By Commissioner Terri Farmer, Pierce County Superior Court. Once again, we have a new statute in town. RCW 7.105 governing all Civil Protection was enacted into law in May 2021. The primary legislative intent was to consolidate and harmonize the law governing domestic violence protection orders (DVPO), sexual assault protection orders (SAPO), stalking protection […] Read more →
By John Weaver. Reasons, Reasons, we don’t have to tell you no stinking reasons — Oh, yes, you do. You’re at a party when a friend comes up and says: “My kid just got a notice from his landlord that says he has to move out in twenty days.” You ask, “Is he up […] Read more →
By Commissioner Craig Adams, Pierce County Superior Court. The Washington state legislature affected a wholesale change in the law when it enacted the Uniform Guardianship Act (UGA), RCW 11.130 et seq. One of the most significant changes was the adoption of Article 2 of that Uniform Act. Article 2 has forever changed the landscape […] Read more →
By Judge Diana Kiesel, Pierce County Superior Court. Judge, Attorney, Bibliophile, Author, Animal Rescuer, Antique Connoisseur, Quilter, Learned Person, and One of a Kind Personality Steve Downing asked me to write an article about his friend, Katherine, for the Bar Magazine. What a privilege to pay tribute to a remarkable person. Immediately, I reflected […] Read more →
By Judge Michael Schwartz. One of law enforcement’s latest tools in the fight against crime is the “geofence” warrant. Unlike traditional warrants that identify a suspect in advance of a search, a geofence warrant essentially allows the police to work backward, gathering data to identify electronic devices at or near the scene of a […] Read more →
By Jordan L. Couch. How much are your cases really worth? You probably have an estimate of the profits you’ll make and you might even have an estimate of time it will take but there’s more to a case’s value than quantitative measures of time and money. How do you measure the aspects that […] Read more →
By Steve Krupa. Greetings my friends! With Veterans Day behind us, I started thinking about how my military service as a Judge Advocate (JA) Officer both benefited and defined me as a civilian attorney. There are quite a few Pierce County lawyers who were JAs including US District Court Judge Settle and Pierce County […] Read more →
By Thomas P. Larkin II. Here is the letter our son wrote about his Dad – Mayo Larkin. Hi all, I hope this email finds everyone safe and healthy as we enter the holiday season. I know many of us spent Thanksgiving a little differently than in years past, but I hope we can still […] Read more →
By Lisa Mansfield. When I awoke on the morning of June 8, 2020 I never thought that by midday I would be face down on the ground with my colleagues outside of Tacoma’s County City Building (CCB), but that is exactly what happened. I walked with a group of lawyers to participate in a […] Read more →
By Diane Clarkson. I am a Black prosecutor in Pierce County, Washington. I am the product of a single mom, born in D.C. and raised in a very segregated Birmingham, Alabama after the riots of 1968. I attended Berea College – the only college I could afford to attend, a tuition-free, work/study college. I […] Read more →
By Commissioner Terri Farmer, Pierce County Superior Court. Once again, we have a new statute in town. RCW 7.105 governing all Civil Protection was enacted into law in May 2021. The primary legislative intent was to consolidate and harmonize the law governing domestic violence protection orders (DVPO), sexual assault protection orders (SAPO), stalking protection […] 
By John Weaver. Reasons, Reasons, we don’t have to tell you no stinking reasons — Oh, yes, you do. You’re at a party when a friend comes up and says: “My kid just got a notice from his landlord that says he has to move out in twenty days.” You ask, “Is he up […] 
By Commissioner Craig Adams, Pierce County Superior Court. The Washington state legislature affected a wholesale change in the law when it enacted the Uniform Guardianship Act (UGA), RCW 11.130 et seq. One of the most significant changes was the adoption of Article 2 of that Uniform Act. Article 2 has forever changed the landscape […] 
By Judge Diana Kiesel, Pierce County Superior Court. Judge, Attorney, Bibliophile, Author, Animal Rescuer, Antique Connoisseur, Quilter, Learned Person, and One of a Kind Personality Steve Downing asked me to write an article about his friend, Katherine, for the Bar Magazine. What a privilege to pay tribute to a remarkable person. Immediately, I reflected […] 
By Judge Michael Schwartz. One of law enforcement’s latest tools in the fight against crime is the “geofence” warrant. Unlike traditional warrants that identify a suspect in advance of a search, a geofence warrant essentially allows the police to work backward, gathering data to identify electronic devices at or near the scene of a […] 
By Jordan L. Couch. How much are your cases really worth? You probably have an estimate of the profits you’ll make and you might even have an estimate of time it will take but there’s more to a case’s value than quantitative measures of time and money. How do you measure the aspects that […] 
By Steve Krupa. Greetings my friends! With Veterans Day behind us, I started thinking about how my military service as a Judge Advocate (JA) Officer both benefited and defined me as a civilian attorney. There are quite a few Pierce County lawyers who were JAs including US District Court Judge Settle and Pierce County […] 
By Thomas P. Larkin II. Here is the letter our son wrote about his Dad – Mayo Larkin. Hi all, I hope this email finds everyone safe and healthy as we enter the holiday season. I know many of us spent Thanksgiving a little differently than in years past, but I hope we can still […] 
By Lisa Mansfield. When I awoke on the morning of June 8, 2020 I never thought that by midday I would be face down on the ground with my colleagues outside of Tacoma’s County City Building (CCB), but that is exactly what happened. I walked with a group of lawyers to participate in a […] 
By Diane Clarkson. I am a Black prosecutor in Pierce County, Washington. I am the product of a single mom, born in D.C. and raised in a very segregated Birmingham, Alabama after the riots of 1968. I attended Berea College – the only college I could afford to attend, a tuition-free, work/study college. I […]