JULY/AUGUST 2017 | VOLUME 21 TACOMA-PIERCE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION PIERCE COUNTY LAWYER TPCBA CONVENTION 2017 INSIDE THIS ISSUE PG. 5 | 23RD ANNUAL TPCBA CONVENTION PG. 14 | LAWYER PALOOZA INFO 1ST INSERT CONNELLY LAW OFFICES Offices in Tacoma & Seattle, WA | www.connelly-law.com Government Liability | Personal Injury | Wrongful Death | Civil Rights Traumatic Brain Injury | Insurance Bad Faith | Spinal Cord Injury Product Liability | Medical Malpractice We look forward to assisting you in your pursuit of justice. Jack Lincoln Micah Nathan Julie Amanda Evan Meaghan Connelly Beauregard LeBank Roberts Kays Searle Fuller Driscoll TRUTH | JUSTICE | ACCOUNTABILITY | EQUAL ACCESS The Pierce County Lawyer is published CONTENTS 6 times per year as a service to the membership of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 2017 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Diane Clarkson, President Steven O. Merrival, Vice President 9 5 Sarah E. Richardson, Secretary-Treasurer In Memory of Inside this Issue Matthew H. Thomas, Immediate Past President Deputy Prosecutor Kelley Kavanagh, President, Young Lawyers Section Steven O'Brien Merrival Terri Farmer, Family Law Section Liaison Heather R. Straub, John R. Wilson, Antoni H. Froehling, Nicholas R. by Doug Hill 6 Andrews, Lindsay D. Camandona, Amanda M. Searle, Trustees President's Page *Matthew W. McGowan, *Claire Vitikainen, *Philip Thornton, On Mentoring Criminal Law Section Liaisons 13 by Diane Clarkson *Chris D. Maharry, Volunteer Legal Services Liaison Issuing Electronic Writs *Mark V. Brady, Minority Bar Association Liaison by the Pierce County Clerk's Office *Lynn Johnson, Collaborative Law Liaison 8 *Presiding Judge Elizabeth P. Martin, *Judge Frank E. Cuthbertson, *Commissioner Diana L. Kiesel, *Commissioner Mark L. Gelman, 14 A Word from the Judicial Liaisons - Pierce County Superior Court Executive Director *Presiding Judge Judy R. Jasprica, Judicial Liaison - Pierce County District Court Tacoma-Pierce County Bar by Kit Kasner *Judge David Ladenburg, Judicial Liaison - Tacoma Municipal Court Association Convention *Jennifer Andrews, Erika Eggertsen, WA Women Lawyers Liaisons by Matthew Thomas *Keith M. Black, WSBA, Governor 6th District Liaison 11 *John Weaver, Law School Liaison (* non-voting members) Do You See Inserts What Others See? PIERCE COUNTY LAWYER MAGAZINE COMMITTEE by Commissioner Diana Kiesel Diane Clarkson, Publisher Lawyerpalooza, Love Stinks, George S. Kelley and Andrea McNeely, Editors Ad Rate Sheet Josh Brumley, John R. Christensen, Dawn Farina, 18 David C. Snell, Antoni H. Froehling, Salvador A. Mungia, Sarah E. Richardson, David C. Smith, Heather R. Straub Young Lawyers Report 23 by Kelley Kavanagh News contributions, information, advertising and letters to the editor are welcome. Readers are encouraged to submit letters to the editor on Two Statewide any topic. All submissions may be edited at the discretion of the Editor WSBA Awards Presented and PCL Committee and may be published on a space available basis. to AG's Office 26 The opinions expressed by the authors in the Pierce County Lawyer Military Justice Update magazine do not necessarily reflect the official position of the by Steve Krupa Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. Advertisers are not 25 necessarily endorsed by the TPCBA. James Lopez The Pierce County Lawyer Committee reserves Inducted Into the 34 the right to refuse advertising. Baseball Hall of Fame Volunteer Legal Services Program News ISSUE AND CLOSING DATES/DEADLINES: by Laurie Davenport Pierce County Lawyer Issue Deadline for All Articles & Advertising: September/October 2017 .............................................................August 8, 2017 28 November/December 2017 ....................................................... October 9, 2017 Profile: Professor John Weaver 37 SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO: by John Christensen