February Volume 37 The official publication of the 2009 Number 2 Snohomish County Bar Association

Snohomish County Bar Association & Snohomish County Legal Services S 15th Annual Dinner and Auction LegalLegal AidAid —— C It’sIt’s notnot justjust forfor thethe LUCKY!LUCKY! B A Tulalip Resort Casino Saturday, March 7, 2009 5:00pm NEWS SAVE THE DATE SCBA NEWS INSIDE THIS ISSUE Calendar of Events Published by the Superior Court Assignments Snohomish County Bar Association Auction Update P.O. Box 5429 Snohomish County District YMCA High School Mock Trial Everett, WA 98206 The Lawyer’s Road Review Karl Hausmann Editor Court Commissioners’ Calendar

Terri Callantine 15th Annual Dinner and Auction Magazine Production Snohomish County Young Lawyers Division Joyce Wood Snohomish County Superior Court Department Re-assignments Executive Director [email protected] Auction Donation Form

Snohomish County Bar General Membership Meetings for WWL Association Officers CLEs Halley Hupp President Announcements Rico Tessandore Advertisements Vice President Elizabeth Cullen ADVERTISING AND SUBMISSIONS Treasurer Karl Hausmann Secretary Announcements: SCBA members only. Contact Joyce Wood at (425) 388-3056 or [email protected]. Trustees Hortensia Castillo Classifieds: Please contact Joyce Wood for rates and submission guidelines at (425) 388- Jennifer Gogert 3056 or at [email protected]. Glenn Kadish David Kennedy Submissions: Contact Joyce Wood at (425) 388-3056 or at [email protected]. Roberta Madow Brett Nagle Deadline: Copy must be received (not postmarked) by the 15th of each month for the Rob O’Neal subsequent issue. No cancellations will be accepted after the deadline. Please submit to William Steffener the SCBA office at P.O. Box 5429, Everett, WA 98026, Microsoft Word Format (Mac or PC) Arlene Taplin by e-mail. WordPerfect users, save your files in either MS Word format or Rich Text format Website: (RTF). Terri Callantine

© 2009 by Snohomish County Bar Association. Printed by the SCBA CONTACT US All editorial material including editorial comment appearing herein represents the views of the respective authors and does not necessarily carry the endorsement of the Association or the Board of Trustees. Likewise, the publication of any advertisement is not to be SCBA Office: (425) 388-3056 / e-mail: [email protected] construed as an endorsement of the product or service offered unless it is specifically stated in the ad that there is such approval or endorsement. SCBA Fax: (425) 388-3978 SCBA NEWS is published monthly by the Snohomish Web site: www.snobar.org County Bar Association, P.O. Box 5429, Everett, WA 98206. Lawyer Referral Service: (425) 388-3018 Send changes of address to: Snohomish County Bar Association P.O. Box 5429, Everett, WA 98206

2 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 SCBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 2nd Donut Monday!!! 2nd Donut Monday!!! 6th Donut Monday!!! 9th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 7th SLCS AUCTION 10th CLE ADR Mediation 15th Deadline SCBA Newsletter 9th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 13th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 19th SCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 15th Deadline SCBA Newsletter 15th Deadline SCBA Newsletter 27th CLE PI 16th Family Law Section Meeting 16th SCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 19th SCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 20th Family Law Section Meeting 19th CLE Commissioner Brudvik

May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 4th Donut Monday!!! 1st Donut Monday!!! 6th Donut Monday!!! 11th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 8th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 13th Young Lawyers Section Meeting 15th Deadline SCBA Newsletter 15th Deadline SCBA Newsletter 15th NO Deadline SCBA Newsletter 18th Family Law Section Meeting 15th Family Law Section Meeting 15th SCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 21st SCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 18thSCBA Board of Trustees Meeting 18th Family Law Section Meeting

SUPERIOR COURT ASSIGNMENTS

The courthouse will be closed February 16, 2009 Presiding Judge: ...... Judge Larry E. McKeeman Trial Calendar Call and Motions to Continue Trial: ...... Judge McKeeman, Dept. 10 Juvenile Court: ...... Judges Wynne and Farris ...... Commissioner Bedle1 Civil Motions:...... Judge Lucas: ...... February 2 – February 13 Judge Castleberry: ...... February 17 – February 27 Criminal Hearings:...... Judge Castleberry: ...... February 2 – February 13 Judge Downes:...... February 17 – February 18 Judge Fair: ...... February 19 – February 20 Judge Krese: ...... February 23 – February 27 Criminal Motions: ...... Judge Cowsert: ...... February 2 – February 13 Judge Downes:...... February 17 – February 27

2 Criminal Dept. Judges: ...... Judges Allendoerfer, Bowden, Fair, Cowsert, Downes, Lucas, Kurtz, Weiss and Appel 2 Civil Dept. Judges: ...... Judges Knight, McKeeman, Castleberry and Krese 1 Ex Parte/Commissioner Civil Motions: ...... Commissioner Lester H. Stewart 1 Family Law Calendars: ...... Commissioners Brudvik, Waggoner and Gaer Please note: All assignments are subject to change without notice and assignments may not change on the first day of

the month.

