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Dear Bar Members:
Sorry for late reminder. Please confirm as soon as possible your expected
attendance at the Friday, August 21, 2009, bar lunch at Soho. Rob Onnen
will be presenting Real Estate and Tax to the Bar. Despite late notice, we
hope many of you can attend (if not on vacation…).
LUNCH: $13.00 payable to Soho Asian Bistro
CLE: $20.00 payable to Pro Bono
Thanks, Carol Mortensen
Clallamcountybar.com would like welcome Robert M. Rosenberg. Robert graduated from Claremont McKenna College in 1977 with a BA in Asian Studies and from the University of Houston College of Law in 1980. Since graduating from law school, he has practiced out of Houston, Texas.
Over the years, he has concentrated his litigation practice to commercial law, including commercial bankruptcy cases, civil rights, Title VII, ERISA, appellate, and both capital and non-capital habeas defense work. In addition to recently being admitted to the Washington State Bar, he is licensed to practice in Texas, in both the state and federal courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. While in Houston, he served on the board of the local chapter of the ACLU, the Texas Human Right Foundation, and was a volunteer attorney for both organizations as well as many non-profit arts organizations. He also served on the State Bar of Texas grievance committee for six years.
Robert recently relocated to Port Angeles with his partner of 10 years, John Diller, a designer at Westport Marine. He can be reached at 832-816-2955.
Dear Bar Members:
Our next bar lunch is the first Friday of August, 8/7/09. No specific
agenda is scheduled but Rick Petersen, our president elect, will be
chairing.
Please confirm with Rick your intent to attend rather than responding to
the email for this lunch only. He can be reached at 452-3307. He will need to
advise Soho Asian Bistro of the number of expected attendees no later than
Wedensday, 8/5.
Thank you for your attention and enjoy the next bar lunch!
Carol M. & Rick P.
Harry Jackson’s long time friend and wife, Maria Luisa Jackson, passed away on Tuesday, June 30th, 2009. Mr. Jackson’s devotion to his wife was a model for all. Funeral services have not been set.
On June 29, 2009, the Clallam County Superior Court implemented changes to LCR 77(k), and LCR 94(f) (with Exhibit A), and Administrative rule 0.3, and added Administrative Rule 0.5, 0.6, 0.7
Of particular note for family law practictioners, LCR 94(f) makes substantial changes to the settlement conference procedures, and imposes heavy financial santcions for failing to comply with the rule. For example, settlement conference briefs are now mandatory using the required form, and if filed late incur mandatory sanctions of $250-$500. Failing to appear at a settlement conference, without court permission, yields a mandatory sanction of $250.
Administrative rule 0.7 requires all pleadings to be in at least 12 point type.
Local rules may be found at www.courts.wa.gov
Training for the New Ways for Families program is confirmed and the information is below.
TRAINING:
Cost: $20
CLE credit: 1.5
Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Time 8-9:30
Location: Peninsula Community Mental Health Center, 118 E. 8th Street,
Port Angeles
Trainer: Bill Eddy (program designer)
New Ways is a counseling/life skills-training program for parents involved in custody issues (divorce, paternity and dependency) and is designed to reduce parental conflict and in particular the exposure of that conflict to the children. It is based on several research studies, including the new longitudinal study from La Trobe University which provides strong research findings that facilitating the parents to “hear” their children makes a decided and enduring difference in the reduction of conflict, reduction of litigation, improvement in the stability of families, and satisfaction of parents with parenting arrangements.
Bill Eddy, the New Ways developer, will be in Victoria, and has graciously offered to come to Port Angeles the following day to do the training in person. At this time, we have about 15 counselors from Clallam and Jefferson committed to take the training (including PCMHC), and most of the family law bar as well. The program will have the most impact if counselors, judges and attorneys understand the program, so I do recommend all family law attorneys take the training. Three (cheap) CLE credits are provided, and a solid grounding in this tool will help you help your clients maximize whatever their goals may be.
The Clallam and Jefferson judges have expressed interest in the program, although they are keen for feedback from the attorneys and are truly interested in cooperative efforts with the bar. I encourage everyone to communicate with the judges if you have any thoughts or opinions about the program, pro or con.
You can find more info at:
Please feel free to call me if you have any questions or would like to know more about the program.
