January 2008
Index to 2007 Bar News: Volume 61
BY AUTHOR
Alexander, Chief Justice Gerry L.
2007 State of the Judiciary Address
MAR p16
(with Judge Deborah Fleck)
The Justice in Jeopardy Initiative: Celebrating Accomplishments and Setting Goals
JUN p25
Public Defense: Guaranteeing Justice for All
FEB p16
Anderson, Karen A.
Unequal Partners: Why Are Women Partners Less Satisfied With Lateral Moves?
OCT p29
Anderson, Marcine
Time Flies
OCT p39
Axel, Andrea D.
(with David A. Leen)
Unclaimed Class-Action Funds Offer Hope for Equal Justice
JUL p24
Baker, James E.
Wrongful Death Law and Same-Sex Couples
SEP p41
Balasubramani, Venkat
(with Monica Kaup Cary)
South Asians in 2007 — Take Another Look
MAR p33
Bank, Kevin
(with Debra Slater)
The Perils of Signing for Clients: Why Shortcuts Are Not Worth It
MAR p35
Telling Your Client to Get Another Lawyer: What is a “reasonable opportunity” to consult independent counsel?
NOV p32
Bastian, Stan
Bar Essentials
OCT p13
Being John McKay
DEC p15
Civil Actions
NOV p9
(with Paula Littlewood)
Marriage and the Law
SEP p13
Tales from the WSBA Leadership Institute: Leadership and Values
AUG p37
Benton, Judge Monica J.
Tales from the WSBA Leadership Institute: Honorable Mentors Tell Their Stories
JUL p37
Blank, Eric P.
(with C. Dean Little)
Wake-Up Call on Electronic Discovery
JUL p14
Bloom, Beth Barrett
Pride in the Workplace: How to Create a Gay-Friendly Environment
JUN p44
Boruchowitz, Robert C.
Right to Counsel Remains Threatened in Washington
FEB p30
Butterworth, Fred R.
Mediation Magic
APR p28
Cary, Monica Kaup
(with Venkat Balasubramani)
South Asians in 2007 — Take Another Look
MAR p33
Colgan, Beth
(with David F. Taylor and Don Scaramastra)
Making Gideon Real: Washington Counties and the Duty to Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel
FEB p17
Congalton, Felice P.
What You Should Know About Grievances Against Lawyers
MAY p35
Cumbow, Robert C.
News from the Trenches in the War of the Words
MAY p23
Notes from Between the Cracks
OCT p31
de los Santos, Eric C.
Equal Marriage in My Lifetime? Whoa!
SEP p29
Dial, Ellen Conedera
A Greater Need to Know
JAN p9
“Do good, and make a difference” — Remembering Norm Maleng
JUL p9
Keeping the Pipeline of Talent Vital and Thriving
AUG p13
Leaders of the Future
SEP p9
Mentors, Present and Future
APR p13
On Becoming Lawyers
MAY p15
Our Constitutional Commitment to Justice
FEB p9
A Round of Applause, Please, for the Good Work of the WSBA Sections and Committees!
JUN p7
The Search for Balance
MAR p13
Donlin, Joslyn K.N.
(with Ronald J. Knox)
The WSBA Leadership Institute: A Continuing Legacy
MAY p30
Dore, Margaret K.
The Time Is Now: Guardians Should Be Licensed and Regulated Under the Executive Branch, Not the Courts
MAR p27
Doty, Trina
Fraud Prevention in Your Law Office
APR p35
Keep Up with Your Trust Account and Keep Out of Trouble
JUL p38
Endriss, Marilyn J.
Tips for Avoiding Fee Disputes with Clients and How the WSBA Can Help When Fee Disputes Arise
APR p32
Ferguson, Mary Jane
Effective Public Defense — Benefits to the Bottom Line
FEB p36
Fleck, Judge Deborah
(with Chief Justice Gerry Alexander)
The Justice in Jeopardy Initiative: Celebrating Accomplishments and Setting Goals
JUN p25
Fucile, Mark J.
Inadvertent Production: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
JUN p42
In-House Counsel: Same Issues, Different Perspective
FEB p40
The Lawyer-Witness Rule: What It Is and What It Isn’t
OCT p36
Where Is the Law? A Resource Guide to the Law of Lawyering
APR p37
The “Who Is the Client?” Question Revisited
AUG p43
Galanda, Gabriel S.
Bar None! The Social Impact of Bar Testing Federal Indian Law in Washington
AUG p17
Gonzales, Rafael
Improving Public Defense in Washington: A Progress Report
FEB p34
Hayne, Stephen
The Proper Care and Feeding of Clients
APR p20
Heatherly, Michael
The Bar News Beat
DEC p10
Hedrick, Robert F.