1 Court Commissioner assignments are for six months duration and change in early January and July. 2 At the discretion of the Presiding Judge, criminal cases may be assigned to Civil Department Judges and civil cases may be assigned to Criminal Department Judges.

FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 3 ATTENTION SNOHOMISH COUNTY BAR & WWL MEMBERS A NOTE FROM SAVE THE DATE!! SCBA TREASURER General Membership Meetings for WWL at ELIZABETH CULLEN LOMBARDI’S in Everett 1620 W. Marine View Drive, Everett, WA. 98201 No Host Lunch, 11:45 am-1pm FUN. FOOD. FRIENDS. You’ve come to ex- • March 4, 2009 pect these at the Snohomish County Bar Associa- • June 3, 2009 tion dinner. This year you can add to that list: • October 7, 2009 WORLD CLASS, LUXURIOUS, and EXCITIING. • December date TBA The 2009 Snohomish County Bar Association Din- UPCOMING EVENTS: ner and Snohomish County Legal Services Auction • May 7, 2009, Just in time for Mothers Day: will be held at the brand new Tulalip Resort on Sat- “Chocolate, Wine, and Flowers” at Enchanted urday, March 7, 2009 starting at 5:00 p.m. Come Florist in Everett, $20pp, More details to come. visit with old friends, enjoy the beautiful new re- • CLE, “Women and the Bench”, tentatively set for sort setting and maybe even check out the casino… April 2009, more details to come. after the auction of course! We expect this event to Thanks to all who joined in our first ever Wine Tasting be our best yet and we look forward to seeing ev- Event, January 13, 2009. It was a huge success and an eryone there. Due to the popularity of the resort as event we plan to host in the future an event venue, space is limited. SCBA will be un- If you have any questions about WWL, please contact able to accommodate late ticket sales, so please Melanie Dane at Zachor & Thomas, make sure you have your tickets purchased by the [email protected]. February 27, 2009 deadline. Invitations to be mailed out soon.

The Snohomish County District YMCA High School Mock Trial competition will be held on February 28, 2009 at the Denney Juvenile Justice Center, starting at 8:30 a.m. We are looking for attorney volunteers to serve as raters for the competition. This year we have six teams from four different schools that will be competing in a three rounds of trials. The top teams advance to the state competition in Olympia in March. Attorneys can volunteer for one, two or three rounds. A round lasts approximately two hours. If you are interested in serving please contact Judge Linda Krese at 425-388-3954 or [email protected]. This is a great opportunity to do some community service. The students do an impressive job as attorneys and witnesses.

