last July, agrees. Every week, Pierce County gets continuances for 200 cases because there aren’t enough judges to handle the load and the criminal cases take precedent over the civil cases because of crime defendants’ rights to a speedy trial. “The system is collapsing under the weight of priority criminal cases,” John said. “Of the five largest counties in the state, the percent of our cases that go to trial is the lowest; last year it was about 2.5 percent, which means 97.5 percent of the criminal cases were not prosecuted or were prosecuted with a reduced or substitute charge.” Tax reform would help solve the problem, he said. “This state has an 1889 tax structure and we need a 2000 tax structure. We need generalized tax reform because the state’s system of dividing taxes between counties and cities is inequitable and inadequate,” he said. John, who was defeated six years ago in the Democratic Primary for Attorney General by Christine Gregoire (J.D. ’77), was appointed to the Tacoma City Council in 1982 and elected twice to the seat that he held until 1986. He was elected Pierce County Prosecutor in 1983 and re-elected twice. He loves politics, but is not interested in a federal Senate or House position, but may consider another bid for Attorney General (if Gregoire moves on) and a bid for the Pierce County Executive job. He took over the prosecutor’s office when it was stained with the reputation of being corrupt, Frank Ladenburg incompetent or both in the wake of a racketeering scandal involving the former sheriff who was convicted and sent to prison. Ladenburg quickly worked to install the toughest security possible and Even as children, the required background checks — comparable to those done by the FBI — of everyone who worked in the building, brothers knew how to even janitors and volunteers, to restore public confidence strike a deal. in the office that no monkey business would take place under his charge. “When I started here I really couldn’t get the FBI to “We had a load of return a phone call,” he recalls. “This office was consid- wood outside that we ered persona non grata. Reputations are easy to create and difficult to live down.” had to stack in the “We turn down lots of people who can’t pass the basement. Well, we background tests,” he said. “We’ve had a couple of attempts by criminal elements to infiltrate this office. had seven or eight There is a lot of money in the drug culture and they have incentives to do this. We’ve come 100 percent from that neighbor kids help us era.” like a fire brigade.” Both brothers credit Gonzaga for being instrumental in their success. “Some of the very best lawyers in this state have gone to Gonzaga,” Frank said. “I know one of the great things

Photo by Russ Carmack/Tacoma News Tribune News Photo by Russ Carmack/Tacoma they have is the clinical law program and as a result I Ladenburgs. think people coming out of Gonzaga have a good practical idea about how to practice law. Those kind of people wind up being good lawyers because a lawyer is someone who must have good common sense and an ability to relate to people.” Both mentioned Gonzaga Vice President Father Frank Costello, S.J., as having taught them a lot about political science and life during their undergraduate years and had a positive impact on their lives. “I can’t pass up Lewis Orland (associate dean of the Law School) who wrote the book on civil procedure,” John said. “Learning civil procedure from Dr. Orland was a real treat.” The brothers live the Jesuit ideal of working to improve society. For example, John wrote a letter to Levi Strauss & Co., the makers of Levi’s jeans, after seeing a billboard that he felt promoted gratuitous violence. “It shows a bunch of guys dressed in jeans and jean jackets and says underneath it, ‘our models can beat up their models’ and in the corner is Levi’s,” he said. “I told them ‘you’re marketing the idea that violence is funny and something to be laughed at. I suspect when enough people get concerned about it, societal attitudes will change on this. Look how far we have come on societal attitudes about drunken driving. The same thing has to happen in regard to societal violence.” The Ladenburgs will be doing their part to promote such changes because when it comes to justice, they play hardball. — Peter Tormey 12 Chilean Law Professors Luis Ivan Diaz Garcia, from the Catholic University of Temuco, Chile, and Mirtha Lucia Ulloa Gonzales, from Diego Portales Univer- sity in Santiago, visited the Law School in February. With a grant from the Ford Founda- tion, a consortium of law schools was formed in southern South

Law Briefs America that focuses on public interest cases. As part of the program, law professors from the visit those Chilean Law Professors (from right to left) Luis Ivan Diaz Garcia, from Temuco, and Mirtha Lucia schools and vice versa. Ulloa Gonzalez, from Santiago, visited the Law School in February and were hosted by Professor Seven South American Mark Wilson. law schools participate in the consortium, two from Chile, two from Peru and three from Argentina. The professors interacted with Gonzaga students, and took part in meetings and seminars at the Clinical Law Program. “In Latin America we have a problem with legal education; it’s very theoretical, not practical,” Luis said. “I think we need to make a change that must include more practice for our students, special classes for skills. We can learn a lot here.”

