEMORANDUM DATE:

October 23, 2024

TO:

CCBA

FROM:

Scott Weber, Clark County Clerk

RE:

Exhibit Returns

The clerk’s office is in crisis, a space crisis. Our exhibit room is busting at the seams, and we no longer have space for current and future cases. COVID contributed greatly to our current situation, as you can imagine, as does the clerk’s continued staffing challenges.

Our project for the end of the year is to get things back in order by returning exhibits to their rightful owners or obtaining approval for destruction. We are notifying local attorneys by email of their cases for which we are providing storage for their exhibits. Unfortunately, we are not getting the responses we had hoped for.

We are requesting your help. If you receive an email notification from us regarding exhibits, please respond. If you approve destruction, please respond to our email as soon as possible indicating that destruction is approved. If you have chosen to have exhibits returned, please respond to our email letting us know you will be stopping by the clerk’s office as soon as possible to pick up and sign for the exhibits.

We are hoping that once we have worked through this backlog, our new stipulation and exhibit handling process will keep this situation from recurring.

If you have any questions, please reach out to our office.

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to children and families this holiday season by donating gifts to YWCA’s Holiday Shop Every gift donated to YWCA’s Holiday Shop goes directly to participants to make their holidays a joyous one to remember!

Donate by:

Monday, December 16 to:

YWCA Clark County 3609 Main Street Vancouver, WA Buy a gift now!

For more information

Wishlist, donate and more at ywcaclarkcounty.org/holiday-giving

YWCA Clark County’s Annual Holiday Shop Website: https://www.ywcaclarkcounty.org/holiday-shop

Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/23QBN83103GF8?ref_=wl_share YWCA's annual Holiday Shop will be held on December 17th - December 19th at our Community Office on 3609 Main Street, Vancouver WA. The Holiday Shop is an annual event where YWCA program participants can choose gifts for their children at no cost. The Holiday Shop serves participants from our SafeChoice Domestic Violence Program, Sexual Assault Program, Y’s Care Children’s Program, and Independent Youth Housing Program.

Every year, YWCA Clark County asks individuals and businesses throughout Clark County donate new/unopened toys, books, games, clothes and more. Businesses are also invited to host a tree at their place of employment to select gift wish tags to purchase items for Holiday Shop.

During a visit to the Holiday Shop between December 17-19, YWCA program participants select gifts for themselves and their families; then YWCA staff and community volunteers wrap the gifts onsite making it a joyous occasion for all involved.

This program is only successful due to community contributions and volunteer efforts to make this happen. Holiday shop is truly a magical day filled with laughter, seasonal music, cookies and cheer.

Held over three days: • Tuesday, December 17, 9am - 4pm • Wednesday, December 18, 1pm - 7pm • Thursday, December 19, 1pm - 7pm If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to a YWCA Clark County team member.

Individual gifts to support the program & Businesses wanting to host a tree –– Erin Stepanek, Community Relations Officer at erinstepanek23@gmail.com Volunteering time to operate the Holiday Shop – Haddy Jobe, Volunteer Engagement Officer at hjobe@ywcaclarkcounty.org

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Clark County Bar Association CLARK COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION BOARD MEETING October 3, 2024

Minutes for the CCBA Board of Trustees Meeting October 15, 2024 Called to order 12:07 pm, Official Start of the Wechselblatt Administration; Wechselblatt, Petersen, Melnick, Larson, Busby, Rapp, Mendoza, Hawke and Executive Director Darco September 3, 2024 board meeting minutes: Motion to Approve (Hawke/Melnick) Approved September 16, 2004 Annual Meeting minutes: Motion to Approve (Melnick/Mendoza) Approved Treasurer’s Report (Melnick: Financials prepared for board to review.

Bylaws, Mission Statement, Trustee job description (Wechselblatt) Handouts of bylaws, mission statement, and trustee job description provided. Goal to onboard new board members and refresh the continuing board members. Discussion. ACTION: Committee formed (Petersen, Hawke, Larson) to evaluate mission statement and trustee job description for updating.

Committee Assignments for 2024-2025 (Wechselblatt): Hearsay: Hawke, Rapp, Mendoza, Petersen; Social: Hawke; CLE: Busby; DEI: Rapp, Mendoza; Membership: Petersen, Sutanto; Golf: Busby, Hawke; YLS: Mendoza. Discussion. Points raised about whether Secretary and Treasurer should have committee assignments and ratio of board members on a committee relative to total committee members.

Membership Committee and Drive (Wechselblatt): 2024/2025 members:349, Non Renewed: 116, New Members: 25, Staff: 37. Compare to October 1,2023: 307 members versus October 1, 2024: 338 members. 2023/2024: 439 members. We need to get 450 members for this fiscal year to meet our budget projections. Discussion of strategies for membership drive. ACTION: Each board member to call 3 new attorneys and non renewed members. If you have not renewed for this year, then do it please. If you know someone who hasn’t renewed or has not been a member, please ask them to join.

Lawyer Fee Survey: tabled to next meeting Lawyer Referral Service: tabled to next meeting Ratify Board Email Vote Approving Budget Proposal for Presentation at Annual Meeting: Motion to ratify board approval via email of the proposed 2024/2025 budget(Petersen/Hawke) Approved Bank Account Signator Change: Motion to remove Whitney Hawke as a bank account check signer and add Nathan Petersen as a signer (Busby/Melnick) Approved Upcoming Meetings/ Events Pumpkin Patch 10/17/24 Barrister’s Ball 3/8/25 Adjourned

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