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Message from the Dean Dear alumni and friends,
Gates Hall bustled all summer with conferences and symposiums, but we missed the energy that only our talented and diverse student body can provide. Recently, I spoke to our new students during their orientation program, which now spans two weeks and includes a thorough introduction to the study of law and the skills and values of our profession. Thankfully, gone are the days of “look to your left, look to your right, only one of you will be here at the end of this year”! The excitement (and nervousness) in the room was palpable. I encouraged our students to immerse themselves in all that our university and law school offers them, and to use their time with us to explore their passions; to hone their skills of judgment, analysis, and leadership; and to develop a fierce commitment to ethics and excellence. I also urged them to remember why they came to law school, especially during the rigors of the first year, and to have the courage to add their own voices to law as well as to listen to the voices of others.
As I launch my third year as your dean, please know that I continue to be honored by the trust you have placed in me and excited by the opportunity before us. Our history is one of distinction, for which we should all be rightly proud. Even so, as UW celebrates 150 years, I am confident that our future will exceed even our own high expectations. We are the law school our world needs us to be. Thank you for every way that you are part of making that so. Onward and upward!
Kellye Y. Testy Dean, UW School of Law James W. Mifflin University Professor
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This year, the University of Washington celebrates its 150th anniversary, as one of the top 20 universities in the world. The law school opened its doors 112 years ago — in 1899 — and continues to proudly contribute to UW’s tradition of excellence. We encourage you to view the UW 150th anniversary website (www.washington. edu/150) and to join in the celebration.
Each day I am grateful that you, our alumni and friends, use your passions, skills, and voices to advance law and justice. You are society’s ethical leaders in all areas of law, business, and public policy. Now more than ever, our world needs the skills and values that law-educated leaders bring to the table. We admire and appreciate all that you do across the diverse areas in which you work. In this issue, we feature a sampling of our alumni who have emerged from their time in our Seattle classrooms to make a difference around the state, the nation, and the world. We also include our 2010-2011 Report to Donors and continue to be grateful for your generous support of our mission and programs.
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As we begin the 2011-2012 school year, we welcome Michael K. Young as the new president of the University of Washington and as a new member of our law faculty. President Young is already an active member of our law school community. In July, he addressed our 2011 Intellectual Property Summer Institute; in September he met many of you at a welcome reception we hosted in his honor. His experience in our profession is both wide and deep, and his expertise in Japanese Law is a particular asset to our mission as Leaders for the Global Common Good.
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Announcing Expanded Center for
Public Service Law UW Law has been active in Public Service for over 15 years, but the recent centralization of the Center for Public Service Law allows these efforts to be more efficiently implemented and tracked. Michele Storms, Assistant Dean for Public Service & Executive Director, William H. Gates Public Service Law, says, “Our center acts as a hub for students, where they are educated and inspired about how to incorporate public service into their daily lives. By recognizing faculty and staff pro
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bono work this year, we’ve been able to carry the public service notion to the whole community, rather than merely serving the students already interested in public service.” After teaching in the clinical law program for eight years, and founding the Child Advocacy Clinic, Storms returned to her legal aid practice in 2001. “I loved teaching, but I was largely interested in the public service component. The beauty of returning to the law school to run the Gates Program in 2006 was the opportunity to use the Gates Scholarship model — which is wonderful, but limited in only serving five students at a time — to reach all students who may be interested in public service. William Gates Sr. worked in the private sector, but he offered a tremendous amount of pro bono work. I wanted students to understand that they didn’t have to discard their social and environmental values and ideals if they chose to work in the private sector. When people
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apply to law school they are full of powerful ideas about social justice. We don’t want them to lose that during their time here.” Storms claims that with the support of Dean Testy, who advocates public service for lawyers, she was able to “stop talking about it and help make it a reality.” As part of their mission to “educate, empower and inspire all of our students, graduates and broader law school community to incorporate public service into their lives,” the Center for Public Service now offers a Pro Bono Honors Program that encourages, facilitates, and recognizes pro bono activity by all UW Law students; a Public Service Externship Program; the Moderate Means Program, which connects moderate income clients in need with attorneys willing to work for reduced fees; the Gates Public Service Law Program; Public Interest/Public Service Career and Professional Development
while she continued to serve as a volunteer
workshops, lectures and interactive programs;
advocate for immigrant youth. “Fellowships will
logistical and financial support for international
continue to be a main source of support for me
public service summer fellowships and public
even after graduation, because the population
service law conferences; a Loan Repayment
and organizations I work with have very limited
Assistance Program to help graduates working in
funding,” Gwilym explains. “I’m grateful for Aline
public service in Washington State to repay their
[Carton Listfjeld] for keeping me abreast of more
educational debt; and the Three Degrees Project,
fellowships. She’s always sending me contacts and
which provides an inter-disciplinary climate justice
information, which I will continue to utilize even
initiative with an educational, research and direct
after graduation.” Gwilym, clearly someone who takes public service
According to several students, the Center is suc-
seriously, also serves as a case manager for the
cessful in their mission thus far. Janet Gwilym ’12,
Immigrant Families Advocacy Project (IFAP),
says, “In the last year I’ve seen a large increase in
where she trains law students on how to prepare
their programs and training in skills that people
U-Visa petitions for immigrants who are victims of
need in order to work in public service.” In ad-
violent crimes (often domestic violence). She also
dition to Storms’ leadership, Gwilym credits the
oversees the law students, with whom she teams
strong advising services of Aline Carton Listfjeld,
pro bono lawyers to represent these immigrants.
Assistant Director, Center for Public Service Law,
Michael Drummond ’12 entered law school with
and the public service event organizing skills of Ann Spangler, Administrative Assistant.
plenty of public service experience and a clear focus on how he would use his law degree. After
Gwilym was an immigration paralegal for 15
graduating from The Evergreen State College,
years before entering law school. This and
Drummond co-founded a non-profit salvage com-
other life experiences allow her to be a self-
pany that provided innovative solutions to waste
directed student. Gwilym is clear she is going to
management problems. Olympia Salvage primarily
continue working with the most at-risk immigrant
focused on construction waste by salvaging doors,
populations: unaccompanied minors, domestic
windows, hardware and other reusable materials,
violence survivors, and those seeking asylum.
and donating or selling them at a reduced fee. He
Even so, she says Storms is always a great source
wanted to continue focusing on environmental and
for networking and that her positive attitude is
social issues while in law school and was drawn to
inspiring. She credits both Storms and Listfjeld
UW’s reputation for public service.
with helping her identify possible fellowship opportunities. For the summer of 2010, Gwilym received the Joan Fitzpatrick Human Rights Fellowship, which offered her financial assistance
Drummond is a member of the Public Interest Law Association, helping fundraise for students involved in non-compensated public service
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Coaching; public service law-and policy-related
internships. He spent the past spring and summer 3
Announcing Expanded Center for Public Service Law continued
cataloguing all of the environmental issues in
Leo Flor ’13, a Gates Scholar, also has plans to
Referendum 1, which could potentially violate
work within the government to help change it
NEPA standards. “My environmental background
rather than “view it as an adverse party.” After
and current law studies were invaluable in
an eight-year career with the U.S. Army, Flor
deciphering the pro-tunnel’s 7,000-page
applied to UW School of Law with the intention
document,” Drummond says.
of focusing on rule of law and veterans’ issues.
He is also grateful to the guidance he was offered by Neil Proto, an esteemed environmental attorney, to whom Storms introduced him. “Michele invited me to an intimate roundtable with Professor Proto, which has ended up being one of my most valuable educational experiences,” Drummond says. “The discussion itself offered tremendous guidance on how the fields of public service and environmental law work. An added bonus was the relationship that formed between Neil and me where I felt comfortable texting and emailing him while I was working on my 20-page document — with 180 more pages of attachments — for the tunnel project. It served as a great reminder that a seemingly random experience could end up being instrumental in helping you achieve your goals.” With the help of Storms and Listfjeld, Drummond was accepted for a clerkship with the Executive Office of the President in Washington, D.C., starting this fall. He will be working with the Council on Environmental Quality, which administers environmental policy for the Environmental Protection Agency and all federal agencies as well as developing and providing guidance on how to implement environmental mandates.
He shared his idea with Storms and says, “She gave me four people’s contact information on the spot. The first person I called is now my boss at the Northwest Justice Project’s Veterans Project.” Flor says his internship with the Northwest Justice Project allows him to be of service while also contextualizing what he learns in class. He helps veterans access housing and employment opportunities and works with the state to adjust the veterans’ child support to a more realistic rate. “Military service and its effects are hard on families. For veteran non-custodial parents, the debt can become so large that they can’t pay it and then cut themselves off from their children. This doesn’t benefit anyone,” Flor explains. “We work with the veteran and the state to set payments at an income-appropriate rate so that he or she can meet their responsibilities and stay involved, which helps the veteran and the children.” Flor says he has seen an expansion in the initiatives and ideas aimed at getting all law students interested in public service. “It shouldn’t merely be what a few of us do, but what we all do. The privilege of being a lawyer includes the responsibility to give back.”
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Academic Project. The project is a joint undertaking whose purpose is to advance the academic study and assessment of the Convention on International Interests and Mobile Equipment (less formally known as the Cape Town Convention). The Convention is one of the most important and innovative international conventions ever to have been concluded in the field of transnational commercial law. It has already secured nearly 50 ratifications, including the United States, China, India, and Russia. According to Jeffrey Wool, secretary general at Aviation Working Group, head of aerospace law and policy at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, and Executive Director of the project, the Convention is designed to “facilitate the financing of high-value mobile equipment including aircraft, railway rolling stock, and satellites, increasing the availability and reducing the cost of credit for these critically important assets. That core efficiency produces substantial macroeconomic gains, which, in turn, benefit society at large. Examples include enhanced trade, employment, and acquisition of newer, environmentally-friendly transportation equipment.” “The Convention,” Wool goes on to say, “more broadly is a best practices treaty designed to develop and harmonize international law in relevant fields including secured transactions, leasing and bankruptcy with important innovations in the fields of private international law and electronic commerce.”
Convention Academic Project to enhance the understanding and effective implementation of the treaty, and to advance its purpose. Wool will consult with the academic leads: Professor Jon Eddy at UW Law and Professor Roy Goode at Oxford. The main activities of the project include the creation of a comprehensive digitized and searchable database of primary and secondary materials on the Convention and Protocols, including the preparatory work leading to their adoption and implementation in national law, a journal, conferences, teaching materials, and law and economics assessment. The database and journal are being undertaken under the joint auspices of UNIDROIT (the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law). All information is open source, free and available for the general good. Professor Eddy emphasizes the far-reaching international influence of the Project and its importance to UW Law. “The Convention and the Aircraft Protocol will have a major impact on Asia, both economically and upon domestic legal systems,” he says. “China, with its rapidly growing aviation market, has implemented the treaty; India and Singapore, also both major aviation jurisdictions, are parties. Implementation of the treaty in China fundamentally changed important aspects of the Chinese law of personal property security. Later this year there will be a diplomatic conference in Berlin to develop the Space Assets Protocol to the Convention: China, India and Russia, all parties to the Convention, are major players in that category.
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UW Law and Oxford established the Cape Town
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These are all very practical consequences, before
business transaction law and comparative law,
one even considers the innovative approach to
using the treaty as an example. These materials
international law that the Convention embodies.
will be available for professors worldwide and will
So this Academic Project is both intellectually
influence a wider academic community, who will
fascinating and of great practical importance, and
learn lessons from the experiences of the drafters
it is a natural for our law school, with its rich tradi-
of the treaty and those dealing with its terms.
tions in Asia, in international law and commerce, and in comparative law.”
vention Treaty, commented that there are few suc-
Dean Kellye Testy signed the Project Memoran-
cessful treaties that provide this kind of opportu-
dum of Understanding in March along with Dean
nity. “Successful commercial law treaties are rare.
Timothy Endicott of the University of Oxford
We believe the systematic nature of the Project will
Faculty of Law. Wool noted that Deans Testy and
contribute to a number of other projects involving
Endicott “moved swiftly to embrace and establish
the review of other treaty systems and academic
this project given the stand-alone commercial
thought on commercial law reform generally.”
importance of the Convention, and, equally, its potential role influencing the wider field of transnational commercial law.”
When asked why UW Law was chosen to partner with Oxford, Wool said, “We liked the advantage of the Asian Law Center and the Asian reach of
“This project is one that further establishes UW
UW. The law school has a strong Asian footprint.
Law as a leader globally in the areas of commer-
It also has exceptional library expertise. These
cial and business law. We are also excited about
two factors are complimentary to the resources
partnering with Oxford and Unidroit, and work-
available in Oxford.”
ing closely with Boeing, co-chair of the Aviation Working Group. Boeing has been very helpful in developing both the Convention and this project,” Testy says.
Wool has been working closely with Professor Eddy, who heads the Asian Law Center. Eddy was a leading practitioner in Seattle before he came to UW. The project will include other members
“Beyond the Convention, the Project itself is
of the law school faculty, especially those in
without precedent,” adds Wool. “We are bring-
commercial law.
ing together leaders from academia, government, industry, and practice, and making use of the most advanced information systems and resources to provide comprehensive and immediate access to all aspects of the treaty system, from its legislative history to its implementation into national law of its contracting countries and contractual practices.” Wool previously taught at the UW School of Law and at Oxford, and was the initial coordinator of UW Law’s Comparative Commercial Law Institute. His academic work has had a direct impact on the development of the Convention.
Joining Wool and Eddy in the administration of the project is Kyle Brown. Brown received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota and a master’s of library and information science issued from the UW iSchool. Information about the Cape Town Convention can be found on the websites of UNIDROIT (www.unidroit.org), the legal depositary of the Convention, and the Aviation Working Group (www.awg.aero), the founding sponsor of the Project. The International Civil Aviation Organization (www.icao.int) and the
One of the highlights of the Project is the
Intergovernmental Organisation for International
production of course materials for traditional
Carriage by Rail (www.otif.org) are also
courses, such as bankruptcy, secured transactions,
cooperating with the project.
international law, conflicts of law, international
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UW Law Professor Joel Ngugi Appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Kenya Associate Professor of Law Joel Ngugi was recently appointed a Judge of the High Court of Kenya. Under Kenya’s new Constitution, the High Court has unlimited original jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters and is the court of first instance on constitutional issues. The court also has supervisory powers over the subordinate courts. Professor Ngugi, who is a Kenyan native, has been involved in the ongoing legal reforms in Kenya as a scholar writing on important issues facing the country, as an activist involved in human rights work, and as a lawyer. This judicial appointment, however, will allow Professor Ngugi to directly
civil and political rights (drawn, in part, from the United States) with innovative social, economic and cultural rights (inspired, in part, by the South African model),” Professor Ngugi explains. “I plan to utilize my comparative law experience to craft a constitutional jurisprudence that maximizes individual autonomy while ensuring reasonable existence and subsistence for all citizens as promised in the new constitution.” Professor Ngugi is taking a leave of absence from UW to take up the appointment and plans to continue his involvement with UW by providing externships, independent studies, and international legal research opportunities for students who are interested in international, comparative, and human rights law. “The new constitution of Kenya directly incorporates international law as part of the law of Kenya, so UW Law students will get the opportunity to participate in research on international legal issues which might be relevant to the Kenyan context,” notes Professor Ngugi. Professor Ngugi joined the law school faculty in 2004. His research interests include the role of law in economic development, the role of
governments in market regulation and wealth allocation, and legal reforms in transition and developing economies. Prior to joining the faculty, Professor Ngugi practiced law with the Boston law firm of Foley Hoag, LLP, as a corporate and international litigation associate. He also practiced law with the Kenyan firm Kariuki Muigua & Company Advocates. Professor Ngugi has worked with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and conducted research work for the Global Coalition for Africa/World Bank, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research (HPCR) at Harvard University and at the Global Trade Watch Division of the Public Citizens, Inc. in Washington, D.C. At Harvard University, he was one of two recipients of the John Gallup Laylin Prize in International Law in 2002. At Harvard, his many fellowships and grants included the Clark Byse Fellowship (for academic distinction among graduate students) and the European Law Research Center Seminar Fellowship. Professor Ngugi was also awarded dissertation fellowship grants from the Institute for the Study of World Politics, Washington, D.C. and the MacArthurWeatherhead Center for International Affairs.
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While most know that Michael K. Young became President of the University of Washington in July 2011, many may not realize that he also became a tenured Professor of Law at the law school. Dean Testy is delighted to have President Young on the faculty. “His experience in our profession is both deep and wide, and his expertise in Japanese Law is a particular asset to our mission as Leaders for the Global Common Good,” Testy adds.
New University President Also Law School Professor
President Young has led a distinguished career as an academic leader with broad experience in public service and diplomacy. Previously he served as President and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Utah and he was the
Linda Ebberson ’76 Named President of Washington Law School Foundation Ebberson, a principal with
structure and platform are in place to focus on our
Lasher Holzapfel Sperry &
mission of providing financial support to the Dean
Ebberson in Seattle, Wash-
and the law school. Ultimately, the goal is to grow
ington, became the newest
the funds under management in the Foundation
president of the law school
and to develop a broader base of donors. That
foundation board, following
way we can accomplish our informal mission of be-
Greg Adams ’77 of Davis
ing the Dean’s and the law school’s best friend.”
Wright Tremaine, who will remain on the board.
Bar Association Judicial Screening Committee.
versity of Washington School of Law in 1976 where
She is also a Mentor in the University of
she was Editor of the Washington Law Review
Washington School of Law Professional Mentor
(1975-1976). As a principal at Lasher Holzapfel, she
Program and is a volunteer for the King County
practices in the areas of family law, litigation, and
Settlement Conference.
construction law. She was inspired by Jon Bridge ’76 who recruited her to the board and to become the Vice President (in effect President Elect). Ebberson acknowledges the work of Jon and Bobbe Bridge ‘76 who “give so much to the community and the law school. We were classmates and our friendship continues. I can only aspire!”
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Currently she is a member of the King County
Ebberson received her law degree from the Uni-
Ebberson was recently listed as a Preeminent Woman Lawyer in the Martindale-Hubbell Register. Assistant Dean for Advancement Stephanie Cox says, “I look forward to working with Linda as our new UW School of Law Foundation President. It is fantastic to have another woman leading, following a stellar line of former women presidents — Muriel Mawer ’35 in 1976, Julie Weston ’69 in
As president of the foundation, Ebberson ac-
1991, and Mary Ann Ekman ’75 in 1995. We are in
knowledges that her goal is “to make sure the
good hands.”
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Dean and Lobingier Professor of Comparative Law
He has published extensively on a wide range
and Jurisprudence at the George Washington
of topics, including the Japanese legal system,
University Law School. He was also a professor
dispute resolution, mergers and acquisitions, labor
at Columbia University for more than 20 years,
relations, the legal profession, comparative law,
and served as a law clerk to the late Chief (then
industrial policy, international trade law, the North
Associate) Justice William H. Rehnquist of the
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the
United States Supreme Court.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT),
President Young has held numerous government positions, including Deputy Under Secretary for Economic and Agricultural Affairs and Ambassador for Trade and Environmental Affairs in the
international environmental law and international human rights, and freedom of religion. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Department of State during the presidency of the
President Young is a graduate of Brigham Young
first President Bush. He also served as a member
University (B.A., 1973) and Harvard Law School
of the U.S. Commission on International Religious
(J.D., 1976), where he served as a note editor of
Freedom from 1998 to 2005 and chaired the Com-
the Harvard Law Review.
mission on two occasions.
Roy Diaz ’02 Assumes Position as Law School Alumni Association President Following the tenure of
to invest in the success and betterment of the
Maurice Claussen ’04,
law school and our community. I joined the board
Dr. Diaz became President
because I am committed to these tenets.”
2011. He is a member of the Biotechnology Legal Team at Intellectual Ventures. Prior to joining Intellectual Ventures, Dr. Diaz was an associate at the firms of Finnegan and Henderson and at Seed Intellectual Law Group developing a wide ranging practice including patent litigation, patent procurement, due diligence investigations, opinion work, and client counseling primarily in the medical, chemical, electrical, and pharmaceutical areas. Dr. Diaz is a life-long Dawg earning a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry, and a J.D. — all from the University of Washington. Dr. Diaz took on this leadership position because he believes that an institution that provides “opportunity and access to a legal education stands as a measure of our collective humanity.” He continues, “In accepting the privilege of a legal education, we also assume the ongoing obligation
As board president, Dr. Diaz says that he wants “the 62nd year of the LSAA to serve as a benchmark for creating a culture of engagement — a culture that fosters the notion of students, faculty, staff, and alumni actively engaged and invested in the success and advancement of the school and our community.” UW Law Alumni Director Beverly Sanders and the UW Law School Alumni Association are ecstatic to welcome and work with Dr. Diaz in his new role as president of the Association. Diaz serves as an extraordinary example of a devoted and highly engaged alumnus who contributes equally to the law school and the campus as a whole. The board is already moving forward in their work to make Dr. Diaz’s vision of a more engaged, collaborative alumni board a reality. Dr. Diaz currently serves as a member of the United Way of King County Fundraising Cabinet, as well as a Trustee of the University of Washington Alumni Association.
