winning United Nation’s program designed to break intransigent cycles of poverty. Lingenbrink had previously undertaken service trips under the auspices of his church to assist orphanages in Romania and Russia. Lingenbrink is also President of both Bellevue Networkers and Kirkland Networkers, organizations designed to assist local businesses with leads and business development information.
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Paul Burglin is the co-author of a two-volume treatise entitled California Drunk Driving Law (James Publishing, 2004). Paul practices criminal defense in San Francisco, Marin, and Napa counties. Burglin lives in San Rafael, California with his wife Mona and their five children. Laura D. Cooper has received the President’s Award for Public Service from the Oregon State Bar Board of Governors. Laura credits her experi- Paul Burglin ence in the Thomas More Scholarship program as having a major influence in shaping her personal commitment to public service.
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Kimberly K. Hornak
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Kimberly K. Hornak has been appointed to a two-year term as presiding judge of the 3rd District Juvenile Court in Salt Lake City Utah. As presiding judge, she will oversee the day-to-day operations of her court in addition to her regular judicial duties. Judge Hornak began her legal career as a staff attorney with Utah Legal Services in Ogden and at the Legal Aid Society. She was an assistant attorney general from 1986 to 1988, and worked as a deputy Salt Lake County attorney until former Utah Governor Mike Leavitt appointed her to the bench in 1994.
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Mary Ellen Gaffney-Brown has been appointed to a three-year term as a Lawyer Representative from the Eastern District of Washington to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference. The appointment was made by The Honorable Fred Van Sickle, Chief United States District Judge. Ms. Gaffney-Brown, a partner in the Spokane law firm of Lineberger & Gaffney-Brown, PLLC, is President Elect of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the Eastern District of Washington. She is also a past chair of the Creditor/Debtor Section of the Washington State Bar Association and former Trustee of the Spokane County Bar Association. Her private practice areas include Mary Ellen Gaffney-Brown commercial litigation and bankruptcy. She is currently the attorney for the Chapter 7 Trustee, in the Metropolitan Investment Securities Estate. Michele Shaw was recently appointed to assist a 13 year old boy charged with murder in Grant County Washington. The boy and his co-defendant are the youngest murder defendants ever to stand trial as adults in the modern history of the state. The appointment was made at the urging of a co-counsel who asked for an attorney experienced in complex criminal defense matters. Shaw certainly qualifies as experienced. She serves on an American Bar Association board for lawyers specializing in juvenile cases, and she has been certified by the Washington State Supreme Court to handle death penalty cases. Previously, she