Regards,
Mark Baumann
360-452-8688
http://markbaumann.com/new-ways-for-families™
Dear Bar Members,
It is with sadness that we recognize a loss to the community. Mr. Frank Platt passed away last week. We offer our sympathy and condolances to the family and the members of his firm. The family will make any announcements related to his passing.
Please accept apologies for no prior notice regarding the bar lunch on Friday (you will likely see this Friday morning). We do not have any specific program. Since there was no prior notice, no one had the opportunity to confirm. As a result, I look forward to seeing those who come to lunch and anticipate ordering off the menu rather than the family style service.
You should have all heard by now that we will welcome Christopher J. Riffle to our community. Christopher Riffle is the new associate at Platt Irwin. The Firm has extended an invitation to the bar to witness Judge S. Brooke Taylor administer the oath of attorney on May 18, 2009, at 3:00 pm at the Clallam County Superior Court. Please mark your calendar to attend this swearing in. Platt Irwin will also host a reception at their offices following the swearing in and invited all attorneys and staff. It is important for us to mark and attend events like this – and celebrate with our new legal community member.
The scholarship people met tonight and selected three well qualified students as our candidates this year. I extend my personal appreciation and thanks to Tracey Lassus and Curry Andrews for their participation as well as their unique insight! We selected Dain Steenberg, Rexx Ingalls and Isaac Boekelheide as recipients. Each of them displayed a uniqueness that was clear at a glance, demonstrated academic accomplishment and a focused goal. Patrick Irwin should enjoy the opportunity to make the awards to these young men.
On the topic of CLE’s, I want to let all of you know that we now must provide the evaluation forms at every program we offer. I will ensure those are provided for your use. They are maintained for two years along with the printed materials from each speaker. Printed materials are the standard for a CLE, explanations must be provided to the Bar for CLE’s which do not have printed material. Based on the agreement with the WSBA, CLE’s must always have a connection to the Pro Bono lawyers that are the target audience of these programs. If you are providing a CLE in the upcoming months, please be sure to let me know what connection your program has to Pro Bono and what materials you will provide. As an example, a program about DUI’s gives information to attorneys aiding families in dissolutions that may not be readily known to a family attorney but have a signfiicant impact on family dynamics.
Please contact me if you have any other business or comments to share.
Thank you for your attention.
Carol L. Mortensen
2009 President
Christopher J. Riffle, a new associate with Platt Irwin Law Firm, will take the oath of attorney administered by Judge S. Brooke Taylor on May 18, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at the Clallam County Superior Court.
All attorneys and staff are invited to attend. Reception following at Platt Irwin Law Firm, 403 S. Peabody, Port Angeles from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8:30-1:00
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
$5 fee, 4.5 CEU’s provided
Contact Jennifer Charles, 360-417-2384
A one day parenting summit and training will be presented with Kevin Haggerty, MSW, University of Washington, School of Social Work as the keynote speaker.
The program will begin with a PARADE OF LEADERS, including:
· School Superintendent, Diane Reaume
· Clallam County Sheriff
· Pediatrician, Mildred Bay, M.D.
· Clallam County Commissioners
· Peninsula Daily News, Jim Casey
· Commissioner Brent Basden
· Port Angeles and/or Forks Mayors
· County Tribes
· Peninsula College, Barbara Clampett
· Faith Community, Vicki Corson
· Jewish Community, Roland Pfaff
· United Way
· Clallam County Literacy Council, Rebecca Redshaw
· CPS
· Foster Parents, Martha Hastings
· Representing Youth Groups Gina Royal
· Service Clubs, Patti Hannah
· SNAP, Stuber
· Spanish Parents, Lilia Dodd
· Child Care Providers
A variety of breakout sessions on parenting topics will be offered by speakers including: Karen Meyer, Speakers, Rosemary Newday, Lynn Sharpe, Lilia Dodd, Manuela Velasquez , Dan Maguire, Tracey Hosselkus, Larry Dunn, Sterling Epps, Ann Penn and Mark Baumann
Law Day will be held at Soho Asian Bistro, as are all of our lunches. Sal Mungia, BOG Representative will be appearing.
Due to the number of attendees, the lunch price has gone up to $16.00 per person. CLE credit paid to Clallam County Pro Bono is the same ($20.00). Please confirm as soon as possible!