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2012 Judicial Candidates

Chris Melly, Curtis Johnson, Erik Rohrer and William Payne, have filed for Clallam County Superior Court Position 1, which is being vacated by retiring  Judge Ken Williams.

The all mail primary election is August 7, 2012, and ballots will mailed out July 18, 2012, to registered voters. If one candidate achieves more than 50% of the vote, that candidate will win the election and there will be no voting in the general election. Otherwise, the top two vote earners will proceed to the all mail general election on November 6, 2012, and ballots will be mailed on October 17, 2012.

Ballots will be mailed to voters July 18 for the state’s top-two Aug. 7 primary.

Ballots will be mailed to voters Oct. 17 for the Nov. 6 general election.

June 1, 2012 Court Schedule Update

Please note that on Friday, June 1, 2012:

Judge Taylor and Judge Williams are out.

Judge Wood will preside over the 9:00 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Criminal Calendars.

All civil matters will be heard by Commissioner Basden in Courtroom III.

Strengthening Families Parenting Class

Lutheran Community Services NW-Parent Line presents…

Strengthening Families Parenting Class, for families with children ages 8-14 years old.  No cost to attend!!

Starting May 9, 2012 through June 20,2012.

Wednesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Located at Parent line-301 Lopez, Port Angeles WA

Class size is limited so call 360-452-5437 to register today

CCBA CLE LUNCHEON

CCBA CLE Luncheon Economic Loss Rule:  Trial and Motion Strategy presented by Curtis Johnson. Friday May 4th, 2012 @ 12:00 p.m.

Scheduling Updates

Please note that Commissioner W. Brent Basden will be out  May 14th & 15th, 2012.  Commissioner William G. Knebes will be covering for Commissioner Basden.

Mark Baumann assisted at HCI high conflict training

Mark Baumann was invited to assist at Bill Eddy’s two-day seminar Mediating High Conflict Disputes: Advanced Training for Dispute Resolution Professionals. The seminar was hosted by the High Conflict Instute and Mediate BC, and held in Vancouver B.C., March 29-30, 2012.

(Left to right) Mark Baumann (Port Angeles), teaching assistant, Michael Lomax (Victoria B.C.), co-presenter, Bill Eddy (San Diego), presenter, and Kari Boyle (Vancouver B.C.), Mediate BC executive director. Mediating High Conflict Disputes: Advanced Training for Dispute Resolution Professionals, Vancouver B.C., 2012

Mr. Eddy presented a new paradigm for mediating with high conflict people that focuses on the future and making proposals, rather than focusing on facts and interests. For a summary of the training see Mr. Eddy’s summary at www.highconflictinstitute.com.

Northwest Justice Survey

The Northwest Justice Project (NJP) seeks your input on how best to use our very limited resources to meet the critical legal needs of our low-income community. We, like you, must ensure that our limited resources are targeted to the greatest needs of our client populations, including needs that underlie the legal problems that we work on. Importantly, we want to ensure that we are aware of the comprehensive needs of low-income persons in our community, including problems that result from issues and/or barriers our clients or you as service providers encounter when interacting with the very systems that are designed to help.

NJP’s mission is to secure justice through high quality legal advocacy that promotes the long-term well-being of low-income individuals, families and communities in Washington. Please help us accomplish this mission and determine how best to maximize our resources for the best outcomes by taking just a few minutes to complete an on-line survey at the below link. Hopefully, you will find the link easy to use. Brief instructions on how to complete the survey are included at the link. If the on-line survey proves problematic for you, please let me know and I will make sure you receive a hard copy of the survey to complete. Thank you in advance for the valuable role you play in our community and for helping NJP with this critically important effort.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/N6H3DYL

Sincerely,

Steve Robins
Attorney at Law
360-452-9137 ext. 204
[email protected]

Lower Court Appeals

The Court is interested in establishing a contract for representation of indigent defendants on lower court appeals.  If you have an interest in assuming coverage for lower court appeals, please provide a letter of interest, together with a proposal for an hourly rate and a suggested cap amount per appeal.  Transcript costs are considered a separate expense and not part of an hourly rate or capped amount.

The number of lower court appeals is minimal:

2012-Two pending appeal cases are in need of court appointed counsel;

2011-The Court appointed counsel on 4 lower court appeal cases;

2010-The Court appointed counsel on 1 lower court appeal case

2009-The Court appointed counsel on 3 lower court appeal cases.

Please submit your proposal on or before April 6, 2012.