60Th Anniversary Issue
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King County Bar Association NON PROFIT ORG. 1200 Fifth Avenue, Suite 700 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Seattle, WA 98101 KENT, WA PERMIT NO 71 BBARAR BBULLETINULLETIN THE Volume 36 • Issue 1 • $2.00 Reality Issue September 2017 KCBA Celebrates Combating Alternative Facts 60 Years of the in Reproductive Health Care Bar Bulletin By Gene Barton Age catches up to all of us. We By Priya Walia us with the medical knowledge to turn press care clinics, and their information were well into production of the Health care — what is quality aches and pains into treatments and appears to be medically based. CPCs August issue of the Bar Bulletin health care, who gets it, who should therapies. What happens, then, when advertise their services using persuasive when we realized that it was our pay for it — is a topic of much discus- we cannot trust our providers for med- phrases such as “evidence based medi- 60th anniversary issue. So, we have sion, especially with the advent of the ically accurate information? cal care,” “all options pregnancy coun- decided to throw ourselves a belated Affordable Care Act. To some, health Since the 1970s, free so-called “clin- seling,” “high quality medical care,” and birthday party and you’re all invited. care should be a fundamental human ics” called crisis pregnancy centers “accurate confidential services” to lure It was August 1957 when the right for all, while others see aspects (“CPCs”), or sometimes limited ser- clients into their offices. then-Seattle Bar Association sent of health care — especially pertaining vice pregnancy centers (“LSPCs”), have The funders of and volunteers at out the first issue of the Bar Bulletin to women — as a wedge political issue. been posing as walk-in medical clinics CPCs hold a deep-seated belief that to its members. That 4-page effort, At the core of these debates is an for women and girls. They often have abortion is immoral and must be which you will find reproduced in acknowledgement that health care pro- no medical professionals on staff, and stopped. But regardless of one’s per- these pages, bears no resemblance viders play an important and special typically target young, poor, rural and sonal beliefs, limiting access to abortion to today’s publication, except for the role in being not only providers of care, otherwise vulnerable people through — or any medically necessary proce- name — it has always been the Bar but trusted providers of information deceptive practices. dure — endangers the lives and health Bulletin. But fledgling as it was, it that enables us to exercise informed They use names and advertisements at least had style. consent. For many, the human body is that mimic legitimate reproductive REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE This was no mimeograph — re- a great mystery; physicians empower health clinics, their offices mirror ex- continued on page 8 member those? — that somebody banged out on a manual, Royal typewriter. No, this was a profes- sional effort, likely farmed out to an uncredited, local publishing house, Addressing the Five Myths although typewritten pages proba- bly did change hands. President Charles Horowitz wrote the first president’s column, of Document Management titled “President’s Corner,” and it has been a mainstay ever since, although it has been shuttled to page 2 from By Kevin Harrang heavy traffic. And internet search en- than 43 percent year over year.1 But page 1. The genesis of the current and Marty Smith gines instantly find information from we are behind in figuring out how to Bar Talk column appeared on page New technologies surprise us ev- the largest collection of knowledge ever deal with this issue. 3 as “DeTurk, On Trivia,” so-called ery day with their sophistication and assembled by mankind. Clearly, a firm’s historic collection for its author Phil H. DeTurk, then capabilities. They promise welcome of knowledge and work product can assistant editor. Of notable attor- relief from the drudgeries of manag- The email and data explosion be a huge asset. Think of the advan- neys on the move, Bill Dwyer and ing information in our business and Yet, inside our law firms, we con- tages of easily finding and reusing past Calvin “Gordy” Culp had set up a personal lives. tinue to struggle with managing an ex- work, quickly discovering and avoiding new firm; Bill Helsell had left the The latest smartphones can auto- plosion of emails and documents that hidden conflicts of interest, dodging U.S. Attorney’s Office to join Helsell, matically label photos with locations are coming at us at an ever-increasing and people. Easy-to-use apps can pro- rate, and law firms are not alone. Busi- DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT 60 YEARS vide us with the fastest route through ness data are growing now at more continued on page 10 continued on page 18 President’s Page ........................2 Dining Out ...............................24 • • • • • From the Desk of Bar Talk ..................................26 I N S I D E the Executive Director ..............3 Volunteer of the Month .............27 Profile / Bruce Hilyer ...................6 Batson Makeover Virtual Reality Bites Law Library .............................28 Family Law Matters ..................11 The Washington Supreme Court found Is the human fixation on Business of the Board ...............29 the case it was looking for to rewrite escaping reality creating Bar Bulletin 60th Anniversary .............. 