When Things Go Wrong: Helicopter Accident Litigation in Washington
DEC p21
Hemmen, Gloria
(with Justice Barbara Madsen)
The Mandatory Order for Protection: A Tool for Client Safety
JUN p23
Heuett, Cheryl M.
Completing Your Trust Account Declaration Form
JAN p33
Keep Up with Your Trust Account and Keep Out of Trouble
JUL p38
Hill, Taryn M. Darling
(with Gregory D. Shelton)
Protecting Against Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege of Work-Product Protection Due to Inadvertent Disclosure
JUN p12
Holloway, Jason
Domestic Partnership and the Law
SEP p23
Johnson, Doug
“Dear Mr. Douglas...”
JAN p18
Johnson, Mark A.
Procedural Perfection Required
DEC p26
(with Tereza Simonyan)
The WSBA Appropriately May, and Should, Support Marriage-Equality Legislation
SEP p44
Kline, Senator Adam
(with Representative Patricia Lantz)
Legislation of Interest to Lawyers
AUG p31
Knox, Ronald J.
(with Joslyn K.N. Donlin)
The WSBA Leadership Institute: A Continuing Legacy
MAY p30
Lantz, Representative Patricia
(with Senator Adam Kline)
Legislation of Interest to Lawyers
AUG p31
Larson, Wes
Is a Tenant-in-Common Interest a Security or Fee-Simple Real Estate? Caution Is the Better Part of Valor
JUN p19
Leen, David A.
(with Andrea D. Axel)
Unclaimed Class-Action Funds Offer Hope for Equal Justice
JUL p24
Lindley, Robin
Defending the Powerless: Seattle lawyers win fight for constitutional rights in the war on terror
JUL p32
Little, C. Dean
(with Eric P. Blank)
Wake-Up Call on Electronic Discovery
JUL p14
Littlewood, Paula
An Environment for Involvement
MAY p21
(with Salvador A. Mungia)
Into the Future: New Clarity and Focus for the WSBA’s Path
DEC p19
(with Stan Bastian)
Marriage and the Law
SEP p13
Luvera, Paul N.
First-Aid Quotes for Lawyers When They Lose: Read ‘Em and Don’t Weep
JUL p30
Macfarlane, Ann G.
The Truth About Robert’s Rules of Order
AUG p37
Madsen, Justice Barbara
(with Gloria Hemmen)
The Mandatory Order for Protection: A Tool for Client Safety
JUN p23
Mannix, Maureen
Introducing the Washington State Breast Cancer Legal Resources Guide: An interview with Guide editor Joan Tierney
DEC p33
McBride, Tom
Maintaining a Healthy Criminal Justice System
FEB p39
McKenna, Rob
The State’s Role in Defining the Constitutional Right to Counsel in Gideon
FEB p26
Medved, Robert
Entering Into and Enforcing Tribal Gaming Contracts: An Overview
AUG p20
Michels, M. Janice
Goodbye さようなら до свидания 再見 Huy 안녕 Adiós
APR p17
Justice in Jeopardy: Where We Started and Where We Have Yet to Go!
FEB p13
Moore, Joanne
Counsel for Poor Criminal Defendants: An American Tradition
FEB p28
Mullins, Jill
(with Hugh Spitzer)
The Role of the State in Washington Marriage: Same Sex, Different Rights
SEP p17
Mungia, Salvador A.
(with Paula Littlewood)
Into the Future: New Clarity and Focus for the WSBA’s Path
DEC p19
Nelson, John Ray
Treatise Is a Treat
JUN p38
Nesteroff, Michael A.
Meth Labs: An Environmental Bad Dream for Property Owners, Tenants, and Neighbors
JAN p12
Novotny, Patricia
Marriage Equality: Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Shouldn’t Be Excluded
SEP p34
Perry, Stephanie
Above and Beyond: WSBA Award Recipients Honored for Service to the Profession
NOV p21
Fifty Is Nifty: The WSBA’s Class of 1957
DEC p30
WSBA Welcomes New Officers and Governors
OCT p18
Peterson, Louis D.
“TIE ONE FOR THE GIPPER”… and other failed cheers
APR p23
Qadri, Shahzad Q.
Shariah and Estate Planning
NOV p15
Reisler, Steven A.
Out, Damned Spot! Beware the Bar’s Permanent Mark of Shame
JUN p30
Roberts, Peter
Financial Benchmarks for Your Firm
JUL p34
Rydberg, Jennifer C.
Grandma Was a Lawyer
OCT p27
Scott, George W.
