In the June issue of Bar News: What do you think the structure of the Washington State Bar Association should be? Mandatory, voluntary, or some combination?
Congratulations Hunter Abell! The Board of Governors recently elected sitting At-Large Governor Abell to be President-Elect for the 2022-2023 term. His new term starts in September.
All lawyers pay taxes and know that legal fees are income. They are ordinary income and even subject to self-employment taxes. But what about timing? Much in t...
As the end of the Supreme Court's 2021-2022 term is fast approaching, possibly one of the most anticipated decisions of the term will be the ruling in Dobbs v....
This August, the WSBA Board of Governors is scheduled to wrap up its eight-month discussion about the very foundation of Washington's mandatory, integrated bar...
Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals in Seattle recently held that new management of an entity is entitled to a law firm's file involving work prepare...
On March 24, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law the Silenced No More Act, greatly restricting the scope of nondisclosure and nondisparagement provision...
The Moderate Means Program (MMP) is a state-wide program designed to bridge this gap with attorneys who offer reduced-fee assistance in family, housing, and consumer law cases.
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