4 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 The car rides best on the bridge to nowhere, but if you have to turn off on to some state route and find the going tough balloons deploy THE LAWYER’S ROAD fore and aft and fill with Congressional Hot Air, to give the impression REVIEW of a better ride. The air reservoirs can be refilled at any state capital. The car pulls hard to the left, or the right, making travel in a BY PETE PATTERSON straight line to a given destination difficult, just as in Congress. However, if you buy shares in pork projects around the country, say a waste water treatment plant in Idaho Falls, keeping the vehicle on course is much easier. Debate over the color will last for years, the The Congresso members equating this issue to race, thus leading a rather boring As of this writing the Bush administration has leaked compromise: red, white and blue. a few billion in loans to the auto industry with a mandate The vehicle expands as well as the family grows and contracts. attached to fix themselves by the end of March 2009. A skate key is issued to lengthen the middle. The body is made of Congress has not been so generous. solar panels to power the head lights and radio. One flaw of course is And perhaps this is better. During the debates over that one just cannot drive all night on the energy produced in this Congress authorizing loans to the car makers many ideas matter, unless you have a battery, but that is not truly green so auxiliary for Congressional control were floated most of which power cranks are installed where window controls would normally sounded a lot like state mandated production of the sort be placed. Twin cords on the left and right front seats allow the that brought citizens of the Soviet Union and India the driver and passenger to alternately pull the windshield wipers back very best a planned economy could offer; a really lousy and forth, saving further energy. car, generally not available for purchase. We need not worry To start the car, one must enter a valid social security or tax ID about this being rushed to market here either. Assuming number on to the touch pad on the dash, thus satisfying several the government does indeed end up owning General constituencies. Motors, it appears there will be years of work to generate A “Patriot chip” is hidden somewhere in the vehicle to track the this politically acceptable vehicle, and in the end few will movements of the drivers transmitted via satellite to Washington. want it anymore. A little like Amtrak. “Patriot” is an acronym for “Pathetic Attempt Towards Righteous To get a jump on things, my comrades and I have Immigration Or Truth”. The right donations to the right people can been thinking about what the eventual auto mandated by have this removed. Major contributors to congressional campaigns Congress would look like. Most often offered as part of are found in the appendix of the manual. the mandate the car has to be “green”. If this is going to be I know I have said this before, but it bears repeating: It’s not that the choice of our public over other hybrid vehicles that easy being green. ostensibly sell well, the car has to have enhanced “greenness”. Perhaps a biomass induction system fixed to the back end of the car would allow the occupants to toss in compost, left over Freedom fries, outdated continuing legal education materials, anything that could burn in the rear mounted furnace and be converted to energy. Given the farm lobby however, the car would run best on ethanol, or even raw corn. The manual would forbid the use of sugar beets from Brazil lest you void the warranty. Note that warranty is only two years long in the case of the House version of the Congresso. Of course the main propulsion and braking system is found through holes in the floorboard, a Fred Flintstone approach which are supplemented by pedals the passengers are instructed to employ to compensate for their extra weight in the vehicle, sort of a user fee for riding along. That’s right we go back to the stone age with this model, how green can we be? FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 5 OFFICE SPACE FOR Mediations and RENT Private Arbitrations Personal Injury 3117 Oakes Avenue Family Law Commercial Disputes Remodeled house Todd C. Nichols Office Space of 1800 sq. ft. Attorney at Law Cogdill Nichols Rein Plenty of parking and internet ready Wartelle Andrews 3232 Rockefeller Avenue 1/2 block from courthouse (southside) Everett, WA 98201 425-259-6111 [email protected] Contact 425-339-1559

Lee Tinney

Announces the closure of her family law private law practice in favor of engaging exclusively in Olympia-based law firm is Dispute Resolution seeking to associate with an Mediation & Everett law firm to jointly Arbitration represent Family Law clients in Snohomish County. Reasonable rates Please contact Frank Morris at Flat or hourly 877-866-7393. “Get it done!”

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6 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 FROM THE INITIAL INTERVIEW TO SETTLEMENT An update for the Personal Injury Lawyer

February 27, 2009 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Bob Drewel Building, Conference Room #1 Two Credits Pending, Price $65.00

Autumn Palumbo from Phillips and Webster • Getting your case prepared, what information you need to know now • Preparing your client for the potential PIP IME • Treatment consideration in the pre-litigation phase

Glenn Kadish from Miller Kadish • The wonderful world of subrogation • Mahler, Thiringer, Hamm (what you need to know) • PIP Lien—Right to Reimbursement • Provider Liens and Private Medical Insurance Providers Marvin Lee from Hollenbeck Lancaster Miller and Andrews • Fast-tracking your case to settlement • What information the defense needs to settle your case • What obstacles are you placing in the way to your client getting what they need? Kim Weyer from the law offices of Kim Weyer

• A primer on what your client needs to know about discovery (and how to tell them) • Addiction and Abuse, what you need to look for in regards to your potential client’s issues and how to deal with it

RSVP with SCBA office (425) 388-3056

FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 7 Medical Malpractice Deborah S. Berger Doctors Hospitals Guardian Ad Litem Available for consultation or referral of medical negligence cases. Immediately Available 35 years experience for Appointment in Title 26 Cases Medical Doctor on Staff Everett Harry B. Platis, PLLC (425) 258-2590 Attorney at Law Monroe 4202 198th Street S.W. #2 (360) 794-6083 Lynnwood, WA 98036-6725 [email protected] [email protected] (425) 776-3888 (800) 245-3777

FAMILY LAW MEDIATION ESTATES AND GUARDIANSHIP Mark T. Patterson II Attorney at Law