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“ It is absolutely incredible how much stress a human being can take and still continue to function.” wrote alumnus James Mackler (’97) in his blog on January 22, 2005 He was not referring to his first year of law
After a year and a half of grueling training camps
school or the “big, ugly concrete building”
in Oklahoma, Alabama, and Kentucky, and with his
better known as Condon Hall. Mackler wrote
law school days far behind him, Mackler readied for
the blog entry after completing Survival Evasion
deployment to Iraq. Mackler remembers the day in
Resistance and Escape (SERE) training in
May 2005 when he stood for his Division review at
southern Alabama. SERE is a military program
Ft. Campbell in Kentucky:
all crucial for Black Hawk helicopter pilots preparing for deployment to Iraq. On September 11, 2001, Mackler, then a successful litigation attorney in Colorado, felt driven to defend his country. Joining the FBI was the logical choice for the UW School of Law grad, but the FBI was not hiring lawyers at the time. So, like many other young men and women, Mackler contacted his local army recruiter. There was only one problem – Mackler was 30 years old, much older than the other recruits. Mackler applied for an age waiver, finally entering the army on November 11, 2003. Encouraged to attend officer candidate school, the former Public Interest Law Association (PILA) grant recipient, President of the Moot Court Honor Board, and Member of the Order of Barristers and Order of the Coif could have easily become a member of the JAG Corps. Instead, he chose to become a helicopter pilot. Mackler was the oldest member of his class, which primarily consisted of 18 to 20-year-olds, most of whom were recently out of high school.
The plan, rehearsed the previous day, was for all the companies in the 5th Battalion to form up at the staging area. We would then march together to the parade field and link with the rest of the division for the planned review. I met with Bravo Company and joined my co-workers in a mass formation. The First Sergeants proceeded to arrange everyone in the Battalion in size order. I am about average height, and as a result, found myself standing in the center of the formation. This is an ideal location for blending in. I listened, smiling to myself, as the Specialist next to me complained to the Sergeant next to her. “All of my friends are short and not standing near me,” she said. “Make some friends in this area,” the Sergeant suggested. “Nah,” she said, inclining her head toward me. “The only people around here are snobby aviators.” “They have no reason to be snobby,” the Sergeant informed her. “They are not even required to have college diplomas anymore.” I smiled but had to say something. Just loud enough for the two of them to hear I muttered, “I don’t need no fancy book learnin’ Sergeant.”
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After arriving in Iraq with the 101st Airborne
searches. This allowed me to get used to doing
Division, Mackler flew a UH-60 Black Hawk
quick landings in fields and roads, and to get
helicopter on air assault missions, landing in
comfortable flying around buildings.”
hostile areas from battlefields to busy roads. Working through holidays and sometimes all night long, Mackler was part of a team that rescued fellow soldiers and transported dignitaries. He flew a “hero” mission to “pick up the body of a soldier killed in action for transport to an Air Force base for the final trip home.” “We landed at the pick-up site,” Mackler recalls. “The crews lined up on either side of the cargo door while the chaplain, his assistant, and two soldiers from Mortuary Affairs carefully loaded the flag-draped body bags into the aircraft. We stood at attention and saluted in the dark.” He had five heroes riding with him that night. Mackler also flew aerial snap traffic control points (TCPs). “These involve loading the aircraft with infantry and a bomb sniffing dog and flying around looking for suspicious vehicles and people,” Mackler explains. “When something suspicious was spotted, we swooped down, dropped off the ground forces, and provided aerial security while they conducted the
The U.S.embassy, green zone, Saddam’s palace.
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Mackler remembers flying over beautiful mountainous areas with peaks that reached 10,000 feet and were dusted with snow. Not concerned about being shot, he flew the helicopter around the serpentine canyon walls, taking in the spectacular landscape. But most often he saw the more brutal parts of war. “The oil refineries in Kirkuk in Northern Iraq suffered a serious attack creating a fire that lasted for days,” Mackler says. “The area had been ravaged by roadside bombs. Five soldiers were killed by a massive bomb. We flew one of the Colonels to the scene. The vehicle was still burning when we arrived.” Working side by side in a combat zone bonds most soldiers. So does long nights in the barracks. At first, Mackler took a ribbing. Why in the world would a lawyer want to give up a lucrative practice? He must be a terrible lawyer. Visions of his contract classes with Professor Wolcher, torts with Professor Hicks, con law with Professor Trautman and trial advocacy
Mackler at Bone McAllester Norton in Nashville
Mackler knows that he will never again be in a situation as stressful as deploying to combat. His military experience gives him a perspective that few attorneys can bring to their law practices. with Professor Weil danced in his head as he
to the position of Senior Trial Counsel at Ft.
answered questions from army personnel about
Campbell, where he conducted courts martial
their “friends” who were having legal problems.
and administrative separation proceedings, and
“I was happy to respond, as it was intellectually
supervised murder and rape cases. In April of
challenging,” Mackler says.
2011, he left the Army and worked for a short
When Mackler recalls his time in Iraq he
time as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor enforcing Mine Safety and Health
wearing his uniform exclusively, living without
Administration regulations.
privacy with four men in a tiny room while
Mackler knows that he will never again be in a
working different shifts, and coping with an
situation as stressful as deploying to combat. His
outdoor environment that felt as if someone was
military experience gives him a perspective that
blasting him with a “hair dryer full of sand.”
few attorneys can bring to their law practices.
“When I was in law school I focused on a task
In Iraq, Mackler often asked himself why he
the Army I needed a broader focus and had to take in everything. For example, while flying the helicopter, checking my surroundings and my instruments, I had to play close attention to the radio. If I missed the call, I wouldn’t know there
chose to fly Black Hawk helicopters. He didn’t take naturally to flying and found it seriously challenging. Looking back on that experience now, he says he knows that although he was a good aviator, he will “always be a better lawyer than a pilot.”
was other aircraft in the area. As a pilot I had to be
In July 2011, Mackler returned to private practice
calm under pressure but had to take a moment to
and joined the 30-attorney law firm Bone
think about my every action. I was going 150 miles
McAllester Norton, PLLC in Nashville. The firm
an hour just a few feet above the ground.”
is known as being socially active and is open to
According to Mackler, this experience made him a better lawyer, particularly in the courtroom. “While listening, I’m also taking in the whole
Mackler’s continued service in the Army Reserves and to his passion for assisting veterans. He’s currently working on developing a litigation and
process and I use what I need,” he says.
general business practice with an emphasis on
Returning from Iraq, with four and a half
enter the civilian entrepreneurial sector.
years left of his eight-year military obligation, Mackler joined the JAG on the University of Virginia campus. He was eventually assigned
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James Hutchens
LL.M . ’05
chi cago
Guinea pigs. That was the term Professor Dwight
classes, and apply to the area of law I chose. I
Drake ’73 called the students in his 2004 class
use the information provided in those classes on
after returning to teaching. James Hutchens,
a daily basis to assist me in the estate planning
LL.M. ’05 was one of those students. “We all
field,” Hutchens explains.
called him ‘The Drake,’” an endearing term for one of his favorite all-time professors, Hutchens recalls. Hutchens now works for Robert T. Napier and
an accounting focus. A year into his studies, he
Associates, P.C., a boutique law firm in Chicago.
realized he could not see himself as an accountant
His practice includes estate planning, probate and
and decided to attend law school. He went to
business law.
Penn State for his J.D. “This was right after Penn
“Drake was a gifted teacher who could easily transition from education to private practice to running a business and back to teaching. I had two classes with him, Estate and Gift Tax and Advising Private Business Owners. These were phenomenal
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Hutchens attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and earned his undergraduate degree in business with
State had purchased the Dickinson School of Law. At the time there was only one tax professor there,” Hutchens says. “But I took all the tax classes offered and decided I wanted to pursue a legal career in tax.”
Associate Professor Dwight Drake ’73 s eattle
Hutchens came to UW Law to pursue his LL.M.
“The LL.M. program has given me the ability to
in taxation right after completing his J.D. at Penn
understand my clients’ needs better,” Hutchens
State. He had wanted to return to the West Coast,
says. “The courses were much more in-depth
because he is originally from the San Diego area.
than my law school classes. These courses
But UW Law was the only West Coast school
prepared me for working in an estate planning
to which he applied. “I liked the flexibility that
firm and assisting clients with transferring wealth,
the UW program offered,” he says. “And, quite
minimizing tax liability, and making sure that their
frankly, the quarter system was a huge draw. A
estate passes as intended.” Hutchens credits Professors Drake, Sam Donaldson and Roland Hjorth for providing an education that he uses every day. But it’s Professor Drake and his “guinea pig” textbook titled Advising Private Business Owners that he applies regularly to his practice.
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I knew lawyers ate this stuff up, but I didn ’t know if law students would know enough to understand it. As it turned out, the students loved it. Professor Drake describes why that might be:
taught by an adjunct professor who has a business
“Typically in law schools you’ve had business
planning practice. This is not a case book. These
planning courses. They focus on select problems
are my writings. The book is very tight, which
of big public companies, such as mergers. My
is why a student needs some grounding in tax
experience is that most lawyers work with privately
before taking the course.”
held businesses, which make up 99 percent of American businesses. This class was the capstone after students took corporate tax, estate and gift tax, and partnership tax. When I started to
The book has been a good seller for West Publishing. Now in its third edition, the book is titled Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises.
develop the course, we really didn’t know if it
The class has also been a successful addition to
would work.
the LL.M. curriculum. “I require a student to write
“The materials were rough. They were mainly articles I had written and revised over the years, bound — not expertly — into a big green book. The pagination was off and there was no table of contents. I knew that the content worked for lawyers. I knew lawyers ate this stuff up, but I didn’t know if law students would know enough to understand it. As it turned out, the students loved it.
18 three-to-six page case study memos during the course of the class if he or she wants to lockin a good grade,” Professor Drake says. “Many students write more than the required 18. Some of them find that they are very good at writing the memos and enjoy doing it. I tell them, ‘You are going to be practicing law in three months. You’ve got to become good at writing analytical planning memos. Don’t do it for the grade. If you’re doing only the minimum just to lock-in a grade, you are
“When I first came to the law school,” Professor
missing the point.’ Planning lawyers are always
Drake continues, “I told Dean Knight that I
writing. It prepares the students to sit down with
wanted to develop a class, and if the class worked
a client.”
I wanted to develop a book. And if the book worked, I wanted to take it to other law schools. We’ve accomplished all that. In fact, about 40 schools have used this book in a planning course similar to the one I have developed here.
Hutchens agrees: “Drake’s course gave me the ability to understand my clients better, and prepared me for working in the estate planning field.”
The book is supported by a Web site and 18
Professor Drake says: “What I find is that students
PowerPoint presentations with over 550 slides.
like Hutchens, students from prior years, call me
It includes a syllabus, a course description, and
and say it was the best course they ever had. I
sample chapters, everything a professor needs
have former students who call for updates and
to offer his class. I even provide sample test
help with specific questions. Every two years I
questions to those who ask. The course focuses
have to write a new edition of the book to keep it
on real business planning challenges, and often is
up to date. In the latest edition, for example, there is a whole new section on health care reform and tax reform challanges.”
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The topics in the book cover the gamut of
“Many lawyers mistakenly assume that contacts
business advising, including such topics as
with an existing client should only be initiated
understanding the client’s objectives, choice
by the client when the client needs service,”
of entity planning, entity formation challenges,
Professor Drake writes in his book. “[Clients] like
co-owner protection planning, executive
being reminded that they are important to you.
compensation planning, owner life insurance
It’s likely that many of them regularly are being
planning, diversification planning, competitor
courted by your competition. Your challenge is to
collaborations, entity conversion challenges,
remind them that you value their relationship, that
asset protection planning, family business
you are at the top of your game, and that you are
transition planning, employee benefits, and
ready and able to serve their needs.”
valuing closely held business enterprises. It also includes a chapter titled “The Lawyer’s Role – Building a Practice.”
Hutchens recommends that law students, in addition to enrolling in Professor Drake’s class, take a psychology course. “Working with clients
In the preface to the book, Professor Drake points
is often tricky,” he says. “In my few short years of
out, “Perhaps the most vital skill … is the advisor’s
estate administration, I’ve seen complex business
ability to effectively communicate…. It’s not easy;
sales, and experienced a range of situations
many don’t even try.”
involving clients fighting over a bird bath, to
Professor Drake explains, “This, more than any other factor, explains why only a pitifully low 17 percent of the respondents in a recent survey of
clients discovering how a deceased loved one really lived their life. Every client has unique needs and goals.”
successful business owners listed a lawyer as their
Hutchens is not quite sure what happened to his
most trusted outside advisor.”
original bound manuscript, in green hardback, of
At a full-service estate planning firm like Napier & Associates, Hutchens knows the importance of listening to the client and understanding the client’s personality. “Some clients are reluctant to give you the full picture. Others find it difficult to consider
Professor Drake’s book, but he cherishes the copy of the first edition that Professor Drake sent to him and all the students in the class shortly after its publication. Inside the front cover, Professor Drake wrote, “Thank you for being the guinea pigs.”
the concept of business and estate planning. I remember attending a Northern Trust seminar. The question was asked of 100 high-net-worth individuals in the Chicago area, ‘Why do you not have an estate plan?’ Over half of the people said they were waiting for something to happen.” Hutchens does not agree with the “wait and see” approach. Hutchens thinks being proactive
assistance. Professor Drake applauds this style.
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Toni
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It’s hard to believe that the quiet, shy woman
In the 1950s it was a common view that women
(one of only four women in her 1960 law school
would either have children or a career but not
graduating class) would go on to become the
both, Rembe notes. Her father felt a woman’s
first female partner of the law firm Pillsbury
place was in the home, but Rembe set out to
Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, the managing
pursue a profession. “I was extremely shy and
partner of its firm-wide tax department, and a
introverted at the time and very nervous in my
member of the firm’s executive committee. This
law school classes where there were few other
quiet powerhouse would also blaze the barely lit
women and sometimes none at all,” Rembe
path for other women to become leaders within
recalls. “In a way, it was a benefit. I would
the legal profession.
prepare thoroughly for my classes, never raise
by The Recorder, a legal-content publication in California. Rembe probably cringed when
I had the answer. Intensive study at this early stage made the courses more interesting and ultimately made me a better lawyer.”
she heard herself described as a legend,
Remembering her law school days, Rembe
partly because she is so modest and partly
cites Professors Cornelius Peck and Warren
because it does not seem that long ago she
Shattuck for their sharp analytical minds. They
attended law school.
were “smart and terrifying and made you feel
Rembe received her B.S. in Law at the University of Washington in 1958 and her LL.B. (J.D.) from the law school in 1960. “I grew up in Seattle and attended UW as an undergraduate,” said Rembe. “Law school was an intimidating experience for a woman in the 1950s, and it was a comfortable and easy transition to the UW program. I had spent my senior year abroad at the University of Geneva studying French literature and needed
good if you were on the right track,” she says. Rembe also mentions the “wise and equally terrifying torts professor, John Richards.” Rembe notes that in her undergraduate years Professor Pelligrini’s Shakespeare classes, Professor Costigan’s English History series, and Professor Treadgold’s Asian and Russian history studies “all contributed to a more open and inquiring approach to legal issues.”
more credits to finish my bachelor’s degree,
Enjoyable law school memories included
which I was able to do —- during my first year of
passionately argumentative student study
law school.”
seminars and playing chess with fellow student,
Studying law came naturally to Rembe. “Thanks to my magical mother, I grew up loving Shakespeare (particularly Portia’s
Judy Callison, in the ladies’ lounge between classes. What did she not enjoy? Long class lectures after lunch and “third year redundancies.”
‘quality-of-mercy’ speech), Carroll’s Alice
While studying for the bar exam, Rembe spent
in Wonderland, and all things foreign and
a summer working on foreign tax credit issues
seemingly unattainable,” she says. “Also, I
for United Fruit at the Ryan Swanson firm in
enjoyed challenging the norm and learned a lot
Seattle. When she passed the bar, she was torn
arguing with my logical and more conservative
between a job at the Ryan firm or more world
dad.” She mentioned that many of her beatnik
experience. “John Ryan, our next door neighbor,
undergraduate days were spent in informal
was a wonderful lawyer and mentor but I decided
discussions trying to arrive at the meaning of it
with some trepidation to get a master’s degree in
all. “Since I wasn’t a natural writer or actor, nor
taxation at New York University School of Law. At
keen on the sciences, law seemed a logical path
that time women law graduates, if they found work
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my hand, but when the professor called on me,
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Pillsbury Partnership Dinner April 1971
at all in a corporate law firm, worked in domestic
represented many large international companies.
relations and trusts and estates departments,
When she started, she was the only woman
frequently as clerks with little prospect of
lawyer in the firm. She was still very shy and
engagement in international issues.”
uncomfortable speaking in public.
At NYU she was the only woman in an extremely
When asked why Chadbourne and Pillsbury were
large “intimidating” class and continued to over-
willing to hire a woman, Rembe thought for a
prepare. One well-known corporate tax professor,
moment then replied, “During my early career, the
John Eustice, later told her that he commenced
partners with daughters often turned out to be
teaching in 1960 and was more nervous having a
the most supportive. I think the men who hired me
woman in his class than she was being there.
were thinking of their own daughters and willing
After graduating Rembe was encouraged by her professors to interview on Wall Street. It was before EEOC and most firms said “no”, referring to her gender. They also said that that while they understood her desire to practice law, their clients would not. Thanks to an advanced degree in taxation at a time when there was a shortage of corporate tax lawyers and with the help of her professors, she received two offers.
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to give me and other women an equal chance.” She also mentioned that she received a great deal of support and advice from the firm’s secretaries, “who were happy to see a woman break into the all male sanctuary.” Her first large assignment at Pillsbury involved tax planning for the Mangla Dam construction project in Pakistan. Her developing international tax and construction law expertise later took her to South America, Asia and many countries throughout the world representing firm clients.
Rembe landed at Chadbourne, Parke, Whiteside &
She also developed an expertise in California
Wolff (now Chadbourne & Parke) at 25 Broadway
corporate tax matters at a time when California’s
in Manhattan and was put to work on tax planning
method of taxing international corporations was
for a potential TWA-Pan Am merger while
a world-wide cause célèbre and raised United
studying for the New York bar. As an associate
States Constitutional issues. While working on
she gleaned experience on corporate and
early international tax planning for Intel, she was
international tax issues, and later transferred from
introduced to her future husband, Arthur Rock, by
Chadbourne to the prestigious West Coast firm
another partner who was advising on a possible
of Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro in San Francisco
public offering for the company. (Rock and Rembe
(now, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP) which
were married in 1975.)
Although she preceded the women’s movement
policy courses. There is also more of a focus on
of the 70s, she was given some tough assignments
“longtermism” and government, business and
at Pillsbury. Rembe never wanted to jeopardize
NGOs working together to solve common issues.
the possibility of other women attorneys coming
“Together with a small hard-working board,
to the firm. As she puts it: “My theory was to work
interim president, interim dean, and outstanding
hard, keep my head down and do the best job
student body representatives, we found a terrific
possible - always!” Rembe was proud of the firm’s
new president and addressed other issues during
progress in hiring women. She was named the first
the last academic year.”
female partner in 1970 and many followed. During her years with Pillsbury (1964 to her retirement in 2004), Rembe served as managing partner of the tax department and as a member of the firm’s executive committee.
Rembe is still very much involved with the van Loben Sels Foundation, a private foundation specializing in funding direct legal services and social justice initiatives in the Bay Area and Northern California. “I have a great deal of respect
In the 1970s, Rembe also began serving on the
and admiration for public interest lawyers who
board of a long list of prominent corporations
represent the disadvantaged. They provide an
and organizations. Her first board appointment
outlet for frustration and a form of balance that
was for Potlatch Corporation, a sustainable
has helped keep our diverse nation together.”
forestry company with headquarters in Spokane,
She feels the need for broader access to justice
Washington. “They were among the first
is even more critical given recent world events.
corporations who wanted to hire a woman as
Rembe is also involved with the Arthur and Toni
general counsel and to put women on the board,”
Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance
Rembe remarked. Judith Runstad ’74 currently
at Stanford University, and hopes to spend more
sits on this board.
time with regional theater groups.
From the one board membership grew many,
Humbly she adds, “I’m also working on being a
including AT&T, Safeco and Transamerica. She also
better human being.”
served on the board of an international insurance company, AEGON N.V., based in The Hague, and traveled to Europe frequently. For someone who doesn’t like attention or awards, Rembe has a number of them, including the 2008 Sandra Day O’Connor Board of Excellence Award, an award recognizing the effort in promoting female attorneys for company directorships. And, UW Law presented her with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1999. Now retired from Pillsbury, Rembe assumed l l 2 20 01 1 1 f faall
she’d enjoy more leisure time, but instead she has recently completed a year as chair of Presidio Graduate School. Rembe explains, “Through its affiliation with Alliant University, the school gives
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Toni Rembe (Courtesy Pillsbury, Win-
all the traditional business school and public
throp Shaw Pittman LLP)
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John Davis
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An interview with John Davis ’40
ber when… Remember when Judson Falknor was dean of the law school? John Davis, founder of Davis Wright Tremaine, does. Falknor was dean from 1936 to 1951, and Davis graduated in 1940. Now one of the law school’s oldest living graduates, Davis recalls his experience as if it were yesterday. Q. Many articles have been written about you
absolutely vital to practicing law successfully.
during your long, distinguished career. In one,
So I had an advantage over the young people
you mention that you chose law school because
in my law school classes.
happened. We subscribed to Life magazine and there was an article on James McCauley Landis, who was named dean of Harvard Law School. The article said that no man could be a better model of fierce intellectual effort. That phrase grabbed me. It was exactly what I had wanted to pursue. I had been working in banks up until then, and I was looking forward to law school. That article was the spark. Q. You are also a double dawg with a B.A. from UW. What was your major as an undergraduate?