Three Lady Lawyer Legislators Who Showed Us the Way
OCT p20
Sharkey, Barbara
All Rise! (Or Prepare for Take-off)
JUL p40
Simonyan, Tereza
(with Mark A. Johnson)
The WSBA Appropriately May, and Should, Support Marriage-Equality Legislation
SEP p44
Shelton, Gregory D.
(with Taryn M. Darling Hill)
Protecting Against Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege of Work-Product Protection Due to Inadvertent Disclosure
JUN p12
Slater, Debra
(with Kevin Bank)
The Perils of Signing for Clients: Why Shortcuts Are Not Worth It
MAR p35
Snyder, Klaus O.
The Right to Marry: Should There Be Equality?
SEP p30
Spitzer, Hugh
(with Jill Mullins)
The Role of the State in Washington Marriage: Same Sex, Different Rights
SEP p17
Taylor, David F.
(with Don Scaramastra and Beth Colgan)
Making Gideon Real: Washington Counties and the Duty to Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel
FEB p17
Thompson, Lindsay
33 Moves
APR p64
Ah, the sentiment of it all
FEB p64
Our chief moves on
MAY p64
Tolman, Jeff
2007 Gifts
DEC p36
A Lawyer’s Game of Clue
OCT p34
Time for a Vacation
JUN p34
Ureña, Norma Linda
No Immigration Without Emigration: Consequences for Countries Left Behind
JAN p30
Wechsler, Mary
What Is the American Judicature Society?
AUG p45
Welden, Robert
Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection
MAR p47; NOV p36
New Rule on Malpractice Insurance Disclosure
JUN p36
Yushkina, Elena V.
Legal Ins and Outs of Establishing and Operating a Business by Foreign Investors in Russia
JAN p22
BY SUBJECT
Access to Justice
Justice in Jeopardy: Where We Started and Where We Have Yet to Go!
FEB p13
Public Defense: Guaranteeing Justice for All
FEB p16
Making Gideon Real: Washington Counties and the Duty to Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel
FEB p17
The State’s Role in Defining the Constitutional Right to Counsel in Gideon
FEB p26
Counsel for Poor Criminal Defendants: An American Tradition
FEB p28
Right to Counsel Remains Threatened in Washington
FEB p30
Improving Public Defense in Washington: A Progress Report
FEB p34
Effective Public Defense — Benefits to the Bottom Line
FEB p36
Maintaining a Healthy Criminal Justice System
FEB p39
Unclaimed Class-Action Funds Offer Hope for Equal Justice
JUL p24
Accessibility
Resolution in Support of Lawyers With Disabilities
JUN p29
American Judicature Society
What Is the American Judicature Society?
AUG p45
Around the State
JUN p40; AUG p40; SEP p54; OCT p41; NOV p31
Ask the Auditor
Fraud Prevention in Your Law Office
APR p35
Keep Up with Your Trust Account and Keep Out of Trouble
JUL p38
Awards
Above and Beyond: WSBA Award Recipients Honored for Service to the Profession
NOV p21
Bar Exam Pass List
Summer 2006
JAN p42
Winter 2007
JUN p46
Summer 2007
DEC p51
The Board’s Work
MAR p30; MAY p32; AUG p39; DEC p39
Breast Cancer
Introducing the Washington State Breast Cancer Legal Resources Guide: An interview with Guide editor Joan Tierney
DEC p33
Class-Action Funds
Unclaimed Class-Action Funds Offer Hope for Equal Justice
JUL p24
Committees
2005-2006 Committee and Section Reports
FEB p43
A Round of Applause, Please, for the Good Work of the WSBA Sections and Committees!
JUN p7
Criminal Law
Counsel for Poor Criminal Defendants: An American Tradition
FEB p28
Maintaining a Healthy Criminal Justice System
FEB p39
Disciplinary Notices
JAN p48; FEB p58; MAR p50; APR p48; MAY p50; JUN p57; JUL p54; AUG p53; SEP p55; OCT p52; NOV p48; DEC p54
Discipline
What You Should Know About Grievances Against Lawyers
MAY p35
Out, Damned Spot! Beware the Bar’s Permanent Mark of Shame
JUN p30
Dispute Resolution
Tips for Avoiding Fee Disputes with Clients and How the WSBA Can Help When Fee Disputes Arise
APR p32
Diversity and the Law
South Asians in 2007 — Take Another Look
MAR p33
The WSBA Leadership Institute: A Continuing Legacy
MAY p30
Pride in the Workplace: How to Create a Gay-Friendly Environment
JUN p44
Time Flies
OCT p39
Introducing the Washington State Breast Cancer Legal Resources Guide: An interview with Guide editor Joan Tierney
DEC p33
Editor’s Page
Ah, the sentiment of it all
FEB p64
33 Moves
APR p64
Our chief moves on
MAY p64
The Bar News Beat
DEC p10
Estate Planning
Shariah and Estate Planning
NOV p15
Ethics and the Law
In-House Counsel: Same Issues, Different Perspective
FEB p40
The Perils of Signing for Clients: Why Shortcuts Are Not Worth It
MAR p35
Where Is the Law? A Resource Guide to the Law of Lawyering
APR p37
What You Should Know About Grievances Against Lawyers
MAY p35
Inadvertent Production: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
JUN p42
The “Who Is the Client?” Question Revisited
AUG p43
The Lawyer-Witness Rule: What It Is and What It Isn’t
OCT p36
Telling Your Client to Get Another Lawyer: What is a “reasonable opportunity” to consult independent counsel?
