Board of Trustees
2019 Board Members
President
Kenneth W. Blanford*
Blanford Law Office
705 South 9th Street #303
Tacoma, WA 98405
P: (253) 720-9304
Email: ken@blanfordlaw.com
Vice President
James W. McCormick*
Evergreen Personal Injury Counsel
100 South 9th Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 472-6000
Email: jmccormick@epic-law.com
Secretary-Treasurer
Heather M. Young*
Tuell & Young PS
1457 South Union Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98405
P: (253) 759-0070
Email: hyoung@tuell-young.com
Immediate Past President
Steven O. Merrival*
5425 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98408
P: (253) 820-1121
Email: tul@comcast.net
*indicates voting member
Trustees
Casey M. Arbenz*
Puget Law Group
708 Broadway, Suite 400
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 627-4696
Email: casey@pugetlawgroup.com
Kelly Kavanagh*
DAC
9601 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Bldg. 25
Lakewood, WA 98499
P: (253) 798-7093
Email: kelley.kavanagh@piercecountywa.gov
Lisa Kremer*
Gordon Thomas Honeywell
1201 Pacific Avenue #2100
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 620-6429
Email: lkremer@gth-law.com
John Cain*
John C. Cain, Attorney
802 North 2nd
Tacoma, WA 98403
P: (253) 564-1879
Email: jcainjd11@comcast.net
Judge Ronald E. Culpepper, ret.*
Black Robe Dispute Resolution
6824 19th St. W. #328
University Place, WA 98466
P: (253) 961-8543
Email: culpepperr2004@yahoo.com
André M. Peñalver*
US Attorneys Office
1201 Pacific Avenue #700
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 428-3822
Email: andre.penalver@usdoj.gov
President – Young Lawyers
Cole Douglas*
Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala
911 Pacific Avenue #200
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 777-0798
Email: cole@pcvalaw.com
Family Law Section Liaison
Anthony J. Zorich*
Bliss Law Group
1105 Tacoma Avenue South
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 844-4412
Email: anthony@blisslaw-group.com
Criminal Law Section Liaison
Laura Rodgers
Case by Case Legal Services
705 South 9th #303-1
Tacoma, WA 98405
P: (253) 313-8778
Email: laurajrodgers22@gmail.com
Tacomaprobono
Heather Swann
Hay & Swann, PLLC
201 South 34th
Tacoma, WA 98418
P: (253) 272-2400
Email: heatherswann@washingtonlaw.net
PC Minority Bar Liaison
Mark V. Brady
Law Office of Gerrit Ayers
917 Pacific Avenue #207
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 620-4960
Email: mbrady@geico.com
WA Women Lawyers Liaison
Carly Roberts
TACOMAPROBONO
621 Tacoma Avenue South #303
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 572-5134
Email: carly@tacomaprobono.org
Cassandra Ingram
2101 4th Avenue #1830
Seattle, WA 98121
P: (253) 572-1000
Email: Cassidy.Ingram@courts.wa.gov
Collaborative Law Liaison
Leslie Bottimore
Bottimore & Associates, PLLC
201 St Helens
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 272-5653
Email: leslie@bottimorelaw.com
Judicial Liaisons
PC Superior Court
Presiding Judge Gary Johnson
Pierce County Superior Court
930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 334
Tacoma, WA 98402
Presiding Commissioner Diana L. Kiesel
Juvenile Court Liaison
Commissioner Diana L. Kiesel
Pierce County District Court
Presiding Judge Judy Rae Jasprica
Pierce County District Court
930 Tacoma Avenue South #239
Tacoma, WA 98402
Tacoma Municipal Court
Judge David Ladenburg
Tacoma Municipal Court, Dept. 1
930 Tacoma Avenue South #235
Tacoma, WA 98402
Law School Liaison
John Weaver, Ret.
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
P: (253) 627-2786
Email: jwweaver@seattleu.edu
WSBA Liaison
Board of Governors, 6th District
Judge Brian Tollefson, ret
PO Box 7031
Tacoma, WA 98417
Email: bhmtollefson@outlook.com
Kim Hunter, 8thDistrict
Email: kim@khunterlaw.com
Dan Bridges, 9thDistrict
Email: danbog@mcbdlaw.com
Chris Meserve, 10thDistrict
Email: meservebog@yahoo.com