Q. Did you go to law school directly after graduating from UW? A. No, I didn’t go to law school right away. I stayed out one year because when I graduated college, the bank I had worked at part-time, University National Bank, had offered me a full-time job as a payroll teller. I made $75 a month, and that was a lot of money. I also took some of the banking courses they offered. When I went to law school, I offered to work parttime at the bank to help on teacher paydays, when the line for the bank ran from the street to our tellers’ cages. I suggested that I work afternoons
A. I majored in English literature, where I learned
Monday through Friday and all day on Saturday as
to read and write. These are two deficiencies I
an assistant teller. I told my boss, “I’ll work those
see among lawyers. As a lawyer, one needs to be
lines down so that you are serving those people
able to express oneself and make other people
faster and better.” He agreed. That’s how I worked
understand what one is saying. Communication is
my way through law school.
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I also remember that I had a good relationship with Warren Shattuck. He taught contracts. I remember he was interested in photography, and my wife, Ruth, and I would teach him a little about enlargements and the like. Professor Sholley taught constitutional law. Professor Sholley would say that for every court session he needed to add one week to what he had to tell us about the constitution. That was the only class I was ever in that the finishing bell rang so soon I could not believe it was more than 10 minutes. I was just enthralled with constitutional law. Then there was Joseph O’Bryan who taught criminal law. He was an older practitioner – no nonsense. dean Judson Falknor
I thought it was the end of the world when I took time off from school to work at the bank. I had taken seven straight quarters including the summer. Now I felt I was behind my classmates, but when I returned I became the article editor for the Law Review and the president of the Law School Student Body.
A. On the first day of law school Dean Falknor told us if we were in law school because we thought that law was a pathway to making money, we needed to be disabused of that idea. He told us, “If you are interested in money, pack your bags and go over to the business school. Take the right courses. The law is not right for you. But if you want to have a
Q. What do you remember about your time
satisfactory life of service, and you are interested in
on the Law Review?
serving your clients and willing to accept reasonable
A. I remember when the editor, Donald Simpson, and I had to put out the Law Review – quickly.
compensation, then you are on the right course. But don’t stay here for the money.”
Simpson was the number one student in our class.
He made it very clear that the law is a service
Together we spent more than one day in the empty
profession. I was grateful that he set the table
library checking the footnotes of some laboriously
for us right there. It stuck with us, most of us any
long articles. Here were the two senior people
way. Most of my class did not have thoughts of
doing the scut work to make sure there wasn’t a
grandeur.
wrong citation. I was thinking that this was silly. We shouldn’t have been doing this but we did it. I remember running all over the library. One would run and one would edit. We had to make it fast.
I also remember Dean Falknor as my mentor. Q. How was he your mentor? A. I was interested in being a clerk to one of
Q. What else do you remember about
the Supreme Court justices and had planned to
those days?
clerk for Justice Simpson. One day, before I had
A. I remember winning the election for president of the law school student body by one vote over Harwood Bannister. I had no reason to beat him. We didn’t have any debating contest. It was about equal.
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Q. And what do you remember of Dean Falknor?
a chance to begin my clerkship, I was called into the dean’s office. There was the dean and Judge Simpson sitting there, and they said, “We’ve decided that you are ready to practice law. We want you to graduate and practice law.“ The dean
told me to call on his father at Poe, Falknor, Emory
banking before I even graduated. I did a good job.
and Howe. So I started working for that firm three
After four or five months went by, Mr. Emory came
months before I graduated law school.
back. I was still an associate at that time and had
Then the U.S. joined in the war. After Pearl Harbor
already done a tremendous job for the business.
two of our associates were accepted in the Navy.
When I did this work for the firm I had to take time
I had spent three years in the National Guard,
off from the shipyards but when I went back to the
but my eyesight was not fit for sea duty and they
shipyard my job had been taken.
would not consider me for Intelligence. Then I began working on all of the new law that was coming up on the subject of financing government contracts. But I heard that the Navy was looking for young lawyers to be contract supervisors so I went back to the Navy as I had experience in this field and made some innovations in this field. But I was still not able to join because of my eyes. So I decided to go to work in the shipyards handling their labor relations and other contract work. I would go to work in the shipyards during the day
So I then went to Emory and Howe and asked if there was a future there. Mr. Howe said, “You stay with us and we’ll take care of you.” Well, I didn’t really like that, because I wanted to become a partner some day. So I went back to Dean Falknor to ask his opinion. The dean didn’t think I would have a future there and suggested I try another firm. That firm did offer to make me a partner. But I realized I didn’t want to be a name at the end of line. So I decided to open my own law firm.
and then practice law at night. I pulled double duty. I burned both ends of the candle. Mr. Emory, one of the named partners in the law firm, became very ill and had to go to Cleveland for medical treatment. He asked me to take care of his desk while he was gone. I had already been in
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John Davis and Greg Adams, with John M. Davis Scholarship recipient Celia Small
First I wrote notes to myself when I was trying
Managing Partner, you draft the papers.”
to decide what I wanted to do. I knew I wanted
And that is how the firm Emory, Howe, Davis
freedom of action and a good reputation for
& Riese was formed.
ability, integrity and service. I wanted to have a partnership free of wrangling and jealousies. Q. What happened after the war? A. John Riese, who was in the Navy — his eyes were okay — came back from the war. He had worked with me at Emory & Howe. We wanted to form a partnership so we went to talk to the dean. Dean Falknor said that was a fine idea and we became partners with the dean’s blessing. Less than three years later, Mr. Emory said ‘we need you two boys.’ So once again we went to see the dean. I thought he would say it was not a good idea. After all he had told us before that there was no future there but the dean said “Wait. That firm has changed but you need to become the
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I had also nurtured notions of going to Yale to get a master’s degree so that I could teach law. Instead, Dean Falknor offered me an opportunity to teach contracts. I taught contracts for three years. Then he asked me to teach the advanced secured transaction course, since by this time I had actually been doing these transactions for banks. Dean Falknor also had me teach the ethics course with Harold Shefelman. I enjoyed teaching. I realize that there is a lot of satisfaction when you see lights go on around the room. For my advanced secured transaction course, I brought in bankers to talk directly with my class so that the students got the feeling of what it was like to finance a business. We were just getting the first editions of the Uniform Commercial Code
at the time. For the students’ term papers I said
Mark A. Hutcheson ‘67 is
they could contact the banker if they wanted to
Partner and Firmwide Chairman
learn more. I think this was unusual at that time,
of Davis Wright Tremaine
because the young faculty hadn’t done anything
“Within our firm and the
but teach, and I was one of the few teachers who
entire Pacific Northwest legal
had been out in the business world.
community, John Davis is recognized as a superb lawyer
I do believe that I made the right choice, though,
is now the internationally renowned firm of Davis Wright Tremaine with 500 lawyers, nine offices and approximately 600 other full-time employees.
practiced our profession with the highest degree of integrity and honesty. We all aspire to be like John. To this day, he continues to serve us as an excellent role model. He inspires all of us and always will.”
From the beginning Davis set the tone of the
Susan G. Duffy ‘81 is Partner-
firm to be one of respect, companionship and
in-Charge of the Seattle Office
harmony. He has earned the admiration of those
of Davis Wright Tremaine
who work for and around him.
“Throughout his career,
Gordon Jaynes ’54 got a
John has believed and has
part-time job at Davis’ firm
guided our firm in the belief that ‘the work is always
while in law school. “I assisted in the law library of John’s firm. I was in awe of all of the lawyers and wondered if I ever could achieve their skills and demeanors. Everyone was gracious to me and I felt that I definitely wanted to enter private practice. It was clear to me that John was not only what is now called ‘a rainmaker’, but also he was
better than the rewards.’ He has viewed his roles as an attorney, a community leader, an educator, a mentor and a father as opportunities to serve and contribute to the betterment of humankind. He has embraced the intellectual challenge, hard work and personal commitment each role demanded of him and without a great concern for what he received in return.”
seen inside and outside of the firm as Seattle’s top
Greg F. Adams ’77
banking lawyer.
is a Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine
“After practicing from London and occasionally visiting Seattle, I remained in touch with John.
“As an early mentor to me,
He invited me to join him and one of his partners
John established specific
for lunch. During lunch, when John was explaining
expectations—for both
to his partner that I had worked for the firm while
responsiveness and quality—
in law school, John reached into his jacket inside
that were extraordinarily challenging, but he
pocket and pulled out a folded piece of 8 1/2 x
balanced them with an obvious confidence that
11 paper to show his partner and me: it was an
I could and would meet his demanding standards.
old organization chart of the firm complete to the
He was far more certain of my capacity to stretch
lowest box on the chart — Gordon Jaynes, library
and rise to the occasion than I was, and I found his
assistant. This was more than 20 years after the
trust in my abilities empowering and motivating.
chart had been prepared!”
Many generations of lawyers at Davis Wright and elsewhere owe much of our professional development and success to John and his
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Faculty & Firm Professor Karen Boxx ’83 & Luke Thomas ’02 of K&L Gates
When Luke E. Thomas ’02 began law school, he
it be speaking at CLEs, writing articles, working
did not intend to focus on classes in the estate
on legislative matters, or providing pro bono
planning field, such as those taught by Karen
representation to needy individuals and worthy
Boxx ’83. “Although both my grandfather and
organizations,” he says.
father were estate planning attorneys, I never thought I would follow in their footsteps,” he says. “But once I took the time to learn more about the practice, I was fascinated and started taking every estate planning course I could.”
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Thomas has worked on legislation reforming the state’s estate tax laws, state laws that coordinate with federal estate and gift taxation rules, and a number of state laws relating to probate and trust administration. He chairs a WSBA joint section
Upon graduation, he joined Karr Tuttle Campbell,
task force comprised of members of the WSBA
PSC as a member of the Tax, Trusts, & Estates
Real Property, Probate and Trust and Elder Law
Department. As a third-year associate, he joined
Sections. The task force analyzed the new Uniform
the Estate and Gift Tax Committee of the Tax
Power of Attorney Act and drafted a proposed
Section of the Washington State Bar Association in
version of the act for Washington. Members of
2004. “Although I was easily a generation younger
the task force hope the new act will improve
than most of the members on the committee,
administration of the statute and create additional
the more senior members both encouraged my
safeguards to minimize elder abuse. Once the
participation and helped me learn the ropes,”
proposed bill obtains WSBA approval, it will be
Thomas recalls.
presented to the Legislature for consideration.
Within months, Thomas was asked to chair
Boxx has also been involved in legislative reform
multiple legislation drafting sub-committees,
throughout her career, first as a practicing estate
which led to his appointment as the chair of the
planning attorney in Seattle and now as a faculty
Estate and Gift Tax Committee in 2006. About
member. “The Washington estate planning bar
the same time, he joined K & L Gates, LLP, as a
has a long tradition of active legislative reform,”
member of its Private Clients Practice Group. He
she says. “Washington has some of the most
credits the firm with offering exceptional support
innovative probate and trust statutes in the
of his public service endeavors. “Without my
country, because our estate planning attorneys
firm’s support, I would never be able to do the
recognized that to best serve individual clients,
amount of public service work that I do — whether
they needed to serve the community as a whole
Karen Boxx and Luke Thomas at the K&L Gates offices in Seattle
and improve the laws that apply to everyone.
other affected sections of the WSBA and individual
There is also a genuine sense of duty among
members of the Bar. Boxx explains, “There is a sense
lawyers who work on legislative reform. Lawyers
of relief when the committee is done with drafting the
understand the impact of how statutes are
proposal, but then the political process begins and
written and are in the best position to improve
that’s never easy.”
big cases. Our victories are quiet, but it’s very satisfying to know that you’ve participated in something that will touch a lot of lives.”
When asked what motivates him to work on such endeavors, which seem to present endless roadblocks, Thomas says, “I want to make a difference in my profession and improve this area of law not only for the sake of my own clients, but also for my
Boxx has worked on numerous legislative projects
colleagues around the state and future lawyers
over the years and has just completed service as the
practicing in this area of law. It’s an opportunity to
chair of the Real Property, Probate & Trust (RPPT)
give back and contribute something big.”
task force that reviewed the Uniform Trust Code and made significant revisions to Washington’s trust statutes. The trust task force met for eight years, and its proposal was enacted into law this past session. Boxx is the Probate and Trust Council director of the RPPT section executive committee, and she chairs the probate and trust legislative committee of the section. She and Thomas will work together on the effort to have the power of attorney proposal enacted into law. That involves getting feedback from stakeholders and others who may have an interest in powers of attorney. Thomas has already begun the process, meeting with the state’s Superior Court Judges’ Association, the Washington Professional Guardianship Council, interested members of the Legislature, and
When challenged that his pro bono work for disadvantaged individuals — and for organizations such as Children’s Hospital, the Fallen Heroes Project, the WSBA First Responder Will Clinic and the Girl Scouts of Western Washington — all offer an avenue of service but with numerous trips to Olympia and endless weekend and evening meetings, Thomas replies, “When we identify concerns with or problems in our statutes, we all have a choice to make. We can shrug our shoulders and accept those problems, or we can roll up our sleeves and work with our colleagues within the WSBA to develop a solution. So ask yourself, ‘Will I simply accept the problems, or will I be part of the solution?’ I want to be part of the solution.”
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Books & Beyond By Cheryl Nyberg
A c t L o c all y ; I n f l u e n c e G l o b all y
The Library is a place. Law students still spend hours in the Library over the course of their law school careers. They come to the Library to study, prepare for class, write papers, compare notes with other students, and confer with reference librarians on research strategies. They even browse books, like the hornbooks, nutshells, and study aids that publishers withhold from online legal services. Students enjoy the spacious study tables and carrels, numerous group study rooms, and the natural light streaming in the south-facing windows and the four glass crystals. But the Library is not just a place, passively waiting for students and others to bring it to life. The Library is a service, or more accurately, a collection of services. And many of those services are provided to UW Law alumni, students, faculty, and others through the Internet. Whether you live in Seattle, practice in Snohomish, vacation in South Carolina, or travel to Spain, the Law Library strives to serve you. For instance, the Library mails books to UW Law alumni through the Law Books on Demand program, lib.law.washington.edu/ services/alumni. An alum in Yakima requested and received Minding Your Own Business: The Solo and Small Firm Lawyer’s Guide to a Profitable Practice (2010). Drafting Tribal Laws: A Manual for Tribal Governments (1986) went to a UW Law grad in Olympia. Law Books on Demand was a major convenience for a Bremerton-based alum working on minor issues: Jail Bait (2004), Keeping Kids out of the System (2001), Rethinking Juvenile Justice (2008), Teen Legal Rights (2000), When Kids Get Arrested (2009).
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The reference librarians offer legal research assistance to students, alumni, attorneys, and members of the public via the Ask Us email service, lib.law.washington.edu/ questions. Of the questions that come from people who are not affiliated with the University of Washington, more than half come from outside of the Seattle area. The Library’s blog and website are popular around the country and overseas. Since Gallagher Blogs, gallagherlawlibrary.blogspot. com, began in 2009, about 18% of our readers have been located in Germany, the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Ukraine, Slovenia, China, and India (in order by number of visitors). In
June and July of this year, the Library website, lib.law.washington. edu, was visited by 1,500 users in Canada; 1,185 from the UK; 1,079 from India; 999 from Australia; and 867 from the Philippines. Rounding out this top ten list are Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, China, and Belgium. In the same two months, the website received visits from users in every U.S. state with the greatest number of visitors from California, New York, Texas, Florida, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Oregon, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. Approximately half of the U.S.-based traffic on the Gallagher Law Library website comes from states other than Washington.
The Library’s large collection of online legal research guides are intended for use by our law students, lib.law.washington.edu/ ref/guides. More than 125 guides help legal researchers identify the important print and online sources for doing research in administrative law, admiralty and maritime law, civil procedure, contracts, copyright, education law, environmental law, health law, human rights, immigration, jury verdicts, labor and employment law, legislative history, national security law, patent law, sports law, torts, treaties, the UCC, and other topics. These guides are also frequently used by other legal researchers and members of the public. A librarian working at the Internal Revenue Service asked permission to adapt the Library’s Finding Guide for Federal Tax Materials, lib.law. washington.edu/ref/fedtaxcht, for
the IRS Library’s intranet page. A reference librarian at the Law Library of Congress comments how frequently she relies on the Gallagher guides. The graduates of the UW Law Librarianship Program, lib.law. washington.edu/lawlibrarianship—a partnership between the Gallagher Law Library and the Information School—populate law libraries in the United States and around the world. Since its inception in 1939, the program has graduated more than 200 librarians with J.D. degrees. Recent alums hold positions at the law school libraries of Boston, Catholic, Colorado, Columbia, Connecticut, Duke, Georgetown, Loyola (New Orleans), New Mexico, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Santa Clara, and Texas universities. Other grads work in federal and state court libraries and law firm libraries. A 2002 graduate of the program is the Vietnam country director for the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative. Australia, India, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippine Islands, Singapore, Taiwan, and three Canadian provinces have or have had graduates of the toprated Law Librarianship Program.
The Gallagher Law Library is a wonderful place in which to study and conduct research when you are in Seattle. But the reach of the Library’s services and its influence are global.
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The Library’s East Asian Law collection is internationally recognized as one of the best in the English-speaking world. A former UW Law professor and eminent Japanese law specialist uses the Copy and Send service, lib.law.washington. edu/copy&send/copy&send, to obtain copies of Japanese court opinion. He also returns to the Library annually to conduct research because of the strength
of the collection. East Asian Law Department (EALD) coordinator Rob Britt answers questions from faculty, students, and alumni using print and online resources. He has given several presentations on Japanese legal research in this country and overseas.
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Thanks to the work of Reba Turnquist and others who select material for the Library collection and the efforts of Judy Davis and the resource-sharing team, the Law Library satisfies requests from hundreds of libraries every year. In February, the Library loaned a book on law and religion to the University of Glasglow. Librarians at the American University in Cairo and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology were able to assist their users with material they borrowed from Gallagher. In the last five years, the Library has loaned books to other libraries in virtually every U.S. state. Nearly 90% of the items we loaned last year went to libraries outside of Washington State.
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Minority Bar Association Stakeholders Meeting and Reception May 19, 2011 1 Dean Kellye Testy with guests at the Minority Bar Association Reception
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Commencement June 12, 2011 1 Gates Scholar Lillian Hewko speaks at Commencement 2 Shamiq Hussein and his family at the post-graduation reception on the Gates Hall Terrace 3 Grads Jiameng Liu, Hai-Ching Yang and Caitlin Steiger 4 Keynote Speaker Professor Joel Ngugi addresses the class of 2011 5 Dean Testy congratulates graduate Janay Farmer 6 Faculty members Anita Krug, Sarah Kaltsounis, Hugh Spitzer and Jonathan Kang awaiting the commencement ceremony
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Richard Wentzell ’08 — Ethiopia
A Law Degree in Action No one knows better than Richard Wentzell ’08 that Ethiopia is experiencing a staggering contradiction. Although Ethiopia is reporting to have one of the world’s highest economic growth rates (2010— GDP 8%), it remains mired in crippling poverty, ranking at the very bottom of the UN Human Development Index. Over eighty percent of the more than eighty-
The first project the LTI is embarking on is a USAID-
five million Ethiopians depend on agriculture as
funded national study into the impacts that recent
their main livelihood. Severe drought conditions
first-level land certification has had on rural livelihoods
coupled with civil disputes have worsened
in Ethiopia. The findings will be presented as a
Ethiopian poverty. Wentzell, Dean of the
national policy brief to the Ethiopian government in
Haramaya University College of Law, may not
the hopes that it will help them better guide the future
have control over the entire Ethiopian economic
development of their land laws and policies. “There is
system; however, he can do his best to help
not much data on this issue and we hope this research
promote equitable economic justice through a
will be an important and vital element used in their
joint project he’s initiated with Landesa (formerly
decision-making process,” states Wentzell.