NOV p32
Executive’s Report
Justice in Jeopardy: Where We Started and Where We Have Yet to Go!
FEB p13
Goodbye さようなら до свидания 再見 Huy 안녕 Adiós
APR p17
An Environment for Involvement
MAY p21
Bar None! The Social Impact of Bar Testing Federal Indian Law in Washington
AUG p17
Marriage and the Law
SEP p13
Into the Future: New Clarity and Focus for the WSBA’s Path
DEC p19
Financial Management
Fraud Prevention in Your Law Office
APR p35
Financial Benchmarks for Your Firm
JUL p34
Keep Up with Your Trust Account and Keep Out of Trouble
JUL p38
Forbis, Lady Willie
Three Lady Lawyer Legislators Who Showed Us the Way
OCT p20
Fraud Prevention
Fraud Prevention in Your Law Office
APR p35
FYI
JAN p35; FEB p48; MAR p37; APR p39; MAY p38; JUN p48; JUL p46; AUG p48; SEP p50; OCT p42; NOV p41; DEC p42
Grammar
News from the Trenches in the War of the Words
MAY p23
Notes from Between the Cracks
OCT p31
Guardianship
The Time Is Now: Guardians Should Be Licensed and Regulated Under the Executive Branch, Not the Courts
MAR p27
Hayner, Jeannette
Three Lady Lawyer Legislators Who Showed Us the Way
OCT p20
Humor
Time for a Vacation
JUN p34
All Rise! (Or Prepare for Take-off)
JUL p40
A Lawyer’s Game of Clue
OCT p34
Hurn, Reba
Three Lady Lawyer Legislators Who Showed Us the Way
OCT p20
Immigration
No Immigration Without Emigration: Consequences for Countries Left Behind
JAN p30
In Memoriam
JAN p46; MAY p47; JUL p42; NOV p38
Index to 2006 Bar News
JAN p59
Indian Law
Bar None! The Social Impact of Bar Testing Federal Indian Law in Washington
AUG p17
Entering Into and Enforcing Tribal Gaming Contracts: An Overview
AUG p20
Judiciary
2007 State of the Judiciary Address
MAR p16
The Justice in Jeopardy Initiative: Celebrating Accomplishments and Setting Goals
JUN p25
Justice in Jeopardy
Justice in Jeopardy: Where We Started and Where We Have Yet to Go!
FEB p13
The Justice in Jeopardy Initiative: Celebrating Accomplishments and Setting Goals
JUN p25
Know Your Orgs
What Is the American Judicature Society?
AUG p45
Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection
MAR p47; NOV p36
Legislation
Legislation of Interest to Lawyers
AUG p31
Letters to the Editor
JAN p7 ; FEB p7 ; MAR p7; APR p7; MAY p7; JUL p7; AUG p7; SEP p7; OCT p7; NOV p7;
Litigation
First-Aid Quotes for Lawyers When They Lose: Read ‘Em and Don’t Weep
JUL p30
When Things Go Wrong: Helicopter Accident Litigation in Washington
DEC p21
Procedural Perfection Required
DEC p26
Maleng, Norm
“Do good, and make a difference”— Remembering Norm Maleng
JUL p9
Marriage and the Law
Marriage and the Law
SEP p13
The Role of the State in Washington Marriage: Same Sex, Different Rights
SEP p17
Domestic Partnership and the Law
SEP p23
Equal Marriage in My Lifetime? Whoa!
SEP p29
The Right to Marry: Should There Be Equality?
