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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>From:</B></I> <A href="mailto:pswegle@gmail.com">Paul S</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Date:</B></I> 6/7/2019 9:38:40 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>To:</B></I> <A href="mailto:undisclosed-recipients:,">undisclosed-recipients:,</A></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt" dir=ltr><I><B>Subject:</B></I> Update from WSBA Governor Paul Swegle</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello fellow WSBA members, and happy Friday!</DIV>
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<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>As usual, these views are solely my own.</B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Feel free to share this email.</B></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Email <A href="mailto:pswegle@gmail.com">pswegle@gmail.com</A> if you receive this indirectly and wish to join my email list. </B><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"> </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV>Sorry for the lack of communication in recent months. I've been very busy teaching, writing, and lawyering. </DIV>
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<DIV>It has also been advantageous to let some of the dust settle from all of the recently concocted chaos.</DIV>
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<DIV>In that regard, some of you have expressed your dismay at the ongoing "Yelling Tour." Yes, I am aware of that current travesty. All I can say is, we will have a new president in a few months, hang in there!</DIV>
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<DIV>In the coming months, some other members of the Board will also cycle off, including one associated with suspiciously similar acrimony in the past, according to this 2009 story from the Oregon Daily Emerald - <A href="https://www.dailyemerald.com/archives/papailiou-denied-position/article_4597d3e8-27ee-5165-b030-85a258a0028f.html">https://www.dailyemerald.com/archives/papailiou-denied-position/article_4597d3e8-27ee-5165-b030-85a258a0028f.html</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>But let us focus on the positive.</DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Board.</U> The WSBA Board of Governors majority is a strong, smart, independent, diverse and dedicated group who continue to strive to improve the WSBA, despite the efforts of some to reimpose what felt to many Members like a permanently entrenched, opaque, unresponsive, and heavy-handed power