June Hearsay Contributors
Commissioner Christina Phelan
Clark County Superior Court
Commissioner Christina Phelan will be inducted to the Clark County Superior Court on June 27th, 2025.
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.
Jean McCoy’s practice focus is real estae transactions and conflict resolution, landlord/ tenant and creditors’ rights.
Honorable Abigail Bartlett
Clark County District Court
The Honorable Abigail Bartlett has served on the Clark County District Court bench since 2021 .
CCBA’s Statement of Support for an Independent Legal Profession
On May 1, 2025, Clark County legal professionals resolidified their oath of professionalism along with legal professionals across the county on Law Day. As part of this national celebration of the rule of law, the CCBA is committed to promoting an independent legal profession and court system.
We call on our members, judges, lawmakers, and government officials to do the same. We acknowledge that all members of our profession are and should be independently regulated to ensure we uphold our special responsibilities and the law. To Clark County’s legal professionals, we proudly and unreservedly support your obligation to represent clients, across all political spectrums and walks of life, in good faith without fear of retaliation or retribution.
To the Washingtonians we serve, we proudly commit to serve the public, uphold the integrity of the legal profession, and champion justice. We will continue to promote a justice system and a legal profession committed to competent and well qualified representation for all, especially those who may be “defenseless or oppressed” as our oath requires.
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Clark County Bar Association
May 6, 2025
Minutes for the CCBA Board of Trustees Meeting May 6, 2025
Called to Order (12:04 p.m.): Wechselblatt, Petersen, Hawke, Melnick, Busby, Rapp, Mendoza, and Executive Director Darco.
1. March 4 CCBA Meeting Minutes (Le Ann): Motion/Approved (Courtney/Petersen) – unanimously approved.
2. March 25 General Meeting Minutes (Le Ann): Motion/Approved (Courtney/Marla) – Whitney, Nathan, and Ryan abstain – not present.
3. Approval of April 1 CCBA Meeting Minutes (Courtney): Motion/Approved (Deb/Whitney) – all who were not present abstained.
4. Treasurer’s Report (Ben) – within a few dollars from this time last year, looking good!
5. CCBA Big Picture
a. Bar Leader Summit recap (Lisa) – It was great! Good speakers, good engagement discussions, and would like to potentially send additional board members to future similar events. CCBA is doing substantially better than many of other Bar Associations, 10x as many events and functions, our budget is comparatively better as well; but there are still areas we can improve and we plan to meet to discuss further alongside the written materials.
b. Potential CCBA Statement Supporting an Independent Legal Community – Discussion on whether CCBA issues an independent statement, supports WSBA/CCBA statement. To review statement options at June meeting. Potential forum discussing the statement and action steps in conjunction with the DEI Summer CLE.
c. CCBA Survey 2025 Draft – Discuss in June.
d. Review Trustee Job Description & Mission Statement Updates – Discuss in June.
e. Mentorship Workgroup – Discuss in June.
6. Upcoming Events / Recaps:
a. Together We Grow! – May 31st, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (noon) – Mendoza Law will sponsor coffee, donuts, and water.
b. Bowling – June 5th
c. Golf – July 11th
d. Summer Soiree – August 16th
Adjourned (1:05 p.m.)
Respectfully Submitted, Courtney Mendoza (she/her)