Gonzaga’s National Trial Team took first and third place in the regional competition in Salem, Ore., in January. Congratulations to Greg Powers, Heather Tucci, Stephanie VanMarter, Jessie Harris and Debbie Ogden. Out of 20 teams from 10 schools, only GU sent two teams to the final rounds in San Antonio in March. The National Trial Team did a great job in San Antonio, but did not make it to the “Elite Eight.”

Congratulations to the Gonzaga the National Appellate Advocacy Competition (NAAC) teams. Each team made a strong showing at the Western Regional Competition held at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco in February.

The Jessup Cup team competed in the Northwest Regional of the Jessup International Moot Court competition in mid-February. The team received praise from the judges for their level of knowledge, preparation and argument skills. Several international law scholars commented on the team members’ detailed knowledge of complex and rarely discussed points of international law. Although the team members did not win the competition, they represented Gonzaga with distinction.

Monica Vlad, a Romanian law professor, visited the School of Law for a week in February. Professor Vlad teaches international law at the University of Sibiu in Sibiu, Romania. She received a doctorate in International Law from the University of Cluj Monica Vlad (Romania) and is currently doing human rights research at the American University in Washington, D.C., as a Fulbright Scholar. 13 During her visit to Gonzaga, Vlad presented a lecture on Briefs Law “The Social and Legal Situation in Post-Communist Societ- ies.” Vlad came to Gonzaga at the invitation of Gonzaga Law Professor George Critchlow who taught with her at the University of Sibiu in 1993.

French Law Professor Jean-Bernard Dahmoune spent the Spring semester at Gonzaga Law School as a visiting professor/scholar in residence. While here, he worked on a three-year project to write a 500-page comparative law thesis on the death penalty in the United States as compared to Europe. Dahmoune lectured in classes for international law and comparative law, was an adviser to Across Borders, and presented various GU Forums. Jean-Bernard Dahmoune SAVE THE DATE! Law School Reunion Weekend 1999 August 13 - 15 Classes of ’49,’54, ’59, ’64, ’69, ’74, ’79, ’84, ’89, and ’94 Plans are underway for the fourth annual Law School Reunion Weekend. This is a great time to renew acquaintances with old friends and make new ones. Each summer every 5th year class gets together. This year it is the five-year reunion for the class of ’94 back to the 50 year reunion for the class of ’49. Mark your calendars now. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions or recommenda- tions! Call Karin Olsen, Associate Director of Development and Alumni Relations at (509) 323-3759 or e-mail her at [email protected] . Schedule Friday, August 13th 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. CLE on Ethics, Don Curran, Gonzaga Law School, Room C-2 7 - 10 p.m. Wine Tasting at Caterina Winery Saturday, August 14 10:15 a.m. Golf at Indian Canyon Golf Club or Tour of Manito Park; (Duncan Gardens, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, and Perennial Garden) 2:30 - 4 p.m. Gonzaga University Campus and New Law School Building Tour 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Informational gathering at the “Bulldog” 6:30 p.m.- 9:30 p.m. Cajun Bar-B-Q, Bayou Cajun Restaurant and Brewing Company Sunday, August 15 -Optional 10 a.m. Mass in Moot Courtroom 11 a.m. Breakfast at C.I. Shenanigan’s 14 Gonzaga University School of Law Icon

