Board of Trustees
2018 Board Members
*indicates voting member
President
Steven O. Merrival*
5425 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98408
P: (253) 820-1121
Email: tul@comcast.net
Vice President
Kenneth W. Blanford*
Blanford Law Office
705 South 9th Street #303
Tacoma, WA 98407
P: (253) 720-9304
Email: ken@blanfordlaw.com
Secretary-Treasurer
Sarah E. Richardson*
Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney
949 Court E
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-6523
Email: srichardson@wapa-sep.wa.gov
Immediate Past President
Diane Clarkson*
Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney
930 Tacoma Avenue South #946
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-7876
Email: dclarks@co.pierce.wa.us
Trustees
Nicholas R. Andrews*
DAC
949 Market #334
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-7061
Email: nickandrews56@gmail.com
Lindsay D. Camandona*
McKinley Irvin
1201 Pacific Avenue #2000
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 592-6350
Email: lcamandona@mckinleyirvin.com
Amanda Searle*
Connelly Law
2301 North 30th
Tacoma, WA 98403
P: (253) 593-5100
Email: asearle@connelly-law.com
Casey M. Arbenz*
Hester Law Group, PS
1008 South Yakima Avenue #302
Tacoma WA 98405
P: (253) 272-2157
Email: casey@hesterlawgroup.com
Kelly Kavanagh*
DAC
949 Market #334
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-7093
Email: kkavana@co.pierce.wa.us
Lisa Kremer*
Gordon Thomas Honeywell
1201 Pacific Avenue #2100
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 620-6429
Email: lkremer@gth-law.com
President – Young Lawyers
Meaghan M. Driscoll*
Connelly Law
2301 North 30th
Tacoma, WA 98403
P: (253) 593-5100
Email: mdriscoll@connelly-law.com
Family Law Section Liaison
Amanda J. Cook*
Law Office of Amanda Cook
2727 Hollycroft St. #110
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
P: (253) 265-7515
Email: Amanda@acooklaw.com
Criminal Law Section Liaison
2017 – Matthew W. McGowan, Co-Chair
McGowan Law Office
1107-½ Tacoma Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 254-6277
Email: matthew@mcgowandefense.com
2017 – Claire Vitikainen, Co-Chair
Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney
930 Tacoma Avenue So. #946
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-7400
Email: cvitika@co.pierce.wa.us
Volunteer Legal Services
Heather Swann
Hay & Swann, PLLC
201 South 34th
Tacoma, WA 98418
P: (253) 272-2400
Email: heatherswann@washingtonlaw.com
PC Minority Bar Liaison
Mark V. Brady, President
JAM Management
PO Box 24413
Federal Way, WA 98093
P: (253) 431-5547
Email: markvbrady@hotmail.com
WSBA Liaison
Board of Governors, 6th District
Judge Brian Tollefson, ret
PO Box 7031
Tacoma, WA 98417
P: (253) 389-0071
Email: bhmtollefson@outlook.com
WA Women Lawyers Liaison
Jennifer Andrews
Andrews & Arbenz
2200 North 30th #202
Tacoma, WA 98403
P: (253) 302-4849
Email: jennifer@andrewsarbenz.com
Erica Eggertsen Ruyf
Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney
930 Tacoma Avenue So., Room 109
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 798-6625
Email: eeggert@co.pierce.wa.us
Collaborative Law Liaison
Lynn Johnson
Attorney at Law
945 Fawcett, Suite C
Tacoma, WA 98402
P: (253) 383-3333
Email: Lynnfamilylaw@gmail.com
Judicial Liaisons
PC Superior Court
Presiding Judge Elizabeth P. Martin
Pierce County Superior Court
930 Tacoma Avenue South, Room 334
Tacoma, WA 98402
Commissioner Diana L. Kiesel
Commissioner Robyn Lindsay
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
Seattle University School of Law
900 Broadway
Seattle, WA 98122
P: (253) 627-2786
Email: jwweaver@seattleu.edu