WSBA Board of Governors 2008 Elections

Salvador Mungia 2008-2009 President-elect

The WSBA is pleased to announce that Tacoma attorney Salvador A. Mungia, who currently serves on the Board of Governors representing members in the Sixth Congressional District, was elected 2008-2009 president-elect at the June 6, 2008, meeting of the Board of Governors. He will assume the office of president-elect beginning at the close of the WSBA Annual Meeting on September 18, 2008 - when President Stan Bastian will pass the gavel to current President-elect Mark A. Johnson - and will assume the WSBA presidency in September 2009 for a one-year term.

Mungia's service to the bar began more than 20 years ago, when he was a trustee for the Young Lawyers Division of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. Since that time, he has served on the Board of Directors for LAW Fund (including a two-year term as president of the Board), and served as president of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. He has also served as a commissioner on the Tacoma Human Rights Commission, and on the Board of Directors of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. Earlier this year, he was awarded the Bertha M. Snell Award and Outstanding Service Award, both by the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association. Mungia is a partner with Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca, Peterson & Daheim, P.L.L.C..

Board of Governors Election Results  

Congratulations to the following WSBA governors-elect. The governors-elect will take office at the close of the WSBA annual meeting on September 19, 2008, and will hold office for a term of three years until September 2011.

3rd District: Loren S. Etengoff, unopposed, is governor-elect in the 3rd District.

6th District: The certified election results from the May 20 ballot counting names Patrick A. Palace as governor-elect in the 6th District.

• Eligible voters: 1,866
• Ballots cast: 455
• Return rate: 24 percent
• Invalid: 4
• Patrick A. Palace: 300 votes, 66 percent
• Tracy S. Flood: 155 votes, 34 percent

7th-East District: The certified election results from the May 20 ballot counting names Catherine L. Moore as governor-elect in the 7th-East District.

• Eligible voters: 2,810
• Ballots cast: 358        
• Return rate: 13 percent
• Invalid: 4
• Catherine L. Moore: 197 votes, 55 percent
• Stephen A. Teller: 161 votes, 45 percent

8th District: The certified election results from the May 20 ballot counting names Brian L. Comstock as governor-elect in the 8th District.

• Eligible voters: 3,533
• Ballots cast: 510        
• Return rate: 14 percent
• Invalid: 6
• Brian L. Comstock: 294 votes, 58 percent
• Jeff Smyth: 216 votes, 42 percent

At-Large: The Board of Governors elected Seattle attorney Anthony Gipe as the new governor-at-large. At the conclusion of the Board of Governors meeting in September 2008, Gipe will assume the seat currently held by Eric de los Santos for a three-year term.