15–18 From the Desk of the rule on peremptory challenges. our own Armageddon? the Presiding Judge ...............30 2017-2018 King County Page 4 Page 14 Bar Leadership ......................20 Classifieds ...............................31 President’s A Lesson Learned and Page Now Passed on By Andrew W. Maron Gulp. I didn’t exactly know how to respond to But, that does not preclude you from developing that one. He then laughed and said, “No worry. Those a cordial, or at least not a negative, relationship with things sometimes happen. You know, my client just the other lawyer, and treating the opposing lawyer as ne of the most inspiring KCBA events is the wants to get paid what he thinks is owed to him. a colleague working to resolve a difficult situation. twice-yearly swearing-in ceremonies for new Would you talk to your client and then call me back If you do that, you are more likely to solve your cli- Oadmittees to the bar. As KCBA president this and tell me why payment isn’t happening? Perhaps ent’s problems, and that will lead to satisfied clients, year, I have the honor of welcoming new lawyers to we can short-circuit this lawsuit and get this matter which is everyone’s goal. the practice of law. resolved.” I told him I would and hung up the phone. The King County Bar Association has many pro- I intend to tell the new lawyers the many good I called our client and learned more about what grams to help new and experienced lawyers learn reasons they should join the King County Bar Asso- the case was about and, working with lawyer Jones from each other, for KCBA’s primary goal is to assist ciation. In addition, I also intend to tell them a story and the lawyers for the other defendants, the case lawyers to be successful. Please join us. — about a lesson I learned from another lawyer in was settled relatively quickly. a single phone call early in my career. It has helped I didn’t fully realize right away what had hap- Andrew W. Maron is president of the King County Bar Association and a partner at Short Cressman shape my work over the years. Here is what happened. pened in that phone call, but it began to sink in as & Burgess. His practice focuses primarily on I was a new lawyer in my law firm in Seattle. A I continued learning in the succeeding years about construction, real estate, local government law and senior partner asked me to represent a client caught how to be a lawyer. In that call, he taught me three commercial litigation. He can be reached by email up in a King County mechanic’s lien foreclosure things that I have tried to implement ever since. ([email protected]) or phone (206-515-2247). lawsuit filed against multiple defendants. I honestly First, introduce yourself to the lawyer on the other remember very little of the details of the case, not side of a case or transaction, and communicate ini- even the names of the parties or lawyers. But I do tially in person or on the phone. Letters, emails and BAR BULLETIN September 2017 • Volume 36, Issue 1 recall my next step. now even text messages can force a formality that I noticed that the property in question, very sometimes can be a barrier to effective communica- Editorial submissions or letters near the King-Snohomish county line, was actually tion, and we all know that emails in particular can Editor Gene Barton: in Snohomish County. State law requires that a lien on occasion be wholly misconstrued. Don’t neglect (206) 224-8030 or [email protected] foreclosure lawsuit be filed in the county where the the person-to-person dialogue. 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3300, Seattle WA 98104 property is located. The case had been filed in King Second, recognize that lawyers are people, too. Advertising County, i.e., the wrong county. It is not about showing up the other lawyer or mak- Mayra Vidrio: So, I wrote a letter to plaintiff X’s lawyer telling ing life difficult for him or her. Or, worse, painting (206) 267-7051 or [email protected] him I represented defendant Y, advising him he had the other lawyer as the enemy. Practicing law is a Changes of address filed the case in the wrong county, and requesting tough job, with pressures from all sides.