Washington Leadership Institute

Keynote Lunch Speaker Judge Salvador Mendoza, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Day 2 - Community Involvement panel

Panelists:
Bree Black Horse, MMIP Assistant US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Washington

Jaime Cuevas, Jr., General Counsel and Chief Business Development Officer at Ramsey Companies, Inc.

Rajeev Majumdar, Former WSBA President and private practitioner, WLI Class of 2015

Dinner fireside chat with Ron Knox.

Switching Fields

Panelists:

Doug Ende, WSBA Chief Disciplinary Counsel

Judge Rania Rampersad, King County Superior Court Judge/WLI Class of 2015

Christopher Sanders, Pacifica Law Group/WLI Class of 2019

Birthday celebration, Christopher Sanders, Class of 2019

First panel: Practicing with Clean Air Open Spaces - Pros/Cons

Karla Kane, private law firm (Pasco)/WLI Class of 2008

Michelle Morales, Prosecuting Attorney’s Office King County, LEAD/Former Prosecuting Attorney (Walla Walla)/WLI Class 2023

Blanca Rodriguez, Columbia Legal Services, WLI Class of 2006

Judge Norma Rodriguez, Benton & Franklin Counties Superior Court

We made it to Richland, WA for Session V to discuss managing your career!

Last speaker of the session is WLI board member, Nancy Isserlis. Conversation on running for office in Washington.

WLI Session IV Day 2!

Last stop of the day with Greg Lipsker!

Meeting with co-founders, Virla Spencer and Camerina Zorrozua.

Lunch speakers Bevan Maxey and Morgan Maxey discussing Carl Maxey’s legacy and their work moving forward.

Session IV, Using Your Law Degree To Make A Difference, in Spokane! First stop the Carl Maxey Center.

The 1st panel: The Rewards and Challenges of Living and Practicing Law in Eastern Washington.

Hon. Dean Chang, Spokane County Superior Court

Hon. Gloria Ochoa, Spokane Municipal Court

Julianna Repp, Unemployment Law Project

2024 WLI Fellows with Nick Brown!!!

Last panel of session III!

Surviving the Pandemic - A Post-Covid Practice

Moderator: Dean Anthony Varona, SU School of Law

Panelists:
Anthony Paul (AP) Diaz, Superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation/member of Mayor Bruce Harrell’s Cabinet

Matt Etter, Assistant Dean for the Center for Professional Development, SU School of Law

Jessie Harris, Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC

Knowing What We Don’t Know - Case and Senior Attorney Management with Sumeer Singla (Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC/WLI Class of 2009)

Conversation with Dana Savage (Assistant Attorney General, WA State Attorney General’s Office/WLI Class of 2020-21) with facilitator Sumeer Singla (Williams Kastner & Gibbs, PLLC/WLI Class of 2009)

Session III Day Two begins with exercise for Fellows.

“Get On Your Feet and Convince Me” with Nick Brown, former US Attorney for the Western District of Washington/Class of 2009

Finishing up the day with our facilitators; Jillian Cutler and Zabrina Jenkins. Observations and Opportunities

Race and the Legal Profession

Moderator Justice Mary Yu, WA State Supreme Court, WLI Advisory Board and former co-chair

Panelists:

Kori Carew, Founder and Chief Catalyst Officer, Bridge 68 LLC (virtual)
Hon. Janet Chung, WA State Court of Appeals, WLI Class of 2006
Sergio Garciduenas-Sease, Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, WLI Class of 2019
Benjamin Okeke, Senior Corporate Counsel, Amazon

Presentation by Eric Liu, co-founder, and CEO of Citizen University.

Disability and the Legal Profession

Panelists
Jillian Cutler, Partner at Frank Freed Subit & Thomas/WLI Advisory Board/WLI Class of 2014
Andrew Imparato, Executive Director of Disability Rights California (virtual)
Hon. Jamal Whitehead, U.S. District Court Western District of WA/WLI Class of 2013

Sexual Orientation and Gender and the Legal Profession

Panelists:
Beth Bloom, Bloom Law/WLI Class of 2005
Adrien Leavitt, ACLU/WLI Class of 2019
Darrah Hinton, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/Class of 2022

WLI Session III - Practice/Emerging through Bias as Lawyers and Leaders. Facilitators are Jillian Cutler (Partner at Frand Freed, Subit & Thomas/WLI Advisory Board/WLI Fellow Class of 2014) and Zabrina Jenkins (EVP Executive Advisor, Law & Corporate Affairs at Starbucks/WLI Advisory Board/WLI Fellow Class of 2011)

Last panel of the day! Election/Voter Suppression. Moderator former Senator David Frockt/Rep. Emily Alvarado (34th Leg. District)/Secretary of State Steve Hobbs/Sen. Jamie Pedersen (43rd Leg. District).

The Legislative Process Players panel with Sen. Manka Dhingra (45th Leg. District), Rep. Chipalo Street (37th Leg. District), Rep. Jamila Taylor (30th Leg. District), and Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (27th Leg. District).

Session II afternoon session at the Governor’s Residence. Lunch Keynote Speaker Judge Marlin Appelwick (ret.)

Congratulations Judge Dean Chuang (Class '12)!

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‘Bigger impact on the community’ - The Spokesman Review Dean Chuang had long thought about applying to be a judge.After years as a defense attorney, he believed he made a difference in his clients’ lives, but he only handled a few cases at a time.“I think I wanted to make a bigger impact on the community,” Chuang said.When the Spokane County Commis...

Congratulations to Chief Justice Gonzalez, WLI Board member!

Most Influential, Politics: Steve Gonzalez Steve Gonzalez has been Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court for 12 yrs, but his influence in the profession started long ago.

Introducing the 2024 WLI Fellows | UW School of Law WLI board selects 11 fellows for collaborative leadership program between the Washington State Bar Association and the University of Washington School of Law.