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Washington Appellate Lawyers Association

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Members

Current Members

  • Ahrend, George
  • Anderson, Jason
  • Brunner, Micki
  • Buri, Philip
  • Cairns, Ian
  • Clapham, Linda
  • Clark, Catherine
  • Collins, Bill
  • Crick, Melody
  • Crittenden, Bill
  • Ellner, Lise
  • Erickson, Marilee
  • Estes, Stewart
  • Fine, Seth
  • Gonick, Peter B.
  • Goodfriend, Howard
  • Guthrie, Stephanie
  • Hanlon, Tamara
  • Hart, Emmelyn
  • Hendricks, Catherine
  • Hochhalter, Kevin
  • Hyer, Michelle
  • Joseph, Jennifer
  • Koski, Charlene
  • Lawrence, Paul
  • Lemmel, Shelby
  • Link, Greg
  • Lobsenz, Jim
  • Loginsky, Pam
  • Lynch, Michael
  • Masters, Ken
  • Meckling, Amy
  • Miller, Greg
  • Morris, Jeremy
  • Nielsen, Eric
  • Novotny, Pat
  • Nylander, Robert
  • Okano, Pamela
  • Reuter, Jill S.
  • Silverstein, Lila
  • Smith, Catherine
  • Solovy, Jonathan
  • Spillane, Mary
  • Summers, Ann Marie
  • Tagart Beigh, Sara
  • Talmadge, Phil
  • Tribe, Sidney
  • Villacin, Valerie
  • Vitalich, Andrea
  • Whisman, James
  • Wise, Donna
  • Zink, Marla
 

Former Members on the Bench

WALA has former members in the Superior Court, in each Division of the Court of Appeals, on the Supreme Court, and in the U.S. Court of Appeals. Their membership in WALA is inactive while they serve.

  • Eric D. Miller, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Washington State Supreme Court
  • Debra Stephens, Washington State Supreme Court
  • Charles Wiggins, Washington State Supreme Court (retired)
  • Robert Lawrence-Berrey, Court of Appeals, Division III
  • Bradley Maxa, Court of Appeals, Division II
  • James Verellen, Court of Appeals, Division I (retired)
  • Averil Rothrock, King County Superior Court
  • Brian McDonald, King County Superior Court
  • Anne Egeler, Thurston County Superior Court
  • Leonard Feldman, Court of Appeals, Division I

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Members of the Washington Appellate Lawyers Association have a reputation for significant experience and expertise in appellate practice. Our members have at least 10 years’ experience, and have been lead counsel in at least 25 appeals.

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