Land Tenure Institute (LTI), the first of its kind in Ethiopia, has five main objectives:
Wentzell will be working on developing the LTI with the support of Darryl Vhugen ‘82 from Landesa and Professor Jon Eddy ’69 from UW Law, and many other faculty and students from Haramaya University. “It is an
• Help develop and improve rural land law and policy
interdisciplinary institute, with faculty members from
• Clarify existing land laws and land rights
and Economics, the Department of Sociology, Institute
• Improve equity between women and men pertaining to land rights
of Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Studies, and others, all
• Improve scholarship, education and research on land law • Promote community awareness of equitable land tenure policy as well as enhance the capacity of local stakeholders and government officials to create sustainable models for this development.
the College of Agriculture, the College of Business
participating in the LTI’s research programs. It is very exciting to be involved with such a wide variety of academics,” Wentzell explains. The proverbial road to the agricultural and pastoral nation of Ethiopia and this program began many years ago for Wentzell who arrived at UW School of Law immediately after serving as an Open Society
Richard Wentzell, Tesfahun Melese, Professor Sallie Sanford and friends
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Graduation Day at Haramaya
Institute (OSI) International Scholar in Yerevan,
“Mostly, though, I was drawn by the quality of
Armenia. OSI is a non-profit organization that
legal education, I was impressed by the variety of
helps to promote more open societies by shaping
educational backgrounds and research interests
government policy through support of education,
of the faculty. It is a relatively small law school for
the media, public health, and human rights,
such a major research universityand this adds to
especially in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
the sense of camaraderie and community. And I
“At the time I applied to the UW SchooI of Law, I was working at Yerevan State University as an
was most lucky to receive a scholarship from the Washington Law School Foundation.
Assistant Professor in the Departments of Political
“The faculty was always available to chat and
Science and Sociology. I had always planned
to help both with class work and any support
to attend law school, and after my graduate
needed to find jobs or internships. Professor
studies at the London School of Economics, and
Anita Ramasastry was constantly inquiring into
time spent working in academia, I thought it
my career plans and seemed genuinely interested
made sense to return to the U.S. for law school,”
in my future. She was always helpful in providing
Wentzell says. “I had also recently been detained
support in whatever way she could. I admire her
by the military in Azerbaijan for traveling to the
for that and I try to extend that same helpful hand
disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh without
to my students at Haramaya.”
authorization, so in a sense, too, I was also ready to leave the Caucasus.”
After graduation, Wentzell traveled to Ethiopia to work as a Professor of Law at Haramaya University.
Wentzell received his undergraduate degree in
Founded in 1954, Haramaya University is the
Political Science and Philosophy from the UW
oldest and most-established higher education
in 2000. “I didn’t apply anywhere else for law
institute in Eastern Ethiopia with nearly 33,000
school. I had such fond memories of Seattle,
students in its regular, extension, and continuing
and of my time at UW. The law school had such
education programs. The College of Law, founded
a great reputation, too. I was interested in the
in only 2002, is recognized as one of Ethiopia’s top
school because of the faculty as well as the wider
university law programs with an international
UW environment. I must say, though, that being
faculty and reach, including some of the UW
in Seattle was a big draw, and while working in
School of Law’s very own: Professors Pat Kuszler,
landlocked Armenia I had visions of myriad coffee
Sallie Sanford, and Jon Eddy have all spent time at
shops, cycling on the Burke Gilman trail, hiking
Haramaya. Recent LL.M. graduate, Brooke I.
in the Cascades, and everything else that Seattle
Glass-Oshea ’10, has also joined the College of
offers, on my mind.”
Law full-time as an Assistant Professor and as the Editor of the recently established Haramaya Law Review; Elisha Jussen-Stein Cooke ’11 also
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served as the College of Law’s first extern,
pluralist legal system in which civil law, customary
working on comparative domestic violence
law, and Sharia law, are all intertwined. I think my
research while at Haramaya. As well, both Janay
international law courses, Muslim Legal Systems,
Farmer ’10 and Brenda Tausch-Lapora ’07 spent
for example, with Professor Clark Lombardi,
time teaching in the College of Law this past year.
helped very much in this regard.”
Barcelos ’10 and Jen Marlow ’09 also visited Haramaya as part of the affiliated Three Degrees Project, and have plans to conduct a joint environmental law course with the College of Law, as well as conduct joint research into climate change issues. Haramaya is located in Oromia, one of the least developed parts of the country, bordering the Somali and Afar regions of Ethiopia. Wentzell talks about his experience, “I originally went as part of a World Bank funded program to help develop graduate legal education in Ethiopia. The chance to work in East Africa combined my interests in law, education, and development. I’d always wanted to live and work in Africa, and this provided the perfect opportunity. Developing a country’s legal education system is an integral part of developing their overall legal system. Ethiopia’s higher education system is quite nascent and as a consequence its legal education is young and still developing. Until quite recently there was only one law school in the entire country, and
His experience while completing his law degree was extensive and varied, as well. He had the opportunity to study European Union law in Rome, Italy through the UW Rome program. He also worked for the law firm DLA Piper as a Summer Associate in their Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia office, and he had the opportunity to work for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for the State of Western Australia in Perth, Australia. Not all his experiences while in law school were outside of North America, however. Wentzell was employed as a Public Defender in the Tulalip Tribal Court as part of the Tribal Court Clinic. During his first year of law school Wentzell also helped develop an online media company in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Wentzell describes his international legal experiences as integral to his transition and adaptation to the Ethiopian legal system. “I couldn’t have adapted so well to life in Ethiopia if it weren’t for my international background and the opportunities UW provided for me while in law school.”
that was located in the capitol city, Addis Ababa.
In addition to the development of the Land Tenure
Expanding legal education to the outlying regions
Institute, the upcoming 2011-2012 academic year
was a critical move on the part of the government.
promises to be the most productive of Wentzell’s
They recognize the need for a well-educated
legal career. Over the last year Wentzell and the
and informed citizenry. It feels good to be a
Haramaya College of Law have embarked on
part of this initiative, though living in a remote
numerous initiatives, including developing free
and outlying area does have its drawbacks.
legal aid clinics for the indigent in nearby Harar
Not many foreigners travel to this region, and
and Alemaya towns (plans are also underway
hyenas patrol the campus at night. It is beautiful,
to expand the clinics further in the region), an
though. I usually take guests to feed the hyenas in
LL.M. program in International Economic and
nearby Harar. They seem to love camel meat; the
Business Law, the first ever College of Law
hyenas, that is.”
academic journal, and the general expansion and
Wentzell has experienced a steep learning curve since moving from a common law to a civil law country. “I’ve had to adapt and learn about a completely different legal system since Ethiopia is a civil law country, as well as the nuances of a
updating of its academic curriculum. Wentzell also plans to expand certain programs, such as the further development of the recently inaugurated Environmental Policy, Social Justice, and Advocacy Skills Centers, as well as hire additional faculty and
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Wentzell elaborates, “We’re constantly in the
the overall development of Ethiopian legal
updated our national curriculum to include a large
education,” Wentzell exclaims. A young school,
clinical legal education component, and have
Haramaya University College of Law, has had only
also added a national exit exam and a national
five graduating classes (it recently moved from a
externship program, both of which students must
four to a five year LL.B. program). The graduating
now pass in order to graduate. It is a very exciting
class of 2011 was 140 law students.
time to be involved in Ethiopian higher education. Things are fast progressing, which is a great sign for the overall development of the country. Education is so vitally important for development and Ethiopia is, for the most part, I believe, following the correct trajectory in focusing on the promotion of higher education as a pathway out of poverty. Things are changing for the better on a daily basis.”
Building legal capacity in developing countries is also an ongoing commitment of UW Law. The law school recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Haramaya University College of Law. “In order for us to develop and grow as an institution it is important for us to have international partners. I couldn’t think of a better partner than the University of Washington School of Law, so I reached out to the faculty
The ability of Haramaya University to graduate
for their support. They couldn’t have been more
students who can make positive changes in the
welcoming. I am still shocked by the level of
Ethiopian legal system is Wentzell’s primary goal.
support and commitment they have shown,”
“It excites me to see promising young students in
Wentzell says. Dean Testy wrote in a letter to Dean
the classroom, knowing that when they graduate
Wentzell, “[a]s you know, UW Law is committed to
they will be taking the theory and the ideals we
producing leaders for the global common good.
instill in them and putting them into practice.
We believe our partnership furthers both the
They are the future judges, prosecutors, defense
mission of the UW School of Law and Haramaya
attorneys, and leaders of Ethiopia. It’s absolutely
University College of Law.”
Professor Jon Eddy and Professor Belay Kassa signing the memorandum of understanding
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process of developing our programs. We recently
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Recent Faculty
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Professor Anderson, Director of the Native American Law Center, was appointed in July 2011 to the Joint Executive-Legislative Workgroup on Tribal Retrocession. The group is addressing issues regarding civil and criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands. CRAIG Allen
Publications Getting the “Story” out: Teaching Admiralty at the University of Washington, 55 St. Louis Univ. L. J. 621-32 (2011).
The Supreme Court Fellows Alumni Association presented its Administration of Justice Award to Ronald K.L. Collins in recognition of his scholarly and professional achievements in advancing the rule of law, January 2011.
Received the Outstanding Faculty Contribution Award by the Washington Law Review, 2011.
News Professor Allen has been appointed as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Maritime Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy for 2011-2013. Robert Anderson
Presentations Keynote, Allocation of Water under the Practical Irrigable Acreage (PIA) Approach, Law Seminars International Conference, Tribal Water in the Pacific Northwest, April 2011 (Seattle, WA) Panelist, Federal Stream Adjudications: Will Treaty Rights to Fish Lead to Federal Court Instream Flow Determinations?, Law Seminars International Conference, Tribal Water in the Pacific Northwest, April 2011 (Seattle, WA) Panelist, Montana’s Impact on Indian Treaty Rights and Property Interests, University of New Mexico School of Law, Montana v. United States: Pathmarking the Field of Indian Law for Three Decades and Counting, Mar. 25, 2011 (Albuquerque, NM) 42
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Publications Helen Anderson
Publications Revising Harmless Error: Making Innocence Relevant to Direct Appeals, 17 Tex. Wesleyan L. Rev. 391 (2011).
Presentations Constructing a Scholarly Persona, Association of Legal Writing Directors, Biennial Conference, June 2011 (Sacramento, CA)
Price on Contemporary Estate Planning (CCH) (with John R. Price) (2011 ed.). United States International Taxation (LexisNexis) (with Allison Christians and Philip F. Postlewaite) (2d ed. 2011).
Presentations
Recent Developments in Estate Planning: Hawaii Association of Public Accountants, June 2011
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Eugene Estate Planning Council, May 2011
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Ron Collins
UCLA Estate Planning Institute, May 2011
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News The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Book of the Month for April is Sam Chaltain and Ron Collins’ We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free: Stories of Free Expression in America (April 2011). We Must Not Be Afraid to Be Free was featured at 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA, March 2011.
Southern Arizona Estate Planning Council, February 2011
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Portland Tax Forum, February 2011
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Central Arizona Estate Planning Council, February 2011
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University of Miami 45th Annual Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning, January 2011
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Publications
Penny Hazelton and law librarian Peggy Jarrett promoted widespread access to state primary legal material. They joined other law librarians in collaborating with the Washington State Code Reviser’s Office in Olympia to ensure permanent public access. HB 1479 was signed into law by Governor Gregoire in April 2011.
Licensing Intellectual Property: Law and Application (2d ed. 2011) (Aspen Income Tax Aspects of Family Limited Casebook Series) (with Xuan-Thao Partnerships: Nguyen & Danielle Conway). • Spokane Estate Planning Council, Intellectual Property, Software, May 2011 and Information Licensing: Law and • Portland Estate Planning Council, Practice, 2010 Cumulative SuppleFebruary 2011 ment (BNA Books) (with Xuan-Thao A Hitchhiker’s Guide to International Nguyen & Danielle Conway). Estate Planning, Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, May 2011 Presentations Partnership Tax Issues for Estate Planners, Kansas City Estate Planning Symposium, May 2011
Panelist, Round Table on Free and Open Source Software, Stanford Law School, May 2011 (Palo Alto, CA)
Burning Questions (and Even Hotter Answers) About Grantor Trusts, New York City Estate Planning Council, March 2011
Business Planning: Closely Held Enterprises (3d ed. West 2011). (American Casebook Series) 848 pages. (See page 14 for story.)
Practice & Licensing Guidelines, Washington State Bar Association Readmission Program, August 2011 (Seattle, WA)
Penny Hazelton
Publications Specialized Legal Research, (Penny A. Hazelton ed., Aspen 2011 Supp.).
The Education and Training of Law Librarians, in The IALL International Handbook of Legal Information Drake posts regularly on his blog Drake’s PlainTalk Planning (www.drake- Management 43 (Richard A. Danner & Jules Winterton eds., Ashgate 2011). plaintalkplanning.com) on topics of business planning, family and financial Taylor Fitchett, James Hambleton, planning, money, and politics. Penny Hazelton, Anne Klinefelter &
Mary Fan
Publications Post-Racial Proxies: Resurgent State and Local Anti-”Alien” Laws and Unity-Rebuilding Frames for Antidiscrimination Values, 32 Cardozo L. Rev. 905-45 (2011).
Presentations Justice Kennedy and the Revival of the Relevance of Hope in Penal Theory, Association of American Law Schools, Criminal Justice Section, Annual Meeting, Criminal Justice and the Roberts Court Panel (Call for Papers Winner), January 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Impeachment on Cross-Examination, Emory Law School, April 2011 (Atlanta, GA)
Presentations
Dean Donaldson was presented the Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year award by the UW Law Student Bar Association.
Publications
Presentations
Sarah Kaltsounis
News
Dwight Drake
Maureen Howard
Judith Wright, Law Library Budgets in Hard Times, 103 Law Libr. J. 91111 (2011).
Presentations Panelist, Meeting Employers’ Expectations: Are Library Schools Doing Everything They Can? Panel Discussion at American Association of Law Libraries, Annual Meeting, July 2011 (Philadelphia, PA) Training New Law Librarians, Workshop for Library Directors and Librarians, 2d Conference of the Chinese and American Forum on Legal Information and Law Libraries (CAFLL), July 2011, (Philadelphia, PA)
Yong-Sung (Jonathan) Kang
Presentations Tradition and Morality in Korean Jurisprudence, Workshop, Mediating Tradition: National Courts as Interpreters of Islamic and Confucian Law in Contemporary Asia, June 2011 (Seoul, Korea) Confucianism and the Rule of Law, Law and Society Association, Annual Conference, June 2011 (San Francisco, CA) The Value of Contractual Autonomy, Stetson University College of Law, 6th Annual International Conference on Contracts, February 2011 (Gulfport, FL) Confucianism and the Rule of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law, Pluralism in Asia, January 2011 (Chapel Hill, NC)
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Sylvia Kang’ara
Presentations Gender and Traditional Cultural Expressions: What Has Intellectual Property to Do with It?, American University, Washington College of Law, April 2011 (Washington, DC) Anita Krug
Presentations Corporations Beyond Corporate Law: The Failure of the Corporate Governance Paradigm in U.S. Investment Company Regulation: Canadian Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, September 2011 (Toronto, ON, Canada)
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Midwestern Law and Economics Association, Annual Meeting, Indiana University Maurer School of Law, September 2011 (Bloomington, IN)
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Corporate Law at the Crossroads of Private and Public Law, University of Queensland, Symposium on Private and Public Law — Intersections in Law and Method, July 2011 (Brisbane, Australia) Multilateral Convergence in Investment Laws and Norms, University of Hong Kong, Asian International Economic Law Network 2011 Conference, July 2011 (Hong Kong) Discussant, New Corporate Governance: Competing Values, Law and Society Association, 2011 Annual Meeting, June 2011 (San Francisco, CA)
Current Controversies in Clinical Ethics, Haramaya University Medical School, May 2011 (Harar, Ethiopia) Guns and Roses, Conscience Clauses and Contradiction, University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics and Humanities, 2011 McCormick Lectureship in Science and Religion, April 2011 (Seattle, WA) Guns and Roses: Conscience, Contradiction, and Constitutional Rights, Seattle Children’s, Treuman Center for Pediatric Bioethics, February 2011 (Seattle, WA) Global Health: What’s Law Got to Do with It?, University of Washington, Department of Global Health, February 2011 (Seattle, WA) Role of Law and the Constitution in Promoting and Governing Health and Public Health, University of Washington School of Medicine, February 2011 (Seattle, WA) Law & Clinical Decision-Making, University of Washington School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residents, January 2011 (Seattle, WA) Debbie Maranville
Presentations Applying Decision Making Theory to Experiential Learning Choices: Students as Our Client, with Esther Park, Association of American Law Schools, Conference on Clinical Legal Education, June 2011 (Seattle, WA) Anna Mastroianni
Publications
Pat Kuszler
Presentations Managing Incidental Findings from Pharmacogenetic Testing: Legal Obligations of Health Care Providers, Duke University, June 2011 (Durham, NC) International Research Ethics, Haramaya University Medical School Faculty, May 2011 (Harar, Ethiopia) 44
Anna C. Mastroianni & Luigi Mastroianni Jr., Egg Donation: Ethical Considerations and Regulatory Context, in Ethical Dilemmas in Assisted Reproductive Technologies 111 (Joseph G. Schenker ed., De Gruyter 2011).
Presentations Legislating Apology for Medical Errors: When Just Saying “Sorry” Isn’t Enough, Georgia State University College of Law, Center for Law, Health & Society, April 2011 (Atlanta, GA)
The View from the Cloud: Electronic Health Information and Privacy in Public Health Research and Practice, University of Western Australia, March 2011 (Perth, Australia) Jackie McMurtrie
Presentations Panelist, “The Wrath of Math:” Using the NAS Report to Challenge Imprint Evidence, Washington Defender Association 2011 Defender Conference, April 2011 (Winthrop, WA)
News At the 2011 Washington Association of Criminal Defense Attorney’s (WACDL) Annual Conference, the Innocence Project Northwest Clinic received The Champion of Justice Award for its work to free wrongly convicted individuals in Washington State. The Champion of Justice Award recognizes an individual or group that has staunchly preserved or defended the constitutional rights of Washington residents and endeavored to ensure justice and due process for those accused of crimes. Kelly Canary, Joe Adamson, and Professor McMurtrie attended the conference to accept the award on behalf of the IPNW, and McMurtrie also spoke at the June 2011 conference about the IPNW. Theodore Myhre
News Theo Myhre served as a U.S. Delegate to Vietnam, May 23-June 1, 2011. Professor Myhre worked under the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative with legal leaders from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as part of a 10-day program that addresses potential reforms to Vietnam’s legal system, including professional skills, professional standards and ethics, legal education, and fair trial standards. Signe Naeve
News Signe Naeve co-chaired the Second Annual Trademark Scholarship Symposium at the International Trademark Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, May 2011.
Recent Faculty Publications & Presentations
Joel Ngugi
Presentations The Role of Public Interest Litigation in Access to Justice of Marginalized Communities Under Kenya’s New Constitution, Kituo Cha Sheria Public Interest Caucus Colloquium, August 2011 (Mombasa, Kenya) Key Opportunities for (Progressive) Funding in Africa, Pacific Northwest Global Donors Conference, April 2011 (Seattle, WA) A Human Rights Approach to Climate Change in Africa, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language Program and the University of Arizona, Directors’ Meeting and Conference, March 2011 (Tucson, AZ)
News Professor Joel Ngugi was appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Kenya (See article on page 7). He was also presented the Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year award by the UW Law Student Bar Association. Peter Nicolas
Publications Evidence: A Problem-Based and Comparative Approach (2d ed. Carolina Academic Press 2009 & 2010-11 supp.)
Presentations Methodology and the Means of Innovation, Law and Society Association, Annual Meeting, Panel on Law, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, June 2011 (San Francisco, CA) Panelist, Methodology and the Means of Innovation, Gruter Institute, Annual Conference, Innovation and Economic Growth and Law, Institutions, and Human Behavior, May 2011 (Squaw Valley, CA) Waiting for Therasense: Back to First Principles and Ethical Considerations, Washington State Patent Law Association, May 2011 (Seattle, WA) Stanford v. Roche: Bayh-Dole Is Not a Vesting Statute, U.S. Navy Office of the General Counsel, IP Day, May 2011 (Washington, DC) Summary and Issues in Stanford v. Roche, Fordham University School of Law, Fordham Intellectual Property Law Institute, 19th Annual Intellectual Property Law & Policy Conference, April 2011 (New York, NY) Panelist, The Impact of Stanford v. Roche, American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section, 26th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference, April 2011 (Washington, DC)
Anita Ramasastry
News Anita Ramasastry, the D. Wayne & Anne Gittinger Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law, has been elected to serve a two-year term as Secretary of the Uniform Law Commission (ULC), August 2011. Ramasastry now writes for a new legal commentary site Verdict (http:// verdict.justia.com) launched by Justia, a legal media and technology company that makes legal inform ation freely available online. Beth Rivin
Presentations Clinical Trials in Resource Poor Communities: Leading Issues of Justice, 12th Asian Bioethics Conference, September 2011 (Taipei, Taiwan) William H. Rodgers
Publications Climate Change: A Reader (William H. Rodgers, Jr., Michael Robinson-Dorn, Jennifer K. Barcelos & Anna T. Moritz eds., Carolina Academic Press 2011) 1216 pages.
Transforming Professional Services for Regional Economic Development, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, Evolving Economies: The Role of Law in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, April 2011 (Forth Worth, TX)
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Presentations
Sean O’Connor
Controlling the Means of Innovation: The Centrality of Private Ordering Arrangements for Innovators and Entrepreneurs, in Handbook on Law, Innovation and Growth 274-99 (Robert Litan ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2011).
Elizabeth Porter
News Visiting Assistant Professor Elizabeth Porter was presented the Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year award by the Student Bar Association.