Second-generation family law lawyer 25 years of experience

Continuing the standards and traditions of our legal community

3116 Rockefeller Avenue P.O. Box 12057 Everett, WA 98206-2057 (425) 258-3511 Fax (425) 339-2122

8 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 Ethics Advice for the Busy Practitioner April 10, 2009 ~ 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. PRICE $60.00 ~ Two Ethics Credits Approved Robert J. Drewell Administration Building First Floor Conference Room

William Sullivan of the law firm of Marsh Mundorf Pratt Sullivan + McKenzie will be discussing real ethical issues confronting us all. Please e-mail bill at [email protected] with any ethical dilemmas or ethical questions that you’ve encountered in your practice. Bill will present them as hypotheticals at the CLE for a roundtable review and discussion, with the development of common sense solutions. This should create a CLE that will benefit everyone, focusing ethical quandries that we can all expect to face. To effectively assist and participate in the discussion, it would be helpful if all attendees brought with them a copy of the RPCs.

Elizabeth Turner of the Washington State Bar Association Assistant General Counsel will be presenting a seminar on retainer letters and fee agreements. A topic that every practitioner needs to hear. What are the ethical implications in the fee agreements and retainer letters that you use in your daily practice? Start the year out with timely advice for 2009.

Both presentations will be one hour in length.

FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 9 CHERYL DUFFY Attorney at Law/Guardian ad Litem

My practice is focused primarily in the area of guardian ad litem work. I am immediately available to serve as a guardian ad litem for the following types of cases in Snohomish, Skagit and Whatcom Counties: Family Law (Title 26) Minor Settlements in Personal Injury Cases Guardianship (Title 11)

P.O. Box 2722 Mount Vernon, WA 98273 (360) 424-8468 phone (360) 428-3715 fax [email protected]

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

We welcome and appreciate your referrals of workers’ compensation claims.

Farley & Dimmock, LLC

Our firm is well-staffed to accept referrals of industrial injury or occupational disease claims. We have extensive experience handling claims with the Department of Labor & Industries and self-insured employers and, when necessary, litigating matters before the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals.

Timothy J. Farley Andrew S. Dimmock 2925 Rockefeller Avenue 425-339-1323 www.farleydimmock.com

10 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 Snohomish County Bar Association & Snohomish County Legal Services 15th Annual Dinner and Auction

Legal Aid - - It’s not just for the LUCKY!

Tulalip Resort Casino Saturday, March 7, 2009 5:00pm

It’s close to that time of the year again—the Snohomish County Bar Association and Snohomish County Legal Services’ Annual Dinner & Auction. This year we have a new venue, the Tulalip Resort Casino. We are very excited about the location. From all reports, this will be fabulous venue, with excellent food and service. Many people are booking rooms at the Resort for that night so they can stay late at the auction and bid on more items.

Your favorite items from previous auctions will still be here, from the dessert auction to Geoff Gibb’s Barbeque to weekend stays at local resorts. We will also have some new items for you to bid on. One example is an “Instant Wine Cellar”. As part of this item, we are asking everyone to bring one bottle of wine as a donation. The bottles will be combined and auctioned off together in the live auction portion. Just think, you could instantly acquire over 200 bottles of wines. What wine connoisseur wouldn’t love this! Another new development is that we hope to have an on-line catalog for you to preview prior to the actual auction. See Snohomish County Legal Services web site for more details.

The auction is more important this year than ever. The ranks of low income persons needing civil legal aid are swelling at the same time funding opportunities for legal aid are shrinking. This year Snohomish County Legal Services is facing serious budget cuts due in part to the financial crisis and increasing costs. This means cuts in staffing and interpretative services, which in turn leads to cuts in the amount of legal services offered to the low income families in Snohomish County.

So, how can you help? First and foremost, come to the Dinner and Auction and bid on items. Second, fill out a procurement form and donate articles for the auction. Third, invite your friends and co-workers to the auction. Fourth, consider sponsoring the auction. In return for your monetary donation, you will receive recognition at the venue and in the auction program, as well as free admission tickets for the auction.

If you have any questions or comments, please do not hesitate to contact me or Threesa Milligan, Executive Director of Snohomish County Legal Services. We look forward to seeing you on March 7th!

Ann M. Brice, Auction Chair 425.252.0797 [email protected]

Auction Donation Form is on Page 21 FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 11 Brewe Layman, P.S.

