ABA Journal

  1. Home
  2. Topics
  3. Washington

Washington

627 ABA Journal Washington articles.

Wash. Supervision Evaluated After Man Deemed ‘Dangerous’ is Accused of Murder

Seattle-area prosecutors are looking into why a man, already labeled by the courts and mental health authorities as “dangerous,” was free at the time he is accused of following a woman then stabbing her to death. James Anthony Williams was release from prison two years ago and had been repeatedly…

Jan 30, 2008 6:34 PM CST

City’s Plan to Waive Attorney-Client Privilege Aggravates Insurer

Municipal officials in a small town in Washington state apparently thought they were doing the right thing by embracing an open records policy that potentially allowed residents to take a look at privileged documents and those relating to legal negotiations. Their insurer, however, had a different view. News that members…

Jan 23, 2008 7:46 PM CST

New Trial Sought After Jurors Mock Lawyer’s Heritage

A Washington state lawyer has filed a motion seeking a new trial in a medical malpractice case, saying that biased jurors mocked his Japanese heritage during closed-door deliberations and didn’t properly consider the evidence. When deliberating after the case was tried, jurors in Spokane County, in the eastern area of…

Jan 15, 2008 10:34 PM CST

Lawyer Offers $200K to Law School if Alma Mater Fires Football Heads

A well-known and well-to-do attorney in Washington state has created a stir by offering in an e-mail to donate $200,000 to his alma mater, the University of Washington School of Law, if the university were to fire its football coach and athletic director. In fact, although the U of W…

Jan 10, 2008 8:48 PM CST

Judge Blabs About Affair With Lawyer, Then Quits

Guests got an earful last month at a holiday party hosted by a municipal judge for a town in Washington state, and the comments are still reverberating. Judge Colleen Hartl, 46 and married to another lawyer, reportedly told those assembled—including five court employees—that she was having an affair with a…

Jan 10, 2008 7:44 PM CST

After 17 Years, 1st Sexual Predator to Graduate from Wash. Program

For the first time in its 17-year history, a Washington state treatment program for convicted sex offenders deemed to pose a serious risk of repeating their crimes if released is recommending the unconditional discharge of one of its patients. Gary Cherry, 49, could be released as early as next month…

Jan 10, 2008 12:32 AM CST

Building Your Dream Practice

Want to specialize? Be patient, pull overtime.

Jan 1, 2008 9:37 PM CST

Calif. to Sue EPA for Blocking State’s Tough Emissions Standards

The state of California plans to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for rejecting its plan to implement tougher air quality standards for cars and trucks. Aides to California Attorney General Jerry Brown confirmed the state will file suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, where…

Dec 21, 2007 4:15 PM CST

Driver With Amnesia Not Competent for Car Homicide Trial?

A Washington state woman found guilty of vehicular homicide concerning an auto accident she can’t remember has filed an appeal seeking to overturn the felony conviction, arguing that she was unable to assist in her own defense. Cleora Swirtz, now 25, also suffered life-threatening injuries in the 2004 accident that…

Dec 19, 2007 7:50 PM CST

10-Rated Lawyer Wins Dismissal of Suit Against Lawyer-Ranking Website

A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed a lawsuit against a website that rates lawyers, saying the posted opinions are protected by the First Amendment. This site is called Avvo after avvocato, the Italian word for lawyer. It permits lawyers who want to improve their ratings to add information and…

Dec 19, 2007 5:09 PM CST

Judge Talks Himself into Trouble

A routine training session led to another, in-depth program for a Washington state judge censured for his “demeaning, offensive and shocking” behavior at a Los Angeles conference last summer. Judge John Wulle, 57, who sits in Clark County Superior Court, made a number of ill-advised comments at the training program,…

Dec 10, 2007 6:37 PM CST

Lawyers Probed in ‘Pretext’ ID Theft

Updated: Lawyers throughout the country reportedly may be investigated as part of a Washington state-based probe of an alleged scheme in which a local firm, BNT Investigations, was hired by private detectives all over the U.S. to obtain confidential personal information by pretext. A federal grand jury in Seattle has…

Dec 7, 2007 12:06 AM CST

No Right to Divorce Counsel in Wash.

There is no right to taxpayer-funded counsel in a divorce case under the Washington state constitution, the state’s supreme court has ruled in a closely watched case. But it would still be a good idea to provide divorce lawyers to those who can’t afford them, the supreme court says in…

Dec 6, 2007 7:45 PM CST

Jurists Defend Mass. Judge in Murder Case

There is a growing groundswell of support by colleagues for a Massachusetts judge who has become a target for national election-year political criticism after agreeing to release a convicted killer who allegedly then murdered two newlyweds in Washington state. Although the anguish of survivors of the two claimed victims of…

Dec 5, 2007 10:06 PM CST

Refusal to Hire Pregnant Woman to Cost Company $$

A unanimous Washington Supreme Court has ruled that a southwestern Washington woman was wrongfully barred from getting a job as a clerk and checker because she was pregnant. In 2001, Stacey Hegwine was offered a job at Longview Fibre Co. pending the results of a physical, the Daily News, of…

Nov 30, 2007 7:59 PM CST

Read more ...

Topics: Career & Practice

Judge's advocacy for domestic violence survivors changed Arizona laws

Complete list of topics ...

Your Voice

Lawyers must lead in efforts to preserve accessible, equitable and transparent rule-of-law system

Articles and commentary ...

Podcasts

Legal thriller author David Ellis' day job? Appellate court justice

More podcasts ...
Copyright 2024 American Bar Association. All rights reserved.