Copyright and the Ethics of Nonfiction, 11th Annual Intellectual Property Scholars Conference, DePaul Law School, August 2011 (Chicago, IL) Reforming Protection for Literary Characters in Intellectual Property Law, Third Annual Conference on Innovation and Communications Law, La Trobe University School of Law, May 2011 (Melbourne, VIC, Australia)
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The Central Role of Law as a Meta Method in Creativity and Entrepreneurship (Shubha Ghosh ed., Edward Elgar Publishing 2011).
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Sallie Sanford
Kellye Testy
Presentations
Publications
State-based ACO and Medical Home Pilots: Early Lessons from the Other Washington, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 34th Annual Health Law Professors Conference, June 2011 (Chicago, IL)
Best Practices for Hiring and Retaining a Diverse Law Faculty, 96 Iowa L. Rev. 1707 (2011).
Writing and Publishing Scholarly Articles: Pragmatic Tips, Symposium to Haramaya University School of Law Faculty, with Christopher Sanford, April 2011 (Harar, Ethiopia)
News Dean Kellye Testy moderated Washington State’s New Congressional District: A Progress Report, a conversations with Slade Gorton and Tim Ceis in July 2011. They discussed Washington’s additional House seat in the 113th Congress and an additional electoral college vote in the upcoming presidential election.
Presentations Panelist, Designing and Teaching Courses on the U.S. Supreme Court: Strategies and Objectives for Different Audiences, Law & Society Association, Annual Meeting, June 2011 (San Francisco, CA) Jane Winn
Presentations Certification Marks and Global Supply Chains, National Law School of Bangalore, May 2011 (India) Louis Wolcher
Publications Marijan Pavcnik & Louis Wolcher, A Dialogue on Legal Theory Between a European Legal Philosopher and His American Friend, in Marijan Pavcnik, Auf Dem Weg Zum Mass des Rechts: Ausgewahlte Schriften zur Rechtstheorie 215-66 (Franz Steiner Verlag 2011).
Eric Schnapper
News In recognition of his tremendous contributions to advancing employee rights, The National Employment Lawyers Association honored Professor Schnapper as the leading advocate for plaintiffs in employment discrimination cases in the United States Supreme Court. Schnapper received this award in July 2011 at NELA in New Orleans.
Lea VaughN
Presentations Panelist, Pretenure Faculty of Color Workshop, Association of American Law Schools, July 2011 (Washington, DC)
Toshiko Takenaka
News Professor Toshiko Takenaka gave a comparative patent law talk at the Supreme People’s Court of China in May 2011. She discussed a collaboration between UW Law and the court of Justice Xiangjun Kong, Director of Intellectual Property Tribunal. This collaboration included a comparative IP law training for Chinese judges.
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Kathryn Watts
Publications Kathryn A. Watts & Richard Murphy, Judicial Review, in D evelopments in A dministrative L aw and R egulatory P ractice 2009-2010, at 43-76 (Jeffrey S. Lubbers ed., American Bar Association 2011).
Presentations Regulating China’s Renewable Energy in the Context of Globalization, Center for Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy Law of Tsinghua University, September 2011 (Beijing, China)
Personal and professional news from alumni
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service, commitment of time and philanthropy continues to advance the work of the UW in profound and enduring ways. From the Foster School of Business to the Burke Museum, UW Medicine to Law, Arts & Sciences to Athletics, the Garveys have made the UW’s learning and research efforts stronger. They’ve also served in leadership positions on numerous UW boards and committees.
the University of Washington Law School Foundation, the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and is Past Chair of Safeco Field Public Facilities District and the Hispanic National Bar Association.
LAURENCE B. FINEGOLD ’68 joined
At the University of Washington’s Tenth Annual Recognition Gala in September, local business and community leaders Mike and Lynn Garvey were named the recipients of the 2011 Gates Volunteer Service Award in recognition of their commitment of sharing their time, expertise and support. The Gates Volunteer Service Award is the highest honor given to UW volunteers. It is presented annually by the UW and the UW Foundation to recognize and honor individuals whose extraordinary volunteer efforts have encouraged others to support the University of Washington through time, service and philanthropy. Recipients of the Gates Volunteer Service Award exemplify the highest standards of service to the University of Washington modeled by the singular vision and generosity of the William H. Gates family, whose volunteer
70s JOSÉ GAITÁN ’76 has become the second Latino Chair of United Way of King County’s Board of Directors in Seattle, Washington. The United Way of King County is one of the most successful United Ways in the country. “We are very excited to have José help us take on the challenges that King County faces,” said United Way President and CEO Jon Fine. “With his leadership, United Way looks to increase its capacity to solve our community’s toughest challenges.” Mr. Gaitán is managing member of the Gaitán Group, a Seattle law firm that has served as counsel to six of the Global Fortune Ten companies. Mr. Gaitán also serves as a Trustee for the Seattle Art Museum, Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart,
SCOTT B. OSBORNE ’75
SCOTT B. OSBORNE ’75 has joined
Summit Law Group as a member of the Real Estate Practice Group. Osborne has more than 35 years of experience in real estate and finance law, most recently with the law firm of K&L Gates.
80s MARCO HERNANDEZ ’86 was
appointed by President Barack Obama as Judge of the U.S. District Court of the District of Oregon on June 24. TERESA POTTMEYER ’82 has been
appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Redmond-based nonprofit organization, Friends of Youth. Pottmeyer was also named Mercer Island Citizen of the Year in April. PAUL D. WOHLERS ‘82 , a career
member of the Senior Foreign Service, was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to the Balkan nation of Macedonia on August 2, 2011.
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Lynn received the 2011 Gates Volunteer Service Award.
JOSÉ GAITÁN ’76
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MICHAEL GARVEY ’64 & his wife
Garvey Schubert Barer as a litigator in its Seattle office. Finegold joins as an owner in the firm’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Group, following 30 years as president at The Finegold Law Firm.
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ALLISON BROWN VERMILION ’10
joined Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP as a member of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution Service Team. Ms. Vermilion will work from Wyatt’s Louisville, KY office.
KARA L. PHILLIPS ’91 and fellow alumna AMY L. SOMMERS ’90 recently
published a book titled Real Property Law in China: A Guide to Foreign Investment. The book is published by the American Bar Association. The authors provide a general understanding of the historical development of the real property system in China, as well as a framework for understanding how PRC law treats real property issues.
ROXANNE EBERLE ‘08
PENNY FIELDS ’04
PENNY FIELDS ’04 was sworn in as Peace Corps country director in Cambodia on June 29. Fields has practiced law in Seattle for the past seven years, focusing on contract disputes, internet and technology issues, and political law.
ALLISON BROWN VERMILION ’10
ROXANNE EBERLE ‘08 has been
appointed by the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors to serve on the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection Board for a term of three years. MICHELLE A. DE BLASI ’98 has been
named one of the 45 attorneys from Quarles & Brady LLP that have been ranked in the 2011 edition of the prestigious Chambers USA directory. De Blasi is distinguished in environmental law. The firm also announced that De Blasi was named chair of the newly formed Arizona Energy Consortium (AEC).
The Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection Board was established by the Washington State Bar Association and the Washington Supreme Court. The fund’s purpose is help compensate clients who suffer a direct financial loss caused by the dishonest conduct of a lawyer in connection with the practice of law.
10s KATARA JORDAN ’10 received an Equal Justice Works Fellowship with Columbia Legal Services. Jordan is now one of three UW School of Law graduates with an EJW fellowship.
PAIGE L. DAVIS ’04
00s PAIGE L. DAVIS ’04 of Lane Powell
has been elected President of the Washington State Bar Association’s Taxation Section and an Executive Council Member for 2011-2012. In addition to being a faculty member for the UW School of Law, Davis is a pro bono attorney for the UW Entrepreneurial Law Clinic. 48
HAI-CHING YANG ’11 will serve as a C.V. Starr Law Lecturer at Peking University School of Transnational Law during the upcoming academic year. She will be teaching legal research and writing to Chinese J.D. students. TODD T. WILLIAMS ’10 published
an article in the Journal of Islamic Law and Culture. The article was written during Williams’ time as a student in Professor Lombardi’s Contemporary Muslim Legal Systems seminar. Williams examines the design of an Islamic credit union in the Bellevue area and discusses Islamic authority structures in the United States.
in Memoriam Cl a ss of 1933
Albert Rosellini , known as
The Gov, was the oldest living governor in America until his death on October 10 at the age of 101. In the summer of 1933, Rosellini was one of only 60 applicants who passed the bar. Rosellini, known for getting things done, immediately began practicing law. King County Prosecutor, Warren G. Magnuson ‘29 hired him out of law school. In 1938, when he was 28 years old, Rosellini was elected to the state Senate and served for 18 years. He went on to serve as governor from 1957 until 1965 and was a mentor by successive generations of Democratic politicians.
Cl a ss of 1940
HARRY M. CROSS was formerly a two-term president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association who helped tighten controls over ethical issues in collegiate sports. Cross served as a faculty member of the UW School of Law and was recognized as an expert in community-property law.
SAMUEL J. STEINER had a law career that spanned six
decades, beginning as a young JAG officer serving in Korea. In Seattle, Steiner practiced law and eventually served the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington for 32 years. Steiner was the longest serving, non-recalled, active Bankruptcy Judge in the United States.
Cl a ss of 1961
TAKIKA SUSANNE LEE worked as a faculty member in the UW School of Law and in the Gallagher Law Library.
Cl a ss of 1965
MICK LARSON received a master’s in Taxation from the UW School of Law (with honors). Larson was one of three attorneys who researched and wrote six volumes on Washington’s health, welfare, and benefit-plan laws. Additionally, Larson worked at Cartano Botzer Chapman law firm for 20 years, became partner at Riddell Williams in 1987, and taught a course in tax law at the UW School of Law.
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1926 in Springfield, MA. During his career, Atwood was admitted to practice in the Federal District Court of Western District of Washington, a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and president of the Whatcom Bar Association.
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Cl a ss of 1966
MYRON VINCENT “PETER” JUDD began his law career in Seattle during the 1960s, focusing in the practice of real estate, probate and estate planning law.
Cl a ss of 1970
DOUGLAS W. LUNDA was a prominent lawyer
who served on the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission. Lunda helped create a judicial court for the Tlingit and Haida Tribes in Alaska and was also a founding member of the Asian American Bar Association.
Cl a ss of 1973
RICHARD ALLEN LOUTHAN passed away May 22, 2011
in Sacramento at the age of 73. Louthan was most proud of his work in rural Africa through the Peace Corps.
Cl a ss of 1979
MABRY DE BUYS was a senior partner in the commercial disputes practice group at K&L Gates LLP, an inductee as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Friends
DAVID H. GETCHES, the late Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law, was the founding director of the Native American Rights Fund. Getches was a great friend and supporter of the UW School of Law and helped Ralph Johnson collaborate on the concept of a Native American Law Center.
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Report to
Donors
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Note: The University of Washington School of Law is deeply grateful to our many alumni and friends whose annual gifts, large and small, help create futures for our students, promote faculty scholarship, and support justice throughout the world. Every effort is made to ensure the accurate listing of donors, and we sincerely apologize for misspelling or inadvertently omitting the names of any donors. We appreciate the opportunity to correct our records, so please advise us of errors by using the enclosed envelope or call the Advancement Office at 206.685.9115.
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School of Law Annual Summary of Income and Expenditures July 1, 2010 – June 30, 2011
G ifts R eceived Contributions by Purpose Faculty Support
$79,010
2%
$3,231,430
82%
Student Support
$438,214
11%
Excellence Funds
$207,717
5%
Program Support
Total
82% 11%
$3,956,371
5%
Outstanding pledges and unrealized testamentary gifts total $83,702 Total Fundraising Activity $4,036,142
2%
Contributions by Group Law Alumni to Law
$2,465,765
62%
$66,644
2%
Other UW Alumni to Law All types of Foundations to Law
$711,389 *
18%
Corporations to Law
$303,579
8%
Organizations to Law
$291,148
7%
Friends to Law
$117,846 * *
3%
Total
2%
62%
18%
8% 7%
$3,956,371
3%
Outstanding pledges and unrealized testamentary gifts total $83,702 Total Fundraising Activity $4,036,142 * Includes: Family Foundations, Foundations, & Trusts ** Includes: Non Alumni (Faculty, Former Faculty, Former Staff, Friend, Parent, Retired Staff, Staff, Student & Visiting Scholar/Faculty)
E xpenditures from G ifts T h is in c l u d e s f u n d in g fr o m e n d o w m e nts .
Expenditures by Purpose Student Scholarships
$2,548,441 *†*** 46%
FACULTY SUPPORT
$401,287
7%
Endowed Professorships and Chairs
$407,936
7%
$146,312
3%
Endowed Lectureships and Visiting Professorships Clinics, Programs, and Centers
$1,871,368 * ** 34%
facilities
$116,821
3%
7%
7%
46% 34%
2%
2% † 43% of all law students received scholarships in Fiscal Year 2011. * As reported in the ABA 2011 annual report. *** William H. Gates Public Service Law Program Expenditures are included in student scholarships and clinics, programs and centers categories.
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Giving Percentages by Year Class years that had at least one living alumni that gave in 2010-11
y e ar
p e rc e n t
amount
y e ar
p e rc e n t
amount
1935
50% $100
1967
10% $17,590
1990
10% $9,595
1940
10% $2,500
1968
18% $6,200
1991
9% $4,180
1942
50% $2,500
1969
14% $17,750
1992
5% $5,565
1947
13% $400
1970
23% $6,900
1993
6% $1,960
1948
11% $1,700
1971
7% $13,950
1994
10% $4,180
1949
14% $2,635
1972
18% $8,530
1995
7% $36,550
1950
13% $1,300
1973
12% $36,550
1996
4% $2,360
1951
14% $1,510
1974
16% $13,689
1997
9% $8,730
1952
15% $800
1975
17% $19,211
1998
6% $1,010
1953
22% $8,450
1976
15% $70,300
1999
7% $2,956
1954
21% $7,845
1977
13% $15,878
2000
5% $2,475
1955
14% $1,550
1978
14% $13,475
2001
4% $2,585
1956
22% $12,700
1979
13% $4,900
2002
7% $9,000
1957
18% $52,070
1980
14% $5,700
2003
4% $2,260
1958
21% $4,210
1981
14% $3,976
2004
9% $2,905
1959
8% $1,000
1982
21% $14,166
2005
8% $6,650
1960
20% $32,200
1983
13% $5,960
2006
7% $1,655
1961
27% $2,650
1984
15% $12,159
2007
15% $3,931
1962
8% $458
1985
12% $71,663
2008
10% $2,941
1963
14% $2,005,350
1986
9% $7,370
2009
8% $3,009
1964
10% $1,750
1987
10% $3,745
2010
12% $1,938
1965
7% $1,700
1988
13% $15,769
2011
6% $1,931
1966
16% $4,450
1989
7% $4,510
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BOLDed names are new to giving society or society giving level
JOHN T. CONDON SOCIET Y
Alice & Edna Athearn (D) (FM)
Individuals and Organizations
Joel ‘71 & Maureen Benoliel (FM)
Members have lifetime giving totaling $25,000 or more. Acknowledgment of the John T. Condon Society Founding Members, Laureates and Benefactors can also be found on our donor wall in William H. Gates Hall.
Judith ‘75 & Arnold Bendich (FM)
Frederick Betts ‘33 (D) (FM) The Boeing Company The Honorable Bobbe ‘76 & Jonathan ‘76 Bridge (FM) The Bullitt Foundation Clarence ‘30 & Vivian Campbell (D)
Anonymous Greg Amadon (FM) Stanley ‘63 & Alta Barer (FM) Steve & Kathy Berman (FM) Jeffrey ‘67 & Susan Brotman (FM) Evelyn Egtvedt (D)
Cloud L. Cray Foundation Richard Cray
Colonel Josef ‘31 (D) & Muriel Diamond
United Way of King County
Kreielsheimer Foundation (FM)
Gordon Livengood ‘52 (D) Willaim & Virginia Lowry ‘38 (D) John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Jack MacDonald ‘40 (FM) C. Bruce ‘49 & Jean Maines (D) Charlotte Malone (D)
Helen Adams (D) Helen Reardon Agnew (D) Takeo Akiyama LL.M. ‘75 (FM) Thomas Allison ‘72 American College of Trial Lawyers John Applegate ‘41 (D) James ‘39 (D) & Kathleen Arneil Lawrence & Mary Ann Bailey Benaroya Foundation Jack Benaroya (FM) Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong, P.C.
Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation
Family of Homer Bergren ‘35 (D) (FM)
Michael Kates Trust
Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S.
The Dorsey & Whitney Foundation Scott Dunham ‘75 & Barbara Eliades (FM)
Peter Miller ‘83 & Jean Johnson ‘82 (FM)
The Honorable William ‘52 (D) & Vasiliki Dwyer (FM)
Veida Morrow ‘24 (D)
Boehmert & Boehmert
Larry ‘63 & Judith Mounger Jr. (FM)
Bogle & Gates Law Offices
Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP (FM)
F. Ross Boundy ‘71
Kimberly ‘85 & Charles Ellwanger (FM) Ernest Falk ‘28 (D)
Donald Fleming ‘51 The Ford Foundation Foster Pepper PLLC Marion Garrison (FM) William ‘50 & Mimi Gates Sr. (FM)
The Tulalip Tribes
The Korea Foundation
Gregory ‘77 & Anne Adams
Marie Donohoe ‘63 (D)
Elisabeth Miller (D)
The Seattle Foundation
C. Calvert Knudsen ‘50 (D) (FM)
Anonymous (18)
William Bennett ‘95 & Michele Borovac (FM)
Garvey Schubert Barer (FM)
Linden Rhoads (FM)
King County Bar Institute
Lifetime giving totaling $25,000 to $99,999 to the School of Law.
Robert McMillen (D) (FM)
Microsoft Corporation
Toni Rembe ‘60 & Arthur Rock (FM)
King County Bar Foundation
Condon Society
Richard ‘70 & Polly Dodd (FM)
Dean Judson ‘19 & Dorothy Falknor (D)
William & Sally Neukom (FM)
Mary Gates (D) Professor Robert Gomulkiewicz ‘87 & Andrea Lairson ‘88 (FM) Gregory ‘85 & Valerie Gorder Greater Everett Community Foundation
Progeny 3, Inc. Puyallup Tribe of Indians
Judith Bigelow ‘86 (FM)
Mary ‘75 & David Boies (FM) Barry Bretschneider
Riverstyx Foundation
Alexander ‘63 & Cornelia (D) Brindle Sr.
Judith ‘74 & H. Jon Runstad (FM)
Joseph ‘82 & Maureen Brotherton
Joseph & Katherine Ryan
James ‘35 & Jane Bryson (D)
Katie Sako ‘87 & Kendall Flint (FM)
Stimson Bullitt ‘49 (D)
Kenneth ‘64 & Lucia Schubert Jr. Seattle King County Bar Association The Honorable Gerard & Barbara Shellan Spencer Short ‘24 (D) W. Hunter (D) & Dorothy Simpson (FM) James & Janet Sinegal
M. John ‘69 & Mattie Bundy (FM) John ‘61 (D) & Sybil Burgess Robert ‘73 & Katherine Campbell Diana ‘86 & Charles Carey Jr. C. Kent ‘67 & Sandra Carlson (FM) Casey Family Foundation Michael R. Cason
Washington Law School Foundation
Greenwall Foundation
Frederick ‘62 & Susan Smith
Gerald & Carolyn Grinstein (FM)
Max ‘52 & Ruth (D) Soriano (FM)
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
Condon Society Benefactors
Edward ‘66 & Andrea Hansen (FM)
David Stobaugh ‘75 & Lynn Prunhuber ‘79
Children’s Home Society of Washington
Lifetime giving totaling $100,000 to $999,999 to the School of Law.
Jon ‘82 & Kimberly Hemingway
Stuart Foundation
Charles ‘61 & Donna Cole
Sophie & Wilbur Albright (D) Professor William & Katherine Andersen Jr. (FM) 54
Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Landesa Rural Development Institute
Ed Kim ‘95
Sam Levinson ‘25 (D)
(FM)
Evergreen Legal Services
Wayne ‘57 & Anne Gittinger (FM)
Nanci Kertson
Kenneth ‘40 & Nona ‘42 Cox
Michael ‘64 & Lynn Garvey (FM)
Bill & Melinda Gates (FM)
Katherine Kellogg Smith Trust
Ted & Pam Kummert (FM)
Gerald ‘53 & Lucille Curtis
Lifetime giving totaling $1,000,000 or more to the School of Law.
K & L Gates
Carrix
Gordon Culp ‘52 (D) (FM)
Condon Society Laureates
Floyd & Delores Jones Foundation
(D) Dece ased
Douglas Hendel ‘56 (FM) Dan Fenno Henderson (D) The Henry M. Jackson Foundation (FM) Japan Foundation
(FM) Fo u n ding M em b er
Supnick, et al. Paul Van Wagenen ‘73 Washington Research Foundation Philip Weiss ‘23 (D) Carrie Welch (D)
(D) (FM)
Coleman Foundation, Inc. Thomas ‘68 & Jane Collins Comdisco, Inc. Costco Wholesale Corporation
Report to Donors
Evelyn Cruz ‘78 & J. Parker Sroufe Jr.