SEP p30
Marriage Equality: Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Shouldn’t Be Excluded
SEP p34
Wrongful Death Law and Same-Sex Couples
SEP p41
The WSBA Appropriately May, and Should, Support Marriage-Equality Legislation
SEP p44
McKay, John
Being John McKay
DEC p15
Mediation
Mediation Magic
APR p28
Member Profiles
Defending the Powerless: Seattle lawyers win fight for constitutional rights in the war on terror
JUL p32
Pipeline Project
Keeping the Pipeline of Talent Vital and Thriving
AUG p13
Practice Tips
Financial Benchmarks for Your Firm
JUL p34
The Proper Care and Feeding of Clients
APR p20
President’s Corner
A Greater Need to Know
JAN p9
Our Constitutional Commitment to Justice
FEB p9
The Search for Balance
MAR p13
Mentors, Present and Future
APR p13
On Becoming Lawyers
MAY p15
A Round of Applause, Please, for the Good Work of the WSBA Sections and Committees!
JUN p7
“Do good, and make a difference”— Remembering Norm Maleng
JUL p9
Keeping the Pipeline of Talent Vital and Thriving
AUG p13
Leaders of the Future
SEP p9
Bar Essentials
OCT p13
Civil Actions
NOV p9
Being John McKay
DEC p15
Public Defense
Our Constitutional Commitment to Justice
FEB p9
Justice in Jeopardy: Where We Started and Where We Have Yet to Go!
FEB p13
Public Defense: Guaranteeing Justice for All
FEB p16
Making Gideon Real: Washington Counties and the Duty to Provide Effective Assistance of Counsel
FEB p17
The State’s Role in Defining the Constitutional Right to Counsel in Gideon
FEB p26
Counsel for Poor Criminal Defendants: An American Tradition
FEB p28
Right to Counsel Remains Threatened in Washington
FEB p30
Improving Public Defense in Washington: A Progress Report
FEB p34
Maintaining a Healthy Criminal Justice System
FEB p39
Effective Public Defense — Benefits to the Bottom Line
FEB p36
Reading Around
Treatise Is a Treat
JUN p38
Real Estate
Is a Tenant-in-Common Interest a Security or Fee-Simple Real Estate? Caution Is the Better Part of Valor
JUN p19
Robert’s Rules of Order
The Truth About Robert’s Rules of Order
AUG p37
Same-Sex Marriage
Marriage and the Law
SEP p13
The Role of the State in Washington Marriage: Same Sex, Different Rights
SEP p17
Domestic Partnership and the Law
SEP p23
Equal Marriage in My Lifetime? Whoa!
SEP p29
The Right to Marry: Should There Be Equality?
SEP p30
Marriage Equality: Why Gay and Lesbian Couples Shouldn’t Be Excluded
SEP p34
Wrongful Death Law and Same-Sex Couples
SEP p41
The WSBA Appropriately May, and Should, Support Marriage-Equality Legislation
SEP p44
Sections
2005-2006 Committee and Section Reports
FEB p43
A Round of Applause, Please, for the Good Work of the WSBA Sections and Committees!
JUN p7
Shariah
Shariah and Estate Planning
NOV p15
Technology
Wake-Up Call on Electronic Discovery
JUL p14
Trust Accounts
Completing Your Trust Account Declaration Form
JAN p33
Keep Up with Your Trust Account and Keep Out of Trouble
JUL p38
View Point
Out, Damned Spot! Beware the Bar’s Permanent Mark of Shame
JUN p30
2007 Gifts
DEC p36
Women and the Law
Three Lady Lawyer Legislators Who Showed Us the Way
OCT p20
Grandma Was a Lawyer
OCT p27
Unequal Partners: Why Are Women Partners Less Satisfied With Lateral Moves?
OCT p29
Time Flies
OCT p39
Introducing the Washington State Breast Cancer Legal Resources Guide: An interview with Guide editor Joan Tierney
DEC p33
WSBA
WSBA Financial Highlights For Fiscal Year 2006
MAY p28
Our chief moves on
MAY p64
The WSBA Appropriately May, and Should, Support Marriage-Equality Legislation
SEP p44
WSBA Welcomes New Officers and Governors
OCT p18
Above and Beyond: WSBA Award Recipients Honored for Service to the Profession
NOV p21
Into the Future: New Clarity and Focus for the WSBA’s Path
DEC p19
Fifty Is Nifty: The WSBA’s Class of 1957
DEC p30
WSBA Leadership Institute
The WSBA Leadership Institute: A Continuing Legacy
MAY p30
Tales from the WSBA Leadership Institute: Honorable Mentors Tell Their Stories
JUL p37
Tales from the WSBA Leadership Institute: Leadership and Values
AUG p37
The Truth About Robert’s Rules of Order
AUG p37
Zeitgeist Postcard
No Immigration Without Emigration: Consequences for Countries Left Behind
JAN p30