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On January 19, 1888, a group of these lawyers met in the Supreme Court chambers to form the Washington Bar Association. This was a voluntary organization and did not include all lawyers admitted to practice; originally it consisted of 35 lawyers, at a cost of $5 a year. In 1890, the name changed to Washington State Bar Association.
Leesa Manion: [64] First (Asian American) female elected to serve as King County Prosecuting Attorney (2022) Leila Robinson Sawtelle (1882): [65] First female lawyer in Seattle, Washington (King County, Washington, 1884) Bella Weretnikow Rosenbaum (1901): [2] [3] [4] First Jewish American female lawyer in Seattle, Washington [King County ...
This is a list of the first minority male lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Washington.It includes the year in which the men were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are men who achieved other distinctions such becoming the first in their state to graduate from law school or become a political figure.
He also served as the president of the Washington State Bar Association in 2007. [3] Bastian was selected as a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2007, and chaired the Equal Justice Coalition from 2010 to 2013. [4] Over the course of his career Bastian tried hundreds of cases before juries and judges. [5] [6]
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In 2011 Simmons was sentenced to 30 months in prison for theft, drug, and firearm crimes. [4] In 2017, she graduated from Seattle University School of Law with honors. After law school, she was not allowed to sit for the Washington State bar exam due to her status as a former convicted felon, thus she challenged the Washington State Bar Association rules in the Washington State Supreme Court ...
Washington Attorney General articles at ABA Journal; News and Commentary at FindLaw; Revised Code of Washington at Law.Justia.com; U.S. Supreme Court Opinions - "Cases with title containing: State of Washington" at FindLaw; Washington State Bar Association; Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson profile at National Association of Attorneys ...
Debra Leigh Stephens (née Williams; born 1965) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 2025. [1] She previously served as chief justice from 2020 to 2021. She was appointed to the court in December 2007 by Governor Christine Gregoire [2] and took office on January 1, 2008. [3]