Greenwood Shopping Center (FM)
Clydia Cuykendall ‘74
Camden Hall ‘65
Dana Corporation Foundation
Carl M. Hansen Foundation, Inc.
John ‘40 & Ruth (D) Davis
Alfred & Dorothy Harsch (D)
Mabry Debuys ‘79 (D)
William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Deloitte & Touche Foundation
Heller Ehrman LLP
Denny Miller Associates, Inc.
James Hilton ‘59 (FM)
The Honorable Carolyn ‘53 & Cyrus (D) Dimmick
Akimitsu LL.M. ‘95 & Kaoru Hirai
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Dean & Professor Emeritus Roland & Mary Hjorth (FM)
Lloyd DuCommun ‘34 (D) Robert ‘61 & Judith Duggan Duty Free Shoppers Ltd. Richard ‘74 & Mary ‘75 Ekman
John ‘69 & Carol Hoerster (FM) The Honorable Alfred ‘48 & C. Lillian (D) Holte
James ‘63 & June Lindsey Jr.
The Rock Foundation
Byron W. & Alice L. Lockwood Foundation
Professor Marjorie Rombauer ‘60
Wallace & Barbara Loh (FM) Ruth Lothrop (D) Peter ‘65 & Marian Lucas Robert & Janet Macfarlane Jr. Norman ‘66 (D) & Judith Maleng Tasuku Matsuo LL.M. ‘69 Frank McAbee (D) William G. McGowan Charitable Fund The McIntosh Foundation McNaul Ebel Nawrot & Helgren PLLC Polly ‘87 & David McNeill (FM) Frank ‘85 & Teresa Michiels
The Runstad Foundation Mary Andrews Ryan (D) S.O.S. Foundation Safeco Insurance Company Lowden Sammis ‘26 (D) Seattle King County Bar Foundation Thomas ‘73 (D) & Greta Sedlock (FM) Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC Sequoia Foundation Shidler McBroom Gates & Lucas (FM) Beryl Simpson ‘85 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Charles Horowitz ‘27 (D)
Denny & Sandra Miller (FM)
Martin Smith ‘81 & Cathy JonesSmith
Professor Mary Hotchkiss
Hugh Miracle ‘34 (D)
Virginia Smith ‘46 (D)
Gary ‘75 & Chris Huff
Mitsubishi Research Institute
Eugene Smith ‘56 (D)
Werner Erhard Foundation
James Paton & Rose Ellen Hunter (D) (FM)
Frank (D) & Ella Moquin
Carlyn ‘81 & George (D) Steiner
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Thelma Hutchinson (D)
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
James Ellis ‘49 (FM) Michael ‘66 & Gail Emmons Sylvia Epstein (D)
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP Leslie Fishel Jr. (D) Daniel ‘88 & Frances Fisher (FM) The Honorable Betty ‘56 & Professor Emeritus Robert Fletcher James ‘71 & Marlene Fletcher Floyd & Pflueger, P. S. Foley Family Charitable Foundation
James Irwin Robert ‘72 & Carol Jaffe Japan/U.S. Friendship Commission Japanese American Society Eric Jarvis The Honorable Peter ‘62 & Sally Jarvis Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward (FM) Michael Jeffers ‘64 Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Thelma Moriarty (D) Jonathan ‘80 & Lynn Mott (FM) Robert Mucklestone ‘54 & Megan Kruse J. Shan ‘58 & Lee Mullin (FM) Sharon Nelson ‘76 The Honorable William ‘63 & Marta Nielsen (FM) The Norcliffe Foundation Dan ‘66 & Diane O’Neal (FM) Pacific Coast Banking School Arthur Paulsen ‘46 (D) (FM) Perkins Coie LLP (FM)
(FM)
William & Augusta Steinert (D) R. Jack. ‘64 & Sandra Ann Stephenson (FM) Professor Emeritus William ‘59 & Mary Stoebuck (FM) Eleanor Stokke (D) Carl Stork (FM) Daniel ‘55 & Susan Sullivan Professor Toshiko LL.M. ‘90/ Ph.D. ‘92 & Hisato Takenaka Lyn Tangen ‘74 & Richard Barbieri (FM) Texas Instruments Incorporated Donald ‘54 & Kay Thoreson Edith Tollefson (D)
William Foley II ‘74 (FM)
Professor Ralph (D) & Anne Johnson (FM)
W.A. Franke
Marjorie Jones (D)
Walter Pitts ‘52 (D) (FM)
Carl Franklin (D)
James & Diana Judson
Pogo Producing Co.
Dennis Franklin ‘78 & Melinda Yee
Kao Corporation
Cheryl Pope
Townsend & Townsend & Crew, LLP
Day ‘29 & Susan Karr (D)
William Pope ‘79 (FM)
Irwin ‘57 & Betty Lou Treiger (FM)
Elizabeth Kennan
Wayne L. Prim Foundation
Robert & Kathleen Trimble (FM)
Chan-Jin Ph.D. ‘72 & The Honorable Young Kim
Wayne ‘50 & Miriam Prim
United States-Japan Foundation
Constance ‘78 & Rodney Proctor
Nancy & Fred Utter
Yasuhiro Fujita ‘68 Bruce ‘78 & Aphrodite Garrison William & Carrie Garrison (D) Jennifer Gavin
W.H. (Joe) Knight Jr. & Susan Mask (FM)
Timothy Gavin ‘91 (FM)
Carl Koch ‘40 (D)
General Service Foundation
Henry Kotkins Sr. ‘35 (D)
Gordon Derr, LLP
The Lane Family Foundation
Robert ‘74 & Barbara Giles (FM)
Lane Powell, PC
Peter & Sally Glase Glenhome Trust Stanley Golub ‘36 (D) Laura Grace Graduate Program in Taxation (FM)
Dennis ‘67 & Liz Lane Linda Larson ‘78 & B. Gerald Johnson (FM) Eugene ‘66/LL.M. ‘78 & Sachiko Lee Ronald ‘71 & Toshiko Lee Legal Environmental Assistance
Earl Phillips ‘34 (D)
Public Interest Law Association Karl ‘79 & Lianne Quackenbush Dale ‘39 (D) & Evelyn Read ‘40
Tousley Brian Guy Towle ‘77
Verizon Communications Inc. Washington State Bar Association Griffith ‘49 & Patricia Way Paul Webber ‘62 (FM) David ‘61 & Mary Williams
Eric & Heather Redman (FM)
Woodcock Washburn
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Honorable Eugene ‘37 (D) & Esther Wright
Bruce ‘77 & Alida Robertson (FM)
Peter Yim ‘97
ROC/US Technology Cooperation
D. Michael ‘75 & Julia Young
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Martin ‘65 (D) & Diane Crowder (FM)
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Marian Gould Gall agher SOCIET Y
Members have lifetime giving totaling $15,000 or more to the Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library at the School of Law. Acknowledgment of the Marian Gould Gallagher Society can also be found on the law library donor wall in William H. Gates Hall.
Allan Baris ‘79 & Karen Watts ‘80 Judith ‘75 & Arnold Bendich Professor Charles & Betty Corker & Family Gerald ‘53 & Lucille Curtis Lloyd DuCommun ‘34 (D) Alfred & Dorothy Harsch (D) Professor Penny & Norris Hazelton
** individuals who have at least 15 years of consecutive giving
Henry Suzzallo SOCIET Y
DONORS by GIVING LE VEL
$5,000 to $9,999
Members have made testamentary or other planned gifts to the School of Law.
Gifts reported here are those received this fiscal year and do not include pledges or other unrealized contributions or bequests.
Gregory ‘77 & Anne Adams*
Edna Alvarez ‘67 Edward ‘78 & Laura Chandler Laura Crawford ‘86
Professor Robert Anderson & Marilyn Heiman Judith ‘75 & Arnold Bendich Boehmert & Boehmert* Robert ‘73 & Katherine Campbell**
$100,000 or More
C. Kent ‘67 & Sandra Carlson*
Stanley ‘63 & Alta Barer
Colonel Josef ‘31 (D) & Muriel Diamond
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scott Dunham ‘75 & Barbara Eliades**
Gerald ‘53 & Lucille Curtis
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Professors Lea Vaughn & J. Patrick Dobell III
Microsoft Corporation*
The Honorable William ‘52 (D) & Vasiliki Dwyer
The Tulalip Tribes
Bradley Fresia ‘88
United Way of King County*
Gordon Derr, LLP
$25,000 to $99,999
Carl M. Hansen Foundation, Inc.
Richard ‘74 & Diane Elliott James Ellis ‘49 Donald Fleming ‘51 Bruce ‘78 & Aphrodite Garrison Gail Gordon ‘77 Douglas Hendel ‘56 Tamara Hochberg William Hochberg ‘83
Riverstyx Foundation
Fenwick & West LLP Dennis Franklin ‘78 & Melinda Yee
Anne Johnson
Alice & Edna Athearn (D)*
Robert Kayihura ‘02
The Honorable Bobbe ‘76 & Jonathan ‘76 Bridge***
Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP
Wayne ‘57 & Anne Gittinger***
Yoshio Kumakura
Gregory ‘85 & Valerie Gorder
Merchant & Gould Kollin Min ‘95
The Family of Lawrence Hickman ‘36
The Honorable Alfred ‘48 & C. Lillian (D) Holte
Ed Kim ‘95
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
King County Bar Foundation
Professor Mary Hotchkiss & Mary Whisner
Garfield & Cynthia Jeffers
Nakamura and Partners The Pew Charitable Trusts
Michael Jeffers ‘64
Toni Rembe ‘60 & Arthur Rock
Partners of Levinson, Friedman, Vhugen, Duggan, Bland & Horowitz
Alan Kane ‘65
Paul Van Wagenen ‘73***
Robert & Janet Macfarlane Jr.
Wallace & Barbara Loh
Anonymous (3)
Professor Toshiko LL.M. ‘90/Ph.D. ‘92 & Hisato Takenaka
Polly ‘87 & David McNeill
Virginia Lowry Norman ‘66 (D) & Judith Maleng
James ‘39 (D) & Kathleen Arneil
Tani & Abe
Dudley ‘55 & Anne Panchot
Jeffrey Wang LL.M. ‘84
Joel ‘71 & Maureen Benoliel
Wang, Hartmann, Gibbs & Cauley
Dean Richard Roddis (D), Joanne & Family
Nanci Kertson Thomas Loftus ‘57
$10,000 to $24,999
Seed I.P. Law Group, PLLC Stoel Rives LLP
W. H. (Joe) Knight Jr. & Susan Mask
Dorsey & Whitney, LLP
Ralph ‘62 & Bonnie Olson
Loren & Mary Hickman
$2,000 to $4,999
Lowden Sammis ‘26 (D)
Dudley ‘55 & Anne Panchot
Guy Towle ‘77
John ‘52 & Jacqueline Riley
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Anonymous
Professor Jane & Peter Winn
Richard (D) & Joanne Roddis
Professor Marjorie & Edgar (D) Rombauer ‘60
Joseph & Katherine Ryan The Honorable Gerard & Barbara Shellan
W. J. Thomas Ferguson ‘67
Landesa Rural Development Institute
Barclays Capital
Robert & Janet Macfarlane Jr.
Bardehle Pagenberg Dost
William Snyder ‘89/LL.M. ‘06
Tasuku Matsuo LL.M. ‘69
Allan Baris ‘79 & Karen Watts ‘80
Diane ‘76 & Larry Stokke
The Rock Foundation
Kenneth ‘88 & Lisa Baronsky
Paul ‘67 & Kathryn Whelan
Ropes and Gray
The Boeing Company
Joseph & Katherine Ryan
Bosch Jehle Patentanwaltsgesellschaft mbH
Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation (D) Dece ased
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
The Macfarlane Foundation
Verizon Communications Inc.
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AIP Patent & Law Offices
Diana ‘86 & Charles Carey Jr.*
Anonymous (4) The Honorable James ‘67 (D) & Patricia Allendoerfer
Anonymous (3)
Joseph ‘82 & Maureen Brotherton*
Report to Donors
Thomas ‘68 & Jane Collins** John ‘56 & Mary Costello Patrick & Paula Costello The Honorable John & Gwen Coughenour Kenneth ‘40 & Nona ‘42 Cox
Lonnie Rosenwald ‘94
Foster Pepper PLLC
Dennis ‘72 & Tedi Reynolds
The Runstad Foundation
Franzosi, Dal Negro, Pensato, Setti
Rigos Professional Education Programs Ltd.
Lourdes Fuentes ‘96
James & Doreen Rigos
Jose ‘76 & Olive Gaitan
Charles Robinson ‘81
John Garner ‘77**
William ‘83 & Jennifer Robison
Judith ‘74 & H. Jon Runstad * S.O.S. Foundation John ‘82 & Christine Smith Sonderhoff & Einsel Law and Patent
GE Foundation
Gerald ‘53 & Lucille Curtis
Donald ‘54 & Kay Thoreson***
Bruce Dick ‘82 & Rexanne Gibson ‘82***
Clydia Cuykendall ‘74***
Guy Towle ‘77
The Honorable Carolyn ‘53 & Cyrus (D) Dimmick
Arthur Tsien ‘78 & Judith McGuire***
Professor Robert Gomulkiewicz ‘87 & Andrea Lairson ‘88
DLA Piper
Washington State Bar Association
Richard ‘70 & Polly Dodd* Dominick ‘56 & Aurora Driano*
Professor Jane & Peter Winn Woodcock Washburn
James Ellis ‘49***
D. Michael ‘75 & Julia Young
John ‘53 & Doris Ellis*
Yuasa and Hara
Finnegan Henderson, et al.
Ann Hemmens
Katja Shaye
The Honorable Alfred Holte ‘48***
Hatsushi Shimizu
Richard Hopp ‘76 & Debbie Walsh Professor Maureen Howard ‘86
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Foundation
Anonymous
Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP
Accenture Foundation
Inland Northwest Community Foundation
The Honorable Joan ‘75 & George Allison
Allen ‘78 & Nettie Israel***
Garvey Schubert Barer Robert ‘74 & Barbara Giles Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson Dean & Professor Emeritus Roland & Mary Hjorth*** John ‘69 & Carol Hoerster** Professor Mary Hotchkiss* Susy Hsu
ACTEC Foundation Edwin ‘56 & Jeanne Anderson Jr. Clemens Barnes ‘69 & Lisa Anderson Major Joshua Berger ‘03 Charles Blumenfeld ‘69 & Karla Axell
Inslee, Best, Doezie, & Ryder, PS
Andrew & Brenda Bor
Evan ‘56 & Elizabeth Inslee
The Honorable Robert ‘58 & Cathy Bryan
Robert ‘72 & Carol Jaffe* Edward & Karen Jones Hyun Kim LL.M. ‘85/Ph.D. ‘90 Mi-Kyung ‘05 & Cheolsoo Kim Eugene ‘66/LL.M. ‘78 & Sachiko Lee* James ‘63 & June Lindsey Jr.** Douglas Love ‘88 & Rachel Running Frank ‘85 & Teresa Michiels Robert Mucklestone ‘54 & Megan Kruse* J. Shan ‘58 & Lee Mullin** Professor Sean & Nicole O’Connor III P&E C Miller Charitable Foundation* Perkins Coie LLP Peterson Young Putra Riley & Nancy Pleas Family Foundation Joanne Roddis
David ‘63 & Mary Broom
Fred ‘56 & Ritajean Butterworth Samual & Loretta Chapin
The Seattle Foundation** Settlement Professionals, Inc.
Mario Franzosi
Pryor ‘85 & Kathryn Garnett
Kenneth ‘64 & Lucia Schubert Jr.**
Lynn Hall ‘91
$1,000 to $1,999
Terry Abeyta ‘76
Saltchuk Resources, Inc.
Lynn Hvalsoe ‘80 & Clinton Chapin IBM Corporation
Justice Advocacy Africa Dan Kilpatric ‘76 & Colleen Kinerk ‘77 Charles ‘65 & Nancy Kimbrough The Honorable Jack Kurtz ‘51 The Lane Family Foundation Dennis ‘67 & Liz Lane Julie Lanz ‘01 & Max Ochoa Sherrey ‘99 & Douglas Luetjen Scott ‘54 (D) & Betty Lukins Martin ‘70 & Andrea Lybecker*** Ross ‘83 & Lisa Macfarlane
Walter Sinsheimer ‘56 & Joan Blethen John ‘70 & Rebecca Steel* Stephen Strong ‘75 & Lorri Falterman Swanson Capital Management, LLC Gerald & Gloria Swanson Daniel Syrdal ‘75* David & Daphne Tang* Lyn Tangen ‘74 & Richard Barbieri Dean Kellye Testy & Tracey Thompson Donald Theophilus III ‘89 Philip Thompson ‘82 & Elizabeth Dolliver** G. Val ‘73 & Mary Tollefson*** James Torgerson ‘84 & The Honorable Morgan Christen* Irwin ‘57 & Betty Lou Treiger* David ‘61 & Mary Williams Michelle Wu Koichi & Yukari Yamaoka
William ‘75 & Kathleen Collins**
Professor Deborah Maranville*
Charles & Patricia (D) Curran ‘60
Thomas & Martha Marlow
$500 to $999
Lisa McGimpsey LL.M. ‘01
Patricia Curran (D)
Brendan McNamara ‘09
Professor Craig ‘89 & Joyce Allen
Cutler Nylander & Hayton, P.S.
Jerry ‘68 & Darlene McNaul***
American Arbitration Association
Professor Dwight ‘73 & Kathleen Drake
Laurie ‘84 & Jerry Minsk
J. Patrick ‘76 & Peggy Aylward
Bruce Duff ‘89 Linda ‘76 & Randal Ebberson Professor Jonathan ‘69 & Representative Deborah Eddy Charles ‘71 & Jane Ekberg*** Richard ‘74 & Diane Elliott* Kimberly ‘85 & Charles Ellwanger* Daniel Finney ‘88**
Brian Morrison ‘77 James ‘53 & Patsy Nelson The North Ridge Foundation* Douglas Ogden ‘89* Oh-Ebashi LPC and Partners Nancy Pleas Vanessa Power ‘00 Wayne L. Prim Foundation Wayne ‘50 & Miriam Prim Reed, Longyear, Malanti & Ahrens
Arnold ‘59 & Carol Barer William & Rita Bender The Honorable Robert ‘49 & Karen Bibb Stephen ‘93 & Julie Bishop John Bishop ‘51 M. Wayne ‘68 & Anne Blair Scott ‘83 & Barbara Borth John ‘82 & Starla Budlong
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Michael ‘83 & Linda Bugni* 57
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Robert ‘72 & Joan Cathcart
Jonathan Malamud LL.M. ‘84
Richard Cleva ‘79
Julia Markley ‘99*
Carmela Conroy ‘90
Paul Metzner
Stephanie Cox
Jonathan Meyers LL.M. ‘05
Gordon Crandall ‘53
Kenneth Miller & Christopher Pepin
Abigail Cromwell ‘07 Crissa Cugini ‘85** Roy ‘02 & Truwyn Diaz Michael & Gail Emmons Foundation Michael ‘66 & Gail Emmons Kristin Ferrera ‘08 Cynthia Fester Michael ‘69 & Marnie Finney Gary ‘74 & Kristen ‘74 Fluhrer Janice & Professor Walton Flynn Robert Free ‘75 & Carolyn Corker-Free* Robert ‘77 & Anita Friedman Jason Froggatt ‘95 & Wendy Lister Leonor ‘84 & Jay Fuller* The Honorable Carol ‘54 & Herbert ‘54 Fuller H. Graham ‘67 & Carol Gaiser* Camille Gearhart ‘85 & Timothy Burner
Chiyo & Toshiyuki Murata
$250 to $499
Maurice ‘54 & Muriel Epstein*
Anonymous
Fuller & Fuller
Robert ‘94 & Elena Allnutt
John Gadon ‘83
Eric Anderson ‘94 & Stephen Tollafield
Richard ‘88 & Jennifer Gans
Professor Helen Anderson ‘84 & Howard Goodfriend ‘84
Chun Ng ‘91
The Honorable Marlin Appelwick ‘79 & Sharron Sellers*
The Honorable William ‘63 & Marta Nielsen
The Honorable Sharon Armstrong ‘74
Olson & Olson, PLLC
Stanley ‘75 & Susan Bakun
Leslie ‘00 & Mark Olson
Baumgartner, Nelson & Price, PLLC
William Nelson ‘68
Dudley ‘55 & Anne Panchot Jennifer Pertuset ‘03 & Steven Lawrenz
The Bean Law Firm, PLLC
Judy Pigott
Jeffrey Bean & Sulynn Warner-Bean
Prudential Foundation
Mark ‘79 & Christina Beatty
Marjorie Raleigh ‘78
Marsha Beck ‘72
Thomas ‘84 & Tracy Read**
Laurel Beeler ‘89
Bruce ‘77 & Alida Robertson
Stephanie Bloomfield ‘94
Professor William & Janet (D) Rodgers Jr.*
Ben Blum
Paul ‘72 & Nancy Roesch Jr.
