Per Ms. Clevenger, Court Administrator: CHINS/YAR moves to Wednesday at 0830 as of March 1; Juvenile Dependency Calendar moves to Wednesday at 0900 as of March 1; Juvenile Offender Calendar moves to 0900 Thursday as of March 1.
Peter O. Casey, LICSW announces private practice
Peter O. Casey, LICSW, MSW, MA, and Executive Director of the Peninsula Community Mental Health Center, is pleased to announce the start of his private practice treating general mental health issues. He has over thirty years experience working with adults suffering from anxiety or depression, with either brief therapy or longer more in-depth work.
He also specializes in treating couples and individuals that have relationship, work performance or aging issues.
Peter O. Casey, LICSW
Psychotherapist
113 South Eunice St.
Port Angeles, WA 98362
(360) 461-3097
[email protected]
Attorney needed for Juvenile Offender Consortium
Please be advised that Carol Mortensen will be withdrawing from the Juvenile Offender Consortium Agreement effective March 5, 2010. If you are interested in a fixed number of Juvenile conflict cases for a flat fee, please submit a letter of interest to the court no later than February 19, 2010.
Peacekeepers update
Peacekeepers, the Port Angeles High School peer mediation program, is looking for adult volunteers and student mediators.
Attorneys, mediators and other adults interest in mediation, are needed to serve as supervisory committee members, and/or trainers. Peacekeepers is a PAHS program, but is maintained by school staff/administration and non-school community members. The primary functions for the adults is not to conduct or assist with mediations, but to:
- train student mediators, for the annual fall training and ongoing trainings throughout the year
- assist with debriefing/training for student mediators as needed
- ensure student recruitment occurs every year
- ensure a program coordinator is selected and trained every year
- assist with raising funds (if and when needed)
- be responsible for maintaining and reviewing student mediation contracts
- act as a liaison with the school district
- develop and maintain program policies
- perform any other functions as necessary to ensure the continuing health of the program.
An initial 2-day training for the program will be held on Thursday and Friday, February 5th and 6th, 2010. Interested adults and students should contact Mark Baumann or Taylor Schraudner at the numbers below.
The February training will be conducted by CRU Institute, a Bellevue company specializing in setting up high school peer mediation programs and curriculum.
Peacekeepers is a joint community effort supported by the Port Angeles High School, Angeles Mediation, Vista, the North Olympic Volunteer Center and the North Olympic Youth Corps. Funding for the cost of training was provided by a generous grant from the Port Angeles Education Foundation, Angeles Mediation, and the Kiwanis of Port Angeles.
Taylor Schraudner, PAHS Vista Volunteer, will serve as the volunteer program coordinator for the 2009-2010 school year.
Taylor Schraudner, Vista, 360-504-1201
Mark Baumann, Angeles Mediation, 360-452-8688
AngelesMediation.com
Quileute Tribal Court Public Defender Opening
The Quileute Tribal Council is currently accepting proposals to provide
Public Defender service to the Quileute Tribal Court. The selected
applicant will enter into a Personal Service Agreement with the Tribe. This
is a part time position on contract. Interested parties will submit a
detailed proposal, including expectations of hourly compensation and
availability. A complete job description is available on the Quileute
Tribe’s website: www.quileutenation.org.
Please direct all correspondence to Charlene Meneely, Chief Court Clerk/Assistant Court Administrator, P.O. Box 69, La Push, WA 98350.
Bar Lunch: 1/15, NEW LOCATION
The bar lunches will now be at Smuggler’s Landing, (360) 452-9292, which is in the Landing Mall, 115 E. Railroad Avenue (same building as Downriggers), on Railroad Avenue.
As usual, bar lunches will continue to be on the first and third weekend of every month.
There is no CLE, but the results of the survey will be discussed. Also, there will be a drawing for a free lunch.
Project Homeless Connect
Dear Colleagues,
I want to make sure you know about Project Homeless Connect, an opportunity for service and learning. It is a one day service-fair type event, offered to homeless people, and organized by Serenity House and several service organizations. A variety of services will be offered, including legal services. NW Justice Project will there, as will Joe Lavin. I will be offering legal and mediation services from 9:30-11:15. [Read more…] about Project Homeless Connect
Angeles Mediation offers family law mediation services
Angeles Mediation helps people resolve their cases without having to go to court. Their mediators are experienced lawyers who can keep costs down. Angeles Mediation handles family law cases like parenting plans, child support, divorce, dividing up property, and relocation (when one person wants to move away). Domestic violence cases can also be addressed in mediation. For mediation to work, everyone has to want to participate.
Mediation is a process where the mediator helps guide the parties to reach an agreement in their case. Lawyer don’t have to be involved but they can be as much or as little as anyone wants. Mediation allows people to make their own choice about how things get decided, rather than taking their personal problems to court for a judge to tell people how they are going to live. You can also keep your personal information out the the public court file.
Mediation can be started at the very beginning, before anything is filed in court. It can also start shortly after someone files in court or after the court process has been going on for a while.
Because an experienced lawyer is involved, Angeles Mediation makes sure everyone is treated fair. If you need papers for court, they can help get them written up.
Angeles Mediation is based in Port Angeles, and serves Sequim, Forks, Port Townsend, Silverdale, Bremerton, and Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties. Mediation can be done in person or remotely by video and/or phone.
You can find more information at Angeles Mediation’s website or by calling 360-452-8689.
2010 Bar President
ClallamCountyBar.com welcomes Will Payne as as the 2010 bar President.
Chris Koenig is the president elect for 2011.
Welcome Kris L. Canaday, Freelance Paralegal
Clallamcountybar.com would like to welcome Kris L. Canaday, Freelance Paralegal. Providing local attorneys and firms with legal support on an as-needed basis. Available for overflow, short-term, and long-term projects.
P.O. Box 194
Sequim, WA 98382
(360) 504-5334
[email protected]
http://www.linkedin.com/in/kriscanaday