Classifieds Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association Pierce County Lawyer Magazine 30 First Tower, 621 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite 403 Tacoma, WA 98402-2301 That's Not Fair by Chistopher Kimball FOR INFORMATION ABOUT ADVERTISING CONTACT KIT KASNER AT (253) 272-8871 OR [email protected] Administration (253) 272-8871 32 Lawyer Referral Service (253) 383-3432 FAX (253) 627-4718 Annual WA-AFCC Conference Attorney’s Lounge, Room 238, (253) 573-0609 by Frances Kevetter www.TPCBA.com Volunteer Legal Services ON THE COVER: 621 Tacoma Avenue South, Suite 303 23RD ANNUAL TPCBA CONVENTION Tacoma, WA 98402 designed by (253) 572-5134, [email protected] July/August 2017 | PIERCE COUNTY LAWYER 3 WE’RE BUILDING SO OUR CLIENTS CAN, TOO mEET mIChAEL KELLy AND KENT VAN ALSTyNE, WE’RE LOOKING TO our two newest associates. A cum laude graduate of ADD TO OUR TEAm. 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One can usually count on good weather but GPS navigation to the site may be a bit sketchy so get good directions if you’re a first-timer (map included in this issue). [ PG. 14 ] ................................................................................. ANOTHER MATTER REQUIRING YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION IS THE TPCBA BAR CONVENTION at the scenic Alderbrook Resort on Hood Canal. It is not possible to write Alderbrook Resort without the word “scenic” in front of it. It might be something about Bill Gates, who has a family compound next door, programing Word to automatically add this adjective. Since reservations are required, you need to get to work on this now. [ PG. 6 ] ........................................................................... OUR PRESIDENT DIANE CLARKSON attended the recent swearing-in of new lawyers including one or two children of long-time Pierce County lawyers (legacy lawyers). While these legacy lawyers may not need mentoring the others probably do, and as Diane mentions, we can always learn something from them, as mentoring is a two-way street. [ PG. 11, 13 ] ................................................................ IN COURTHOUSE NEWS Commissioner Kiesel suggests that we take a look at ourselves in courtroom settings as we might be surprised by what we see. The Clerk’s office advises on how writs of garnishment and restitution may be issued on-line without a trip to the courthouse, negating the Commissioner’s advice on how to appear in court. [ PG. 28 ] ........................................................................ JOHN CHRISTENSEN WRITES AN INTERESTING INTERVIEW with retiring Seattle University/UPS law professor John Weaver that will bring back memories of readers who attended law school at either place. [ PG. 18 ] .............................................................................. THE YOUNG LAWYERS REPORT on Law Day activities that saw judges and lawyers going to local schools and discussing the importance of the 14th Amendment. This was followed by the Law Day luncheon where Judge Chushcoff was recognized for his twenty-years of service on the Superior Court bench. [ PG. 23, 26, 30 ] ................................................... YOU WILL ALSO WANT TO VISIT articles about James Lopez being inducted into the Tacoma-Pierce County hardball/softball Hall of Fame, an update on military justice from Steve Krupa, and Christopher Kimball’s article on the tax traps and opportunities in divorce cases. You will note there is no editorial this month as our editorialist got writer’s block/ prognosticator’s disease or left early for lawyerpalooza. We expect our editorial department to resume functioning next issue. July/August 2017 | PIERCE COUNTY LAWYER 5 PRESIDENT'S PAGE On Mentoring n May 3, 2017, I had the as an organization and community. honor of meeting some of Professional mentoring is what many the newest admittees to the of us do every day. But how many of Opractice of law in Washington State. us reach beyond