The Honorable Philip ‘72 & Dorothy Brandt
Professor Emeritus Marjorie Rombauer ‘60* Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC
The Boston Foundation
Lt. Colonel Harold Brown ‘84
David Glazer ‘92 & Andrea Voytko Douglas Green ‘78*** G. Keith ‘52 & Naomi Grim Steven ‘91 & Amy Gustafson Michael ‘72 & Virginia Hall The Honorable Robert ‘58 & Mary Harris* Donald Harrison ‘74 The Honorable Frederick ‘61 & Jean Hayes Earle Hereford Jr. ‘73 & Margaret Winsor Hope Herron Jayanne Hino ‘83 Thomas Hoemann ‘77 Gary ‘75 & Chris Huff Sarah Hughes ‘74 ING Direct Barbara Isenhour ‘73 Sylvester ‘79 & Marlys Jaime*** John ‘70 & Emilie John
Susan Sampson ‘74
Bernadette Bulacan ‘00/ LL.M. ‘04 & Robert Starin
Jeffrey ‘93 & Cassandra Johnson
Jo ‘74 & Michael Sandler
Byrnes Keller Cromwell, LLP
Brent ‘99 & Amy Jones
B. Michael Schestopol ‘73 & Sarah Mann
Doreen Cardin
JustGive.Org
Elizabeth Schubert ‘05
Rebecca Carlson ‘10/LL.M. ‘10
Keith ‘72 & The Honorable Lynn Kessler**
Catherine Shaw ‘87
Darren Carnell ‘95* John ‘69 & Susan Cary**
King County Washington Women Lawyers
Arley ‘73 & Debra Harrel Jr.
Gregory Simon ‘83 & Margo Reid
Kinne Hawes ‘72
Steven Springmeyer
David ‘94 & Miriam Chiappetta
Christopher ‘75 & Cheryle Hirst*
The Attorney - CPA Tax Clinic
Christopher J. Soelling, PLLC
Douglas Jacobsen ‘54
John ‘55 & Susan Tomlinson
Gerald ‘70 & Jeannie Coe
Richard ‘82 & Agnes Johannsen
JoAnne ‘80 & Jon Tompkins
Laurie ‘81 & Patrick Connelly Lisa & Bruce Corker*
Judicial Dispute Resolution, LLC
Margret ‘05 & David Truax WAMS
Robert Corrington
Washington Women Lawyers
Cowan Miller and Lederman, P.S.
Washington Women Lawyers Foundation
J. Richard ‘66 & Marcia Crockett***
John Wechkin ‘96
John Crosetto ‘05
Joseph Lopez ‘88 & Evelyn Fielding-Lopez ‘88
David ‘83 & Sahron West
The Honorable Ronald Culpepper ‘76
Robert MacAulay ‘82 & Keri Ellison*
William Deasy ‘63
Madison Court LLC
Deloitte & Touche Foundation**
Donald ‘68 & Brenda Mallett***
Julian ‘57 & Alice Dewell*
Gary ‘09 & Jessica ‘09 Manca
Michael ‘93 & Kenneth Gotham Claire ‘86 & Paul Grace Hall Zanzig Clafin McEachern, PLLC Daniel ‘77 & Margaret Hannula
Thomas Keane ‘78 & Martha Noerr ‘78** Diane Kero ‘81 KPMG Involve Community Campaign The Honorable Ernest Kubota ‘58* The Honorable J. Leach ‘76 & Vickie Norris*
Julie Weston ‘69 & Gerhardt Morrison Mary Whisner**
Serena Lee
Rando ‘90 & Ketia Wick
Littler Mendelson Foundation, Inc.
Professor Louis & Susan Wolcher
Fengming LL.M. ‘87 & Monica Liu
Craig Wright ‘91
Deborah Livingstone Maisano Mediation, LLC 58
Mills Meyers Swartling, PSC
** individuals who have at least 15 years of consecutive giving
(D) Dece ased
Lien Yu ‘97
Ishbel Dickens ‘02 T. Ryan Durkan ‘81 & Charles Burdell Jr.*** Roxanne Eberle ‘09 Douglas Ende ‘87
John Knox ‘82 & DeeAnn Sisley* Martha Sandoval ‘07 & Robert Kristjanson Karen ‘90 & Bruce Kruse Todd Larson ‘88 Laurel Smith & Associates Gust ‘55 & Jo Ledakis* Price Lee Shoko Leek ‘97 Clark Lin ‘08
Paul LL.M. ‘87 & Amy Manierre Dale ‘64 & Shirley Martin Larry ‘78 & Marsha ‘54 Martin
Report to Donors
Gail Mautner Captain Richard McNees Sr. ‘75* Polly ‘87 & David McNeill Susan ‘79 & Michael ‘79 Megaard Kevan Morgan ‘96 Jeff ‘67 & Julia Morris
Raymond ‘76 & Marie Walters*** Charles Warner ‘47 Scott Warner LL.M. ‘83 James Weisfield ‘91 & Kelly O’Connell-Weisfield Douglas ‘84 & Elizabeth Wheeler*
Steven & Lesley Olswang Dean Pedersen
Robert Boeshaar LL.M. ‘98
Barbara & Philip Cutler
Nicole ‘07 & Emmanuel Borromeo
D. Benjamin Lee, P.S.
Irene ‘94 & Joseph Botero
Donald Dahlgren ‘60
Deanna Dawson ‘94
Bradley-Mullins Law Group, PLLC
Michelle Delappe ‘09/LL.M. ‘10
Donald Brazier Jr. ‘54*
Anne Denko ‘89
$100 to $249
Rear Admiral Herbert Bridge
Donald ‘83 & Linda Dimmitt*
Anonymous (2)
William ‘69 & Kathleen Britton*
Kevin ‘83 & Kimberly Doyle
Loria & Joseph Yeadon
Ari Okano ‘07
Gary ‘65 & Marilyn Cunningham***
Jill Bowman ‘81
Marc Wilhelm ‘82**
Karen ‘06 & Todd Nashiwa
Oh! Chocolates
Robert Crees ‘56
Cynthia Boersma ‘93 & Gary Borjesson
Greggory ‘07 & Danielle ‘07 Dalton
Diane Murley
Sharon Nelson ‘76
Stacey Crawshaw ‘97
Leo Bloch ‘35
Ellen Bowman
Wild Sky Law Group, PLLC The Honorable Thomas ‘68 & Yvonne Wynne
James Nelson ‘80 & Meredith Copeland ‘82
John Binns Jr. ‘64
Arthur ‘79 & M. Elizabeth Abel Gabriel Acosta ‘86
David Brown ‘08 Lawrence Brown ‘52 The Honorable Mary ‘58 & Thomas Brucker*
Timothy Drury ‘90 Wick ‘70 & Sheila Dufford Yvette Durant ‘91
Charles Peery ‘62
Danika Adams ‘07 & Matthew Litke
John ‘75 & Vickie Peick
Abbas & Asha Ahmed
The Honorable Robert Peterson ‘53
Aiken, St. Louis & Siljeg, P.S.
Jeffrey ‘74 & Pamela Pewe
Andrew Aley ‘08
Tarik Burney ‘97 & Shannon Phillips ‘95
The Honorable Lesley Allan ‘83
Teresa ‘03/LL.M. ‘04 & Matthew Byers
Patricia Allendoerfer
Professor Steve Calandrillo & Chryssa Deliganis*
Erica Eggertsen ‘08
Stephen Camden ‘67
Michael Elia ‘87
W. Daniel ‘70 & Diane Phillips Kimberly Rawson Timothy Redford ‘83*
Amy Alexander ‘11
Ward ‘93 & Boni Buringrud* Feliciana ‘78 & Professor Emeritus William Burke
Shelly & Michael Reiss
Douglas Anderson ‘77 & Anne Noonan
Patricia ‘80 & Donn Roberts***
Mark ‘88 & Marlee Anderson
Fremont ‘50 & Helen Campbell**
Brent Roche ‘80
Thomas ‘67 & Saloma-Lee Anderson
Kelly Canary ‘07
Professor Thomas & Lauren Andrews
Stanley Carlson ‘65***
The Honorable Jay Roof ‘68 Alan Ross ‘00 & Peggy Keene Heidi Sachs ‘81 & John Friedhoff
Yosuke ‘81 & Sakae Aoyagi Tyler Arnold ‘10
Jeffrey Capeloto ‘86 Colton Carothers ‘11
The Honorable Daniel ‘72 & Phyllis Edwards*** Scott ‘91 & Christine Edwards Hideo Egawa LL.M. ‘73 Susan ‘79 & Terry Egnor** Howard ‘61 & Diane ‘61 Engle Jr.*** Rudy ‘75 & Julie Englund Jeffrey Eustis The Honorable Ellen ‘82 & Douglas Fair
Jeffrey Fehr ‘02
Sabina ‘02 & Evan ‘02 Shapiro
Ellen Bachman ‘74*
Lisa Christoffersen ‘96 & Jeffrey Weber
Barbara ‘84 & Peter Sherland
Jorgen Bader ‘61**
John ‘73 & Susan Clees
William ‘97 & Yao LL.M. ‘98 Bailey
Carolyn Cliff ‘84
Keith Baldwin ‘66
Edison International
Fat Cat Fudge, LLC
Bernda Bacani ‘93
Brian Balch ‘81
David & Kimberly Eckstein
Brent Carson ‘86 & Jill Burday-Carson*
Jason Santana ‘04
J. Ronald ‘68 & Barbara Sim**
Molly ‘04 & Daniel Eckman
Timothy Clifford ‘60 Molly Cohan ‘77
James ‘60 & Ulla Feeley Mary & Karen Fenili Joshua Field ‘06 Christie Fix ‘08 Eric Fjelstad ‘89
Gary ‘75 & Ann Colley
The Honorable Betty ‘56 & Professor Emeritus Robert Fletcher**
David ‘88 & Melinda Cook
David Foley ‘66
Jerry Bassett ‘72***
The Honorable Susan Cook ‘85
Karl ‘82 & Mary ‘82 Forsgaard
Michel ‘60 & Roberta Stern
Douglas Batey ‘80 & Marian Gaynor
Angela Cook ‘11
Anna Franz ‘08
Kevin LL.M. ‘02 & Itsuko Takeuchi
Andrew Kashap & Monika Batra
Natalie Cooper ‘10
Kristen Fraser ‘91
Kathleen Corcoran
Michael Tardif ‘74
Ronald Beard ‘93
Everett Fruehling ‘91 & Lynne Thomas
Richard Titus Jr. ‘78*
Angela ‘94 & Brian Belbeck
Russell ‘67 & Sara Tousley
Stephanie Bell ‘96
Hubert ‘66 & Margueriette Travaille
John Bennett LL.M. ‘81
United Way of Silicon Valley
Laurel Smith ‘75 Christopher & Gail Soelling Roslyn Solomon ‘86 & David Groff Shannon ‘56 & Donna Stafford*
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Jill Ballo ‘02 Gaurab Bansal ‘07 Jared Barrett ‘07
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan ‘99
Corporate Counsel Solutions PLLC
Gammer Law Group, PLLC
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Shane Cramer ‘04
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Gehrke, Wegener & Doull
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Anne-Marie ‘97 & Nabil Istafanous
Christian LL.M. ‘97 & Aimee Gianni
Janet ‘03 & Professor Andrew Jacobs
Danielle ‘99 & Michael Githens
William Jaquette III ‘78
Rebecca ‘02 & Kevin Glasgow Rachel Gold ‘06 & Joshua Miller Paul Goldberg ‘67 Craig ‘06 & Lica Gonzales Jeffrey Gonzales ‘82 John ‘55 & Lynn Gose David ‘58 & Carolyn Gossard Jr. Michael Green ‘61 Andrew ‘04 & Hillary Greene Ramon ‘98 & Ann Gupta Henry ‘62 & Catherine Haas Joseph ‘99/LL.M. ‘00 & Katherine Gardner Garrett & Marcie Hall Shelley Hall ‘98 Hudson Hamilton ‘11 Meghan Hanson LL.M. ‘07 Arthur Harding II ‘75 Kenji Hashidate LL.M. ‘75 Itaru Hatanaka LL.M. ‘07 Katy ‘07 & Robert ‘07 Hatfield John ‘53 & Geraldine Hay Genevieve Hayton ‘09 Stephen ‘73 & Lynn Hazard Professor Penny & Norris Hazelton* John ‘52 (D) & Mary Heath Jr. Mary Heath David Heineck ‘79
Michael Jeffers ‘64** Monica Jenicek ‘76 The Honorable Charles Johnson ‘57* Jennifer Johnson ‘99* William ‘99 & Cara Johnson Bertil ‘65 & Nancy Johnson Robert ‘72 & Carol Johnston The Honorable Richard ‘75 & Leslie Jones W. Temple LL.M. ‘83 & Ise Jorden Henry Josefsberg ‘88 Robert Kaplan ‘69 & Professor Margaret Levi
Erin Lennon ‘08
Joseph Nagy ‘05/LL.M. ‘06
Donna Leong ‘79 & Robin Uyeshiro
Mehdi Nakhjiri & Erika Bliss
Larry ‘68 & Diana Levy Julie ‘91 & David Lichte Lorraine Linford ‘91
Betty ‘82 & Tom Ngan
James Lisbakken
Mark ‘84 & Mary Nielsen
Paula Littlewood ‘97
Toshikazu Nishimura LL.M. ‘85
Patra Liu ‘95* Professor Clark Lombardi & Greta Austin David Lonborg ‘91 Suzanne Love ‘05 Theodore ‘82 & Nirhmala Lucas Michael Lufkin Lisa ‘03 & Charles Lui
Leslie Ogg ‘66 Janet Olejar ‘72
The Honorable Kelsey Kawano ‘84
Donald Marinkovich ‘59
Keith Law and Mediation
Richard Martinez ‘66
Adrienne Keith Katrina ‘98 & James Kelly Robert ‘66 & Mary Keolker* Roger ‘81 & Cynthia Kindley King County Dispute Resolution Center Brent ‘93 & Peggy Kinkade William Kinsel ‘88 Megan Kirk ‘02 Dustin ‘99/LL.M. ‘99 & Mary Klinger Mary ‘74 & Professor Alan Klockars**
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Rex Huang ‘01 Mary Hulse Claudette Hunt Charles ‘56 & Gerry Huppin James ‘82 & Andrea Hurson Paul Hutton ‘58 David Iseminger ‘09 (D) Dece ased
The Honorable Kevin Korsmo ‘82 The Honorable David ‘78 & Peggy Kurtz*** Gareth Lacy ‘11 James Ladley ‘61 Robert ‘65 & Anita Lamp Eric ‘87 & Susan Lansverk Laurie Law Llewellyn ‘07 & Brooke Lawson Janet & David Leatherwood Linda Lee ‘04 Donghoon Lee ‘84 Kris Lee ‘90/LL.M. ‘91 Robert ‘97 & Jennifer Leinbach
Patrick O’Loughlin ‘82 Richard ‘66 & Carol Olson Rufus ‘63 & Bonnie Orr
Berrie Martinis ‘94
Joni Ostergaard ‘80 & William Patton
Steven Masada Jr. ‘04
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Scott Matheson ‘01
Mary ‘77 & Professor George Parks
Mari Matsumoto ‘07 & Taylor Black
Gavin Parr ‘00*
Elizabeth Matthias
Patrick ‘80 & Julie Paulich
Colleen & Bill McAleer
Frank ‘57 & Carol Payne
The Honorable Larry McKeeman ‘76 & Cynthia Treharne
Vernon Pearson
Jack ‘59 & Carolyn McMurchie** Nancy & James McMurrer Jr.
Jeffrey ‘86 & Suzanne Koontz
Juvella & Joseph Huang
Patricia O’Connor
Daniel LL.M. ‘07 & Kristen Manson
Hendricks & Lewis, PLLC
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Robert Nylander ‘87 & Andrea Faste
Alan ‘76 & Jane Macpherson
David Merchant ‘92 & Shelley Pellegrino ‘98
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Robert ‘70 & Patricia Nostrand
Roberta ‘80 & Charles Katz Jr.
Ari Kohn
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Jule ‘98 & Frederick Northup Sr.*
Cooper ‘08 & Lauren ‘09 Offenbecher
Jeanette Henderson ‘88
Michael Holmes
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Vivian ‘77 & Caesar Luna
Joseph ‘02 & Karen Meara
Timothy ‘76 & Candyce Hogan
Peter Nestor ‘08 Newport Presbyterian Church
Christopher ‘06 & Asako Kodama
Karen Hoewing ‘77
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Morgan Mercer ‘70
John & Diane Michalik The Honorable Richard ‘70 & Janis Miller
Ashley Peck ‘07 Michael Pedhirney ‘04 Ruby Pediangco ‘94 & Matt Shumway Lloyd ‘61 & Dorothy Peterson John Petshow ‘88 Sheila Phillips ‘00 Grzegorz Plichta ‘04 Melvyn ‘66 & Rosalind Poll Kathryn Porter ‘07
Rodman Miller ‘50*
Arlene Price*
Nicholas Miller ‘73
Thomas ‘95 & Peggy Pritchard
Phyllis Mines Donna Moniz ‘82 The Honorable Stephen Moore ‘77 Morales Rodriguez PS Scott ‘97 & Jennifer Morris* G. Rick ‘70 & Susan Morry*** Mary Moseley ‘87 Richard ‘61 & Mertie Muller* Mundt MacGregor LLP Kirk LL.M. ‘96 & Darcy Muzzy
Putnam & Lieb Daniel ‘82 & Mary Quinn Fred Rapaport ‘82 & Christine Sutton* Edwin Rauzi ‘81 & Shana Chung*** Fredric ‘72 & Tana Reed* AJ Rei-Perrine ‘04 The Honorable Howard ‘61 & Lavonne Reser* Geoffrey ‘72 & Teresa Revelle Matthew Rudow ‘08 & Christina Richmond ‘07
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David ‘91 & Jill ‘92 Tsuchitori
Nicholas Anderson ‘04
John ‘52 & Jacqueline Riley*
Simburg, Ketter, Sheppard & Purdy
Patrick ‘65 & Rebecca Turner*
Rebecca Andrews ‘03 & Scott Olmsted
Richard Simkins
Gerald ‘66 & Kathleen Tuttle
Samuel Andrews LL.M. ‘08
Shirli Simmons
Richard Ullstrom ‘83
John Aramburu ‘70*
Phillip Singer ‘01
The Honorable Frederick ‘68 & Jane Van Sickle*
Tina Aure
Daniel Ritter ‘63 Robin Robbins John Roberts ‘81 Joan Robinson ‘77 Skylee Robinson ‘09 Sonia Rodriguez True ‘00 Charles ‘60 & Marilyn Roe Jr. Michael ‘86 & Susan Rogers James ‘80 & Mary Rohrback* Linda Roubik ‘85*** E. Charles ‘69 & Susan Routh Jill ‘98 & Craig Rowe Alan ‘81 & Suzanne Rubens The Honorable John ‘59 & Ann Rutter Jr.** Elizabeth ‘94 & Paal Ryan* Tristan Rynning Lauren Sancken ‘10 Brian Sander ‘03 The Honorable Richard Sanders ‘69 Suzanne Sarason ‘81* Daniel Satterberg ‘85 & Linda Norman ‘85
Natasha Singh ‘07 Morris ‘78 & Cynde Sinor Shannon Skinner ‘82 & Thomas Tanaka ‘82 John ‘52 & Barbara Slater Alan Smith & Barb Potashnick Cameron Smith ‘03/LL.M. ‘04 Karl Smith ‘09 Terry ‘70 & Colleen Snow Nancy Sorensen ‘74 St. Jude Medical, Inc. Eric ‘97 & Robyn Stahl Caleb Stewart Diane ‘76 & Larry Stokke The Honorable Waldo ‘49 & Norma Stone
Erica Sumioka ‘07 Margaret Sundberg ‘84***
Jon Schneidler ‘69
Gary Swearingen ‘94
The Honorable Jack ‘48 & Lucille Scholfield
Christopher Sweeney ‘04 & Brandon Loo
Kenneth Schubert III ‘97 & Karen Foster-Schubert
Michael ‘63 & Linda Swofford
Theodore Schultz ‘67***
Catherine Szurek LL.M. ‘97
Professor Scott & Moira Schumacher
John Taggart ‘78 Jordan Talge ‘11 The Honorable Philip ‘76 & Darlene Talmadge William ‘91 & Susan Taylor Don Taylor ‘54 Karl Tegland ‘72 Toby Thaler ‘76 & Beckey Sukovaty Ralph ‘70 & Betty Thomas Thompson and Delay
Cynthia Sharp ‘10
Daniel Thompson ‘88
Richard Shattuck ‘85
Ronald ‘58 & Marilyn Thompson
G. William Shaw ‘78 & The Honorable Laura Inveen ‘79
Connie Wan ‘06 & Jeff Gu John Ward ‘54 Emily Warden ‘94 Kathleen Wareham The Honorable Thomas ‘66 & Mary Warren The Honorable Anthony ‘63 & Lynn Wartnik*
Kenneth ‘84 & Ellen ‘85 Weber
Scott Scherer ‘84
Richard ‘87 & Barbara Sharkey
James ‘70/LL.M. ‘71 & Cynthia Walsh
Daniel ‘55 & Susan Sullivan
Akane Suzuki ‘99 & Alexander Rea
Bradley ‘88 & Ann Shannon***
Paul ‘74 & Linda Waggoner
John ‘73 & Mary Watts
Sheldon Sutcliffe ‘68
Joseph Shaeffer ‘02 & Jane Cover
W & N Zellmer Family, LLC
Lynn Strudler
Mark Scheibmeir ‘81 & Wendy Tripp ‘81
Linda ‘95 & Forrest Sferra
Anne Vithayathil ‘09
Washington Mediation Association
Neil Sussman ‘82
William Severson ‘74 & Meredith Lehr ‘81
Professors Lea Vaughn & J. Patrick Dobell III***
Paul Street ‘73*
Klaus & Sherry Schaie
Barbara Selberg ‘87
Kristine Vannoy
Janet Tietz
Brad ‘80 & Linda ‘79 Baldwin James Baxter Michael Bayley ‘92 Jennifer ‘88 & John Beard Jacquelyn Beatty ‘87 & Warren Wilkins Jean Bennett & John McClellen Jr. Alan Berg LL.M. ‘75 Robert Berselli ‘09/LL.M. ‘10 Juliann Bildhauer Ian ‘01 & Karena Birk Charles ‘79 & Katharine Blackman Boehm’s Candies Myles Boothe Jr. Jessica Bran ‘05 James Brown LL.M. ‘05 Christopher ‘95 & Ginger Brown James Brown ‘08
Yarden Weidenfeld ‘04
Hugh Cain ‘82 & Anne Clark
Ronald Weston ‘85
Robert ‘83 & Janice Carmichael
Robert ‘52 & Cynthia Wetherholt
John Chaves LL.M. ‘81
Sims Weymuller ‘02 & Stacy Connole ‘02
Chukar Cherries
John Whalen LL.M. ‘06
James Cissell ‘87 & Linda Johnson
Edward ‘76 & Margaret White Charles ‘94 & Paula Williams Patrick Willison LL.M. ‘90
Brianna Chung ‘10
William Coats ‘72 Lawrence Cock ‘90 & Stacie Foster ‘92
Phillip ‘69 & Constance Winberry***
Richard ‘71 & Jane Cohen**
Allen Wooddell
Laura Crawford ‘86
Andre Wooten ‘75 Alexander Wu ‘08 Ya-Ling Wu ‘08 Motohiro Yamane LL.M. ‘07 & Ju Ha Dustin Yeager ‘05 Jeannette Yim JoAnn Yukimura ‘74 & John Wehrheim Willard Zellmer ‘47 $1 to $99
Charles Coleman III ‘74 Robroy Crow ‘85 Christopher Curtis ‘89 Don Dascenzo ‘78 William Davis ‘98 Robin Dean ‘10 Aimee Decker ‘09 & Kevin Higinbotham Emily Deckman ‘05 Kevin Diaz ‘96 James ‘72 & Michele Dickens Maureen Dightman ‘73
D. Douglas Titus LL.M. ‘98
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Morris ‘63 & Donna Shore
Professor Michael Townsend & Jenny McCloskey
The Honorable Gerry ‘64 & Christine Alexander
Neal ‘64 & Linda Shulman
Transforming Conflict, LLC
Robert ‘78 & Sandra Sifferman
The Honorable Michael ‘79 & Lois ‘80 Trickey
Gregory Anacker & Lora Bennett
Constance ‘76 & Roger Ellingson
Professor Emeritus William & Mary Andersen
David Elsen ‘84
David ‘70 & Frauke Shelton
Patrick Trompeter ‘04
The Honorable Robert Doran Darcie Durr ‘04
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Deborah Elvins ‘78
Julian ‘08 & Allison Hurst
Edward McReynolds
George Reynoldson
Stephanie Erickson ‘11
James Hutchens LL.M. ‘05
Courtney Mertes ‘06
Jennifer Ewers ‘90
Lori Irwin ‘83
Ryan Meyer ‘06/LL.M. ‘08
Martin ‘84 & Genevieve Rollins
Jay Farrell LL.M. ‘07
John ‘62 & Marli Iverson***
Eleanor Miller ‘11
Alicia Feichtmeir ‘09
Robert Jacoby
Warner & Janet Miller
Matthew Fersch LL.M. ‘07
James D. Ladley, PS
Camille Fisher
Laurel & Andrew Jennings
Jessica ‘90 & Alexander Mindlin
Griffith Flaherty ‘88 & Lovie Bernardi ‘88
Carli Jensen ‘10
Joan Flaschen ‘10 Steven ‘90 & Louise Forrest* Richard Forsell ‘80* Richard J. Forsell, P.S.
