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Mission The King County Bar Foundation is dedicated to ensuring access to the legal system and encouraging diversity in the legal profession. Winter 2012 KCBF News Message from the President For the King County Bar Foundation, the year 2011 has presented a double whammy. Due to the weak economy and historically low interest rates, IOLTA funding — a major source of revenue — has declined to a fraction of what it was just a few years ago. Governmental assistance, both financial and in-kind, has been cut back due to severe budgetary constraints. At the same time, however, the need for civil legal assistance among the poorest in our communities mushrooms in tough times, and minority law students who depend upon our scholarships to fulfill the dream of a career in law find themselves in a bind, as law schools are forced to impose tuition increases to cover their own funding challenges. It is with pride — and sincere gratitude to those who have been so generous with both their time and their money — that the KCBF has managed, despite unprecedented challenges, to avoid significant cutbacks in pro bono legal services and in our minority law school scholarships and other diversity efforts. In 2011, King County lawyers once again have donated more than 35,000 hours of free services to the needy through the bar’s six civil legal aid programs, helping us turn every contributed dollar into almost $7.00 of legal services. KCBF’s pro bono services unquestionably provide the biggest “bang for the buck” in civil legal aid. At the same time, we have restored funding for minority scholarships at our two local law schools to pre-recession levels, and have strengthened our Future of the Law Institute, which encourages minority and disadvantaged high school students to consider law as a career. Maintaining the quality and service levels of our programs has required belt- tightening, for sure, and the KCBA, which administers our programs, runs an admirably tight ship. However, it is your sustaining financial and volunteer support that makes it possible for us to weather hard times. Thank you all! James L. Austin, Jr.
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MissionThe King County Bar
Foundation is dedicated
to ensuring access
to the legal system and
encouraging diversity in
the legal profession.
Winter 2012
KCBF News
Message from the PresidentFor the King County Bar Foundation, the year 2011 has presented a double whammy.
Due to the weak economy and historically low interest rates, IOLTA funding — a major
source of revenue — has declined to a fraction of what it was just a few years ago.
Governmental assistance, both financial and in-kind, has been cut back due to severe
budgetary constraints.
At the same time, however, the need for civil legal assistance among the poorest in our
communities mushrooms in tough times, and minority law students who depend upon
our scholarships to fulfill the dream of a career in law find themselves in a bind, as law
schools are forced to impose tuition increases to cover their own funding challenges.
It is with pride — and sincere gratitude to those who have been so generous with both
their time and their money — that the KCBF has managed, despite unprecedented
challenges, to avoid significant cutbacks in pro bono legal services and in our minority
law school scholarships and other diversity efforts.
In 2011, King County lawyers once again have donated more than 35,000 hours of free
services to the needy through the bar’s six civil legal aid programs, helping us turn
every contributed dollar into almost $7.00 of legal services. KCBF’s pro bono services
unquestionably provide the biggest “bang for the buck” in civil legal aid.
At the same time, we have restored funding for minority scholarships at our two local
law schools to pre-recession levels, and have strengthened our Future of the Law
Institute, which encourages minority and disadvantaged high school students to
consider law as a career.
Maintaining the quality and service levels of our programs has required belt-
tightening, for sure, and the KCBA, which administers our programs, runs an admirably
tight ship. However, it is your sustaining financial and volunteer support that makes it
possible for us to weather hard times. Thank you all!
James L. Austin, Jr.
Board of Trustees
P R E S I D E N T
James L. Austin, Jr.
V I C E P R E S I D E N T
Harry H. Schneider, Jr.
S E C R E TA R Y
Mary Jo Newhouse
T R E A S U R E R
Benson D. Wong
I M M E D I AT E PA S T P R E S I D E N T
Kathryn M. Battuello
T R U S T E E S
Alexander A. Baehr
Hon. Charles S. Burdell, Jr. (Ret.)
Derek D. Crick
Kenneth H. Davidson
Stephen C. Ellis
Paul S. Ficca
Hon. Bruce W. Hilyer
Curt R. Hineline
Joanie Kim
Rosa Kim
M. Colleen Kinerk
Megan McCloskey
Portia R. Moore
Kathleen T. Petrich
Marcella Fleming Reed
Geoffrey Revelle
John R. Rizzardi
John R. Ruhl
Donald B. Scaramastra
Michael S. Schechter
James A. Smith, Jr.
Alejandro C. Torres
Christopher B. Wells
Megan S. Wells
StaffAndrew PrazuchExecutive Director
Marzette MondinDevelopment Director
Laura ProtheroDevelopment Associate
K I N G C O U N T Y B A R F O U N D AT I O N | www.kcbf.org
Bar Foundation Honors Outgoing President and Bids Farewell to a Departing Board Member On June 16, 2011, the King County Bar Founda-tion (KCBF) held its last board meeting of the fiscal year. The mood was celebratory as the board honored Kathryn M. Battuello for her year of service as KCBF president. Battuello led the board through a successful year of raising funds in support of KCBF’s pro bono and diversity programs. In a heartfelt tribute Vice President James L. Austin, Jr. on behalf of the entire board, thanked Battuello for her tireless commitment and dedicated service to KCBF’s mission. Battuello will continue to serve on the board and participate on the executive committee as the immediate past president.
The end of the fiscal year also marked the conclusion of 9 years of board service for Daniel J. Dunne (Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe) who served as a trustee from fiscal years
2002-2011. Dunne was a gracious, thoughtful, and a wise addition to the board. His participa-tion at board and committee meetings will be missed. Although he will no longer be on the board, Dunne remarked that he will continue to be involved in foundation activities.