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12 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 The Snohomish County Young Lawyers Division is pleased to announce its newest officers and trustees: President: C. Michael Kvistad (Anderson Hunter Law Firm) President Elect: Luke Wickham (Law Offices of Brice & Timm) Secretary/Treasurer: David Power (Carson Law Group) Trustees: Kimberly M. Dean (O’Loane Nunn Law Group) Attila Denes (Denes & Denes) Bill Kessler (Beresford Booth) Perry McConnell (Hansen McConnell & Pellegrini) Ray Mutchler (Law Office of Ray Mutchler) Kari Petrasek (Carson Law Group) Vanessa Pritchard (Solo) Tad Robinson-O’Neill (Everett Attorney General’s Office) We will be having our next monthly meeting at the Flying Pig in Downtown Everett on Monday, February 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. All young lawyer members are invited to attend. Any active member in the Snohomish County Bar Association is a young lawyer until the person is 36 years of age or until the fifth year in which any member has been admitted to practice, whichever is later. If you are interested in becoming involved with the SCYLD, please attend our next meeting (second Monday of every month at the Flying Pig - 5:00 p.m.) or email Michael Kvistad at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing everyone on February 9, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.

Jim Deno Jennifer Gogert Kent Millikan James Pautler Brian Dale Kristian Soholm Stephanie Petersen Joel P. Nichols

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FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 13 NORTH SOUND COLLABORATIVE LAW

Collaborative law is “a different way to divorce.” It is supportive, considerate, sensible, constructive, and mutual. Disputes are resolved respectfully. Ultimately, the collaborative law process creates “shared solutions that acknowledge the highest priorities of everyone involved.”

In this model, lawyers work with other allied professionals to address the divorcing couple’s emotional, financial, legal and parenting issues. Most importantly, collaborative team members agree not to litigate their disputes. If litigation is inevitable, clients are referred to trial attorneys and the collaborative attorneys withdraw.

The following legal practitioners are well-trained in the collaborative method, and welcome your referrals:

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David graduated from the University of Washington in 2005 and received his law degree from the Seattle University School of Law in 2008. He is a member of the Snohomish County Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, the Tulalip Tribal Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Power is also the Secretary-Treasurer for the Snohomish County Young Lawyers Division. Mr. Power’s practice areas include Business and Real Property.

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Robert is a 1989 graduate of Suffolk University. He received his juris doctor degree from Seattle University School of Law in 1992. Robert was admitted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Bar in 1993 and Washington State Bar Association in November 1999. ______Brewe Layman

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16 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 Snohomish County Superior Court Department Re- assignments In the next month Superior Court Judge’s will be moving departments as follows:

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18 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 Grove Street Law Office

Marysville LINDA ANTONIK ATTORNEY AT LAW Thirty years of law offices in the same Investigation at Reasonable Prices location. Why hire Linda Antonik to assist you with your civil cases? Share law office space with two other attorneys in an established office on busy With over 30 years experience as a deputy Grove Street in Marysville. prosecutor, appellate attorney, and personal injury attorney representing plaintiffs and defendants, Ms. Antonik has interviewed hundreds of potential Amenities include high-speed internet access, witnesses. As an attorney she will understand your two e-mail addresses, conference room, theory of the case. This will allow her to ask the shared messenger service, computer network, right questions. It will also enable her to follow up networked photocopy machine with scan on issues that may develop during witness capabilities, staff space, and collegial interviews. Ms. Antonik also is available to take atmosphere. photographs and videos that may assist you in trial. You may contact Ms. Antonik at 206-391-4881 or Some referral work is possible. [email protected]

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For scheduling, contact Helga Watson at (425) 742-4545 or at [email protected]. An informational letter with a resume is available upon request. Wireless access for attorneys and parties is available.

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FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 19 ARE YOU ABOUT TO ENTER THE PROBATE LITIGATION WORLD?

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22 Snohomish County Bar News • FEBRUARY 2009 Criminal Defense and Military Justice

I invite, appreciate, and thank you for your referrals in all criminal and military matters. Michael J. Andrews

Former Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and Judge Advocate General

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• 25+ years experience as a family law attorney/litigator with a practice emphasizing complex matters, large estates, family owned business entities, and professional practices.

• Fellow-American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers • Hundreds of cases mediated – both as an attorney participant and mediator/arbitrator. ______

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FEBRUARY 2009 • Snohomish County Bar News 23 Judge Richard J. Thorpe (Ret’d)

Announces his availability Feb. 23 for Arbitrations and Mediations

For disputes involving: 425 248-1457

Family Law PO Box 363 Edmonds, WA Personal Injury & Wrongful Death 98020 Real Estate Professional Negligence UM/UIM

20 years – Snohomish Superior Court 25 years in private practice

Snohomish County Bar Association P.O. Box 5429 Everett, WA 98206