Craig Jensen LL.M. ‘96 Frances & William Johnson Bruce ‘79 & Colett Judd* Tyson ‘06 & Joan Kade
Shannon Fowler ‘95
Andreas ‘99 & Professor Sarah ‘03 Kaltsounis
William Fraser ‘58
Takashi Kamiya LL.M. ‘86
Alex Freeburg ‘10
Thomas Keller ‘77
E. Robert Fristoe ‘49
Meghan Kelly ‘11
Jessica Fritz ‘10
Jacqueline Kettman-Thomas ‘06 & Mike Thomas
Jerome Froland ‘84 Andrew Gardner ‘10 James ‘82 & Jennifer ‘82 Gary
Shaunta Knibb ‘97 Ada Ko LL.M. ‘99 Robert Kondrat ‘01
Deborah Gates LL.M. ‘86
Judith Kovarik
Lesli Genstler ‘88
Lisa Kremer ‘08
Andrea George ‘05
William LaMarca
Phillip Gladfelter
Arthur ‘57 & Eleanor Lane
Adam Glant ‘08
David Laskin & Professor Kathleen O’Neill
Professor Julia Gold Benjamin Golden ‘11 & Holly Lange ‘10 Gail Gorud ‘82 Richard Graham ‘99 Sharon Greer Michelle ‘10 & Joseph Grienauer Anita Grinich LL.M. ‘96 Don Gulliford ‘68 Sarah Hale Michiko Hase ‘09 Lena Haslund ‘07
Professor Vai Lo LL.M. ‘94/ Ph.D. ‘97 Timothy Lovain ‘83 Allan ‘68 & Elizabeth MacDougall Janet Madill
Beau Haynes & Idalia Limon John ‘53 & Phyllis Hazelwood
Lianne Malloy ‘84
Lynn ‘87 & Joseph Hendrickson Katherine Herche ‘10 Beth Hilliard The Honorable Stephen Hillman ‘75
Marnie Malpass ‘02 Stacy Marchesano ‘08 Danan Margason ‘10 Jennifer Marlow ‘10 Stephen Masciocchi ‘90 Michael Mashni LL.M. ‘10 Suzanne Matsen ‘74
Scott Samuelson ‘93 Naomi & Jesus Sanchez
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Jeffrey Schick ‘01
Caitlin Morray ‘10 Rebecca Morrow LL.M. ‘10 Yoko Mukai LL.M. ‘09 Mie Murazumi ‘01 Jennifer Murray ‘05
James Sfekas ‘07
David Norris ‘78 William & Peggy O’Hanlon Nora Oldwin ‘85 Karl Oles ‘86 Theodore Olson ‘61 Cherise Oram LL.M. ‘98 O’Sullivan Law Office, PS
Sandra Pailca ‘89 Patti Paris Grant Parker ‘88 Richard Paroutaud ‘75 Glen ‘97 & Madelyn Pascual* Savitha Pathi Paul Peterhans & Mary de Rosas Chelsea ‘09 & Matthew Peters Amie Peters ‘05 Jacob Phillips ‘10 Juli Pierce ‘04 William Pigott ‘10 Commander Eugene Pinkelmann Jr. LL.M. ‘78
The Honorable Gerard & Barbara Shellan Andrew ‘92 & Virginia ‘92 Shogren Clarence ‘57 & Jean Shuh Paula Simon ‘10 Pauline Smetka ‘80 Gerald Smith ‘70*** David ‘76 & Ann Sonn Robert Spielman ‘05 William ‘07 & Stephanie Stafford III Maxine Stansell ‘79 Caitlin Steiger ‘11 Quentin ‘70 & Sherry Steinberg Jan Stephens Daniel Stonington Heather Straub ‘99 Emily Studebaker ‘01 Eulalie & Eric Sullivan Shara Svendsen ‘06 & Alejandro Cumplido Kelly ‘90 & Stephen Taylor Janet Terada Robert Thiel LL.M. ‘98 Luke Thomas ‘02
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Pitman ‘85 & Victoria Potter
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Kevin McClure ‘95
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Chester McCorkle & Dean Sandra Archibald
Rachel Rappaport ‘10
John McCormack ‘73
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Susan & Alan Schulkin
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R. M. Holt, Inc. P.S.
Harry ‘77 & Marjolein McLachlin
Jeffrey Schouten ‘97
Shirley LL.M. ‘95 & Robert Nixon
Thomas McCall Jr. LL.M. ‘81 & Kathleen Taimi
David Howenstine ‘07
Andrea Schmitt ‘07
Ari Neumann ‘10
Richard ‘58 & Gerene Holt
James Howe ‘80 & Janet Gros Jacques*
Eric & Kristin Schmidt
Randall Barnard ‘78 & Stephanie Searing ‘78
Janet ‘90 & Tim May*
Travis Honore ‘10 & Yun Chu
Allen Sandico
Kirsten Naito ‘11
Joseph Hoffmann ‘84 Kimbrely ‘97 & Brooks Holtom
Rachel Sage ‘09
Monroe Correctional Complex
Allan Overland ‘51
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Katherine Sadlon ‘06 Yoshiko Saheki*
The Honorable Roger Lewis ‘54 Megan ‘07 & Jeremy Lim
Lawrence Rozsnyai ‘06
Deon Miyoi ‘08
Jane O’Sullivan ‘03
Julie Lim
Eric Roth ‘98
Kristen Mitchell ‘01
Janette Lawrence
Dennis Maher ‘08 & Kate Thompson-Maher
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William Rasmussen ‘06 Milton ‘07 & Tara Reimers III
Heather Tomsick LL.M. ‘04 Michael ‘93 & Lori Trevino Jonathan Tse LL.M. ‘09 Amy Tucker LL.M. ‘00 Reba Turnquist Masanobu Ueda LL.M. ‘10 Joanna Valeri ‘07 Professor Eugene Vance (D)
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GIF TS IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS
During 2010-11 the School of Law received gifts in honor of and in memory of the following individuals.
Stephen White LL.M. ‘87 Geneva Williams ‘10 Lewis Wilson ‘72*
In memory of Ben Athay ‘07
Susan Wilson
In honor of Stan Barer ‘63
Patsy & Shashi Wosepka
In honor of Joseph L. Brotherton ‘82
Michelle Wynne ‘08
In memory of Stanley Bruhn ‘54
Jim Young ‘06 & Jennifer Xu
In honor of Peter Buck ‘73
Shaobin Zhu ‘08 Tiffany Zinter ‘08
In honor of the Class of 1958 In memory of Professor Charles Corker In memory of Professor Meade Emory In honor of Trent Erickson ‘01/LL.M. ‘01 In memory of Barbara Gene Richards Fishel In memory of Leslie H. Fishel Jr. In honor of Bill Gates Sr. ‘50 In honor of Professor Julia Gold In memory of Luvern Grim In honor of Dennis Helmich In memory of Ralph Johnson In honor of Professor Lisa Kelly In honor of Francis A. LeSourd ‘32 In memory of Francis A. LeSourd ‘32 In honor of Jennifer Marlow ‘10 In memory of William Quinn Marshall Sr. ‘55 In honor of Kathy Roddis Meyer In memory of Professor Paul Miller In memory of Evelyn Foster Read ‘40 In memory of Stanley M. Samuels ‘56 In honor of Kenneth and Lucia Schubert Jr. ‘64 In memory of Tom Sedlock ‘73 In memory of Alena E. Suazo ‘10
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Judy Bendich ’75 Announces
Scholarship Giving Challenge
Upon graduation from law school, and with a
Several years ago the Bendichs funded the Judith
$5,000 loan from her husband, Judy Bendich and
and Arnold Bendich Law Student Scholarship
classmates David Stobaugh and Stephen Strong,
Endowment. The Bendichs have watched as the
began a law firm, Bendich, Stobaugh and Strong.
scholarship has opened up a new world of oppor-
Since that time, the law firm has become renowned,
tunities for its recipients. Due to ever-increasing
taking on Goliath employers such as Microsoft,
tuition costs, they know scholarships are worth
the City of Seattle, and King County and gaining
their investment.
benefits, pay and regular employee status for “permatemps.” The Microsoft suit started with a small group of “contract workers,” but by the time the case finally settled twelve years later, the case
The Bendichs hope law alumni will join them and meet the challenge by giving to scholarships for UW Law students.
had expanded to 14,000 class members. As a result
If you have questions about this challenge or
of similar litigation, King County created over
would like information on how to make a gift to
600 regular jobs for its so-called “temps,” who
law student scholarships, please contact Stephanie
had worked for years doing the same work as
Cox, Assistant Dean for Advancement at 206-685-
regular employees.
2460 or stephcox@uw.edu.
As an alumna of the UW School of Law, Bendich sits on the Law School Foundation Board, the Law School Advancement Committee, and at the request of Dean Joe Knight was a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Bendich also helped initiate the Law Firm Annual Challenge at the request of Norm Maleng and she serves as the Law School’s representative on the UW Foundation Board. Bendich and her husband Arnie recently announced a $75,000 challenge to inspire giving to scholarships. Why? ”The need today is overwhelming,” she says. When Bendich went to the University of Washington School of Law, tuition was $600 a year. “At current tuition rates, neither I nor my partners could ever have afforded to go to law school. We believe these students deserve an opportunity to go to the UW Law School and receive the excellent education we did.” 64
the bendichs with scholarship recipient Rebecca Jones ‘11
Report to Donors
Law Firm Annual Challenge The fifth year of the Law Firm Annual Challenge saw tremendous support and alumni involvement. Alumni participation grew to 53% at participating firms and companies.
Top Finishers Group 1 (30+ alumni) Perkins Coie LLP
63%
K & L Gates
62%
Group 2 (11 - 29 alumni) Stoel Rives LLP
91%
GarveY Schubert Barer
90%
Group 3 (10 or fewer alumni) Intellectual Ventures
100%
Peterson Young Putra
100%
53%
Learn more about the Challenge at law.wasington.edu/lfac
The Law Firm Annual Challenge serves as the foundation for an organized and mutually beneficial partnership to sustain and grow the UW School of Law for the betterment of the legal community and beyond. Special thanks to all the Law Firm Annual Challenge representatives for their hard work and support: Judy Bendich ‘75, Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong
Diana Carey ‘86, Karr, Tuttle, Campbell
James Nelson ‘80, Betts, Patterson & Mines, P.S.
Wayne Gittinger ’57, Tim DeFoers ‘09, and Paige Davis ‘04 Lane Powell, PC
Greg Adams ‘77 and Megan Vogel ’08, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Allen Israel ‘78 and Rod Dembowski ’01, Foster Pepper PLL C Bruce Robertson ’77 and Ken Schubert ’64, Garvey Schubert Barer Nick Drader ‘00 and Zach Hiatt ‘06, Graham & Dunn PC Greg Gorder ‘85, Lonnie Rosenwald ‘94, and Roy Diaz ‘02, Intellectual Ventures Jim Danielson ’71, Jeffers, Danielson, Sonn & Aylward PS Kent Carlson ‘67, Rick Dodd ’70, and Bob Jaffe ‘72, K & L Gates
Special thanks to alumni who made matching challenges as part of the Law Firm Annual Challenge: Greg Gorder ‘85, alumni at all LFAC firms C. Kent Carlson ‘67, alumni at K&L Gates Rick Dodd ‘70, alumni at K&L Gates Robert Jaffe ’72, alumni at K&L Gates
Guy Towle ‘77, Miller Nash LL P Shan Mullin ‘58 and Bob Giles ‘74, Chuck Blumenfeld ‘69, Jan Cunningham ‘76, Heidi Sachs ‘81, Lisa McGimpsey LL.M. ’01, Martha Sandoval ‘07, Ben Stafford ‘07, Gaurab Bansal ‘07, Perkins Coie LLP Felix Gavi Luna ‘97 and Mike Wampold ’96, Peterson Young Putra Bruce Borrus’81, Riddell Williams P.S. Kevin Bay ‘90, Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLL C Richard Sharkey ‘87, Seed Intellectual Property Law Group, PLL C Geoffrey Revelle ‘72 and Skylee Robinson ‘09, Stoel Rives LL P Arley Harrel ‘73, Williams, Kastner, PLL C Drew Markham ‘99, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In addition to alumni support, the Law Firm Annual Challenge received contributions for special projects from the following groups:
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Jerry Nagae ’78 and Everett Fruehling ’91, Christensen O’Connor Johnson Kindness PLLC
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Washington L aw School Foundation
July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012 President
Linda Ebberson ‘76 Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, PLLC
Vice President
Don Theophilus ‘89 Swedish Medical Center Foundation
Immediate Past President Gregory Adams ‘77 Davis Wright Tremaine
Treasurer
Gregory Gorder ‘85 Intellectual Ventures
Direc tor s
Ex Officios
The Honorable Gerry Alexander ‘64 Washington State Supreme Court
Jose Gaitan ‘76 The Gaitan Group
Judith Bendich ‘75 Attorney at Law
Colleen Kinerk ‘77 Cable, Langenbach, Kinerk & Bauer, LLP
Joel Benoliel ‘71 Costco Wholesale Corporation David Broom ‘63 Paine, Hamblen, Coffin, Brooke & Miller LLP Robert Flennaugh ‘96 Law Offices of Robert Flennaugh II PLLC
Robert Giles ‘74 Perkins Coie
Kenneth Schubert, Jr. ‘64 Garvey Schubert Barer Lyn Tangen ‘74 Vulcan, Inc.
Maurice Classen ‘04 King County Prosecutors Office
Stephanie Cox Assistant Dean, UW School of Law
Kellye Y. Testy Dean, UW School of Law, and James W. Mifflin University Professor
Craig Wright ‘91 Attorney at Law
L aw School Alumni ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIREC TORS
July 1, 2011-June 30, 2012 President
Roy Diaz ‘02 Intellectual Ventures
Vice President
Paula Littlewood ‘97 Washington State Bar Association
Treasurer
Gerald Swanson ‘96 KOM Consulting PLLC Secretary (non-voting)
Secretary
Stephanie Cox Assistant Dean, UW School of Law
VOTING MEMBER S
The Honorable Bobbe Bridge ‘76 Center for Children & Youth Justice Darren Carnell ‘95 King County Prosecutors Office Maurice Classen ‘04 King County Prosecutors Office Dominick Driano ‘56 Law Offices of Dominick V. Driano, PLLC
Ex Officios
Hon. Kenneth Kato ‘75 Retired, Mediation / Arbitration Lisa Kremer ‘08 Gordon Thomas Honeywell, Tacoma Eugene Lee ’66 King Blakemore Foundation Suzanne Love ’05 King County Prosecutor’s Office David Orange ‘06 Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney
Leonor Fuller ‘84 Fuller & Fuller
Lonnie Rosenwald ‘94 Intellectual Ventures
Rebecca Glasgow ‘02 State Attorney General’s Office
C. Deep Sengupta ‘01 Fed Ex Trade Networks, San Francisco
Arley Harrel ‘73 Williams Kastner & Gibbs
James Torgerson ‘84 Stoel Rives LLP, Anchorage
Faculty Director
Nathan Barnes ‘12 SBA President
Maureen Howard ‘86 Professor of Law, UW School of Law
Mary Hotchkiss Associate Dean, Senior Law Lecturer UW School of Law Beverly Sanders Director of Alumni Relations UW School of Law Kellye Y. Testy Dean, UW School of Law and James W. Mifflin University Professor
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July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011 Stanley Barer ‘63 Saltchuk Resources Inc.
Joseph Brotherton ‘82 The Brotherton Companies
Garrett Hall UW School of Law
Judy Runstad ‘74 Foster Pepper PLLC
Judith Bendich ‘75 Attorney at Law
Stephanie Cox Assistant Dean, UW School of Law
Earl Lasher ‘66 Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson
Kimberly Eckstein UW School of Law
Bruce Robertson ‘77 Garvey Schubert Barer
Kellye Y. Testy Dean, UW School of Law and James W. Mifflin University Professor
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National Black Pre-Law Conference
November 19
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San Francisco Alumni & Friends Reception
New York City Alumni & Friends Breakfast
January 28 -29
March 21
Professional Mediation Skills Training Program
Washington, D.C. Alumni & Friends Reception
Feb ruary 10
March 30
November 15
PILA Auction
Gates Public Service Law Speaker
Feb ruary 15
Admitted Students Day Welcome Reception
Monica Roa
Portland Alumni & Friends Reception
April 3
December 2
Feb ruary 15
Golden Alumni Reunion Luncheon
Law School Applications Due
Race & Radicalism Symposium & Reception
January 12
Feb ruary 23
First Amendment Panel with Yale Law Dean Robert Post
Greet UW Law at WSBA Bar Exam
Armed Forces U.S. Court of Appeals Visit
March 12
May 4 - 5
Annual Law Dawgs in the Desert Dinner
Dispute Resolution Conference
November 5
Huskies vs. Oregon Tailgate November 10
Tacoma Alumni & Friends Reception
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Professional Mediation Skills Training Program
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