New officers for the next fiscal year were also elected at the June meeting: James L. Austin, Jr. (Karr Tuttle Campbell), President; Harry H. Schneider, Jr. (Perkins Coie), Vice President; Mary Jo Newhouse (Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt), Secretary; and Benson D. Wong (Keller Rohrback), Treasurer.
Kathryn M. Battuello (outgoing KCBF
president) and James L. Austin, Jr.
(incoming KCBF president).
KCBF NEWS | W I N T E R 2012
Save the Date: Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 7:30 a.m.The Westin Seattle | 1900 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 98101
Mara Liasson is the national political correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard regularly on NPR’s award-winning newsmag-azine All Things Considered and Morning Edition. Liasson provides
extensive coverage of politics and policy from Washington, D.C-focusing on the White House and Congress-and also reports on political trends beyond the Beltway.
Each election year, Liasson provides key coverage of the candidates and issues in both presidential and congressional races. During her tenure she has covered four presidential elections-in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004. Prior to her current assignment, Liasson was NPR’s White House corre-
spondent for all eight years of the Clinton administration. She has won the White House Correspondent Association’s Merriman Smith Award for daily news coverage in 1994, 1995, and again in 1997.
Funds raised at the Breakfast With Champions support the King County Bar Foundation access to justice and diversity programs. For sponsorship and registration information please contact Marzette Mondin, KCBF development director, at (206) 267-7007 or at [email protected].
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Auction for Justice at KCBA’s Annual Awards DinnerJune 22, 2011 – The 2011 Auction for Justice raised
$3,600 in support of KCBF’s Endowment Fund which
provides long term funding for the bar’s pro bono
services and diversity programs.
LE F T TO R IG HT: Jamila A. Johnson, Katy Gomes,
Benjamin Lawver and Andrea Johnson
Auctioneer Hon.
Charles Burdell, Jr. (Ret.)
LE F T TO R IG HT: Madelyn Bushnell,
William Braun and Katherine Braun
KCBF NEWS | W I N T E R 2012
Future of the Law InstituteThe Future of the Law Institute held its tenth annual two-day program on November 18-19, 2011. Nearly 80 high school juniors and seniors were accepted into the year-long program that began with workshops and presentations at the Seattle University and University of Washington law schools. Events included a visit to the King County Courthouse and concluded with the ever-popular mock trial presided over by three Wash-ington state justices.
FLI encourages high school students of diverse backgrounds to pursue higher education in the law by:
• Providing access to legal professionals as role models through workshops, mentoring and internships;
• Improving post-secondary enrollment through scholar-ships, higher education planning for families and financial aid workshops; and
• Increasing law school enrollment by providing scholar-ships and access to college/university partners.
FLI students gathered with
Justices Charles K. Wiggins
and Susan Owens
Commissioner Lori K. Smith, Hon. Mary Yu
and Hon. Steven Gonzalez
Justices Charles K. Wiggins, Debra L. Stephens
and Susan Owens
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Neighborhood Legal Clinics Volunteer of the Year:
Abbey PerkinsThe Neighborhood Legal Clinics (NLC)
annually honors an attorney with the
Joseph M. Gaffney Award for Outstanding
Service of an Attorney, and this year NLC
recognizes Abbey Perkins.
Ms. Perkins consistently shares her talent and energy with NLC. She always takes the most challenging clients at clinic and takes her role as attorney and counselor seriously. She also takes the extra step to make sure clients know how to proceed. Ms. Perkins has presented at multiple continuing legal education seminars, contributed to the Pro Bono Services blog, Pro Dicta, and is a valuable member of both the Pro Bono Services and Neighborhood Legal Clinic committees.
Her compassion, dedication and whole-hearted service is recognized and appreciated by the King County Bar’s staff, clients and fellow volunteers.
Ms. Perkins received her B.A. from Hamilton College in 2002 and earned her J.D. from Syracuse University School of Law in 2005. She is a public defender with the Associated Counsel for the Accused and works as the lead attorney in the King County District Court Regional Mental Health Court. Ms. Perkins has previously served as an adjunct professor with Seattle University’s Mental Health Law Clinic and in 2011, the Washington Defenders Association awarded her the President’s Award for her contributions to indigent defense.
For more information about the King County Bar’s Pro Bono Services programs and how to volun-teer, contact Ana Selvidge at [email protected].
LE F T TO R IG HT: Pro Bono Services
Director Threesa Milligan, NLC
Volunteer of the Year, Abbey Perkins
and Pro Bono Services Committee
Co-Chair Emma Gillespie
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TOP ROW: Abbey Perkins, Aaron Albright, Zeshan Khan,
Brian Starr, KCBA President Joseph Bringman
BOTTOM ROW: Philip Chan, Brenda Canada and Emily Elting
Keynote Speaker Prof. Ada Shen-Jaffe of Seattle University School of Law
LE F T TO R IG HT: Hon. Steven Gonzalez,
Michael Goldenkranz and Honoree Philip Chan
King County Bar Annual Recognition Event October 18, 2011 – The Bar’s Pro Bono Services
program volunteers and donors were honored at the
annual reception at the Women’s University Club.
Honoree Emily Elting with David Martin
LE F T TO R IG HT: KCBF Trustee Derek Crick, KCBA
President Joseph Bringman and KCBF Trustee Paul Ficca