Gary Randall’s hen Gary Randall began teaching as an adjunct professor in the Gonzaga University School of Law in the Fall of 1970, he intended contributions to the Wto do it for one year and then devote his full attention to his down- town law form. One year became two, became three. . . . Law School have Twenty-nine years later, the Gonzaga taxation specialist is retiring, taking advantage of been enormous Ð an early retirement package. Now he plans to do some traveling with wife Sharon (whom he met at Gonzaga), and practice law downtown, part time, with the firm Workland and Witherspoon. their significance But he didn’t work for three decades at Gonzaga to miss out on an office overlooking the Spokane River in the new School of Law building under construction. He will return to teach at immeasurable the law school as an adjunct beginning in the spring of 2000. The Randalls have two children, Joseph, 20, who graduated from Gonzaga Prep two years ago, and 18-year-old Margaret, who By Peter Tormey graduates from Prep this year. His contributions to the Law School have been enormous — their significance immeasurable and along the way he has been a caring colleague and mentor to innumerable students. And he has had a whole lot of fun in the process. “Gary Randall not only constructed a tax law program of national reputation but provided the impetus for the creation of a natural resources law curriculum that enjoys a wide following and has produced leading practitioners and government officials throughout the nation,” said law Professor Jim McCurdy. “The faculty recognized Gary Randall’s many contributions to the Law School through teaching, the advising of students, service on faculty committees, and collegial efforts by recommending him for the status of Professor Emeritus.” Randall, who was appointed associate professor in 1973 and full professor in 1977, was raised in the 115-year-old mining town of Wallace, , in the heart of the , an area bawdy with brothels and bars in its boom years as the richest silver mining region in the world. In just over 100 years, more than 1 billion ounces of silver was taken from the valley’s mines. Randall’s father, L.J., was president of Hecla Mining Co., and (From left to right) Gary Randall, Gary’s father, Lester, and brother Clay, taken in Granduc, on the border of later chairman of the British Columbia and Alaska. 15 board before retiring in 1972. Lest readers think young Gary had it easy because of his father’s position, he worked in the mines — on the surface and underground — for four summers starting at age 16, and toiled for an Idaho highway crew another summer. He played football for Bud Riley at Wallace High. Riley went on to greater glory as head coach of the Winnepeg Blue Bombers in the ; his son Mike recently became head coach of the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League. “Every football player for Bud Riley went to college except two from 1957- 58,” said Randall, who graduated from Wallace High in 1957 and was im- pressed with the importance Riley placed on education. In Randall’s office are pictures of late great Gonzaga legend such as Father Clement H. Regimbal, S.J., a vice president and administrator for 43 years, and former Vice President Father Arthur L. Dussault, S.J., who served the Univer- sity for 60 years and was known as “Mr. Gonzaga.” (Coincidentally, the two Gary Randall died within two weeks of each other in 1991.) Directly above the revered priests is a calendar from a former Wallace brothel. Both are reminders of bygone days. The contrasts are clear — rarely as they are in the law, especially the complex tax law he has mastered. “They were my buddies,” Randall said of the Jesuits. Another image on his bulletin board is of his grandfather who drove the stagecoach from Murray, Idaho, to Wallace, at the turn of the century. Both of his parents are alive. His father is 92 and his mother, Clara, is 91. With genes like that, the youthful looking 60-year-old looks forward to another third of life. He is thoroughly ready for the change of pace and said he doesn’t have mixed feelings. “It’s time for me to do something else,” said Randall, who was listed in Best Lawyers in The United States in 1988. Law School students have voted Randall the school’s outstanding teacher several times, and he has served as president of the Washington State Bar Association’s Tax Section. “Teaching as an adjunct is a good way to keep a tie with Gonzaga. It’s fun to keep that e is most proud of his connection.” Randall earned an undergraduate degree in teaching career and lights accounting (English minor) from the University of Idaho and was editor of the Idaho Argonaut, the up when recounting his student newspaper, in 1961. He returned to the H University of Idaho for law school after one best students semester in 1961 at the University of California- Berkeley. “A lot of people there had real long hair and many of them weren’t girls,” he said. At the UI Law School he was editor in chief of the school’s first issue of the Idaho Law Review in 1964, his third year. “I figured if Cal-Berkeley had one, we could have one and the only way to figure out how to have one was to start it,” he recalls. “I was always a writer.” He has written widely for tax journals, “more for the practitioners than the academics,” he said. He is considering publishing a book about “Community Property for Dummies” and has written it but needs to edit it. After law school, Randall lawyered for the Internal Revenue Service for five years before joining a private practice in Spokane. He is most proud of his teaching career and lights up when recounting his best students — one who came at the beginning of his teaching career, Dennis Calfee (’68, ’72 J.D.), and Andrea Blake (’99), near the end. (See P. 16 for article on Blake.) “Dennis was a Dan Brajcich product from the Gonzaga School of Business and is now a professor at the University of Florida’s graduate tax program, which is one of the top graduate tax programs in the country. She, Andrea, is a genius,” he said. He counts his students who were athletes, like former Gonzaga basketball stars Jim McPhee (’89, ’96 J.D.) and Geoff Goss (’94, ’99 J.D.) among his best students. McPhee and Goss, there’s a contrast, Randall said. “Jim McPhee, who is Gonzaga’s second Ð leading career scorer (2,015 points), was so 16