The Clallam County Bar Association is holding a judicial candidate forum for the candidates for Washington State Court of Appeals Division II, District 2.
Attorney Tim Ford is challenging the incumbent Judge J. Robin Hunt for a seat on the court.
Both candidates will be present to discuss their judicial philosophy and to answer questions put to them by the moderator.
The event will be held Friday, June 20, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at the Port Angeles City Council Chambers.
The public is invited to attend.
For further information about the candidates: www.reelectjudgehunt.com and www.timford2008.com
Patrick M. Irwin, President
Clallam County Bar Association
360-457-3327
Celebration of life for Robin Porter
Robin Porter, past Clallam County employee, passed away on January 16, 2008, from a very sudden illness. On January 5, 2008 and was diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive brain tumor.
For those of you who knew Robin and wish to attend, a Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, January 26, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. at the Eagles, 110 South Penn Street. This is an open invitation and will be a pot luck event.
Robin worked for Clallam County for over 20 years in the Prosecutors’ Office until early 2007. She was working for Thurston County at the time of her death and was residing in Olympia near her daughter and grandchild. Robin Porter will be missed by all.
Bar Lunch: 1/18/09 Scholarship notebook
Clallam County Bar Meeting
January 18, 2008 , noon, at the Salad Station
Carol Mortensen to preside in Patrick Irwin’s absence. There is no program scheduled for the meeting. However, scholarship notebook time is upon us. Volunteers for the Scholarship Committee should give their names to either Carol Mortensen or Patrick Irwin. If there are any children graduating who are related to you or the staff in your respective firms, and they have a scholarship notebook, please pass this information on.
Patrick M. Irwin
2008 Clallam County Bar President
Brooke Taylor sworn as Judge
(Click to enlarge photo) To an overflowing crowd in Clallam County’s Courtroom 1, Brooke Taylor was sworn in by Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander, as Clallam County’s new, and third, Superior Court judge on Wednesday, January 2, 2008. Present at the ceremony were numerous dignitaries including [Read more…] about Brooke Taylor sworn as Judge
CCBA Dues are due
$35 for young lawyers and $50 for the rest. Send your check to CCBA Treasurer Cliff Tassie.
New trust account rules
The Trust Account Responsibilities and Retainer Task Force (TARRTF) has made new recommendations and the BOG has accepted them, relating to flat fee agreements and true retainers. The Supreme Court has yet to adopt the rules. Read TARRTF recommendations at the WSBA site here.
Bar Poll results
The Bar Association’s poll results for judicial candidates are in. Results based on 9 measures with a grading scale of 1-5 for each measure are as follows:
4.7 Brooke Taylor
3.7 Brent Basden
3.1 Curtis Johnson
3.1 Craig Miller
Click here to see a table of the result details: bar-poll-results-table.htm
This summer marks an historic election for Clallam County’s newly created position for a third Superior Court Judge (position #3). This position was authorized by an act of the state legislature last year. The first ballot will be in the primary election (August 21, 2007 this year) Unless one candidate obtains 51% or more of the vote, the top two candidates will run off in the November election.
Mark Baumann moved
Mark Baumann, Attorney at Law P.S. has moved his office to 1337 West 5th Street, Port Angeles WA 98363. (On the corner
of 5th and “G” Street.)
The mailing address and phone number are still the same
PO Box 2088
Port Angeles WA 98362
360-452-8688
Office meetings are by appointment only.
Mark Baumann practices family law, including divorce, custody, property division, and high conflict cases, and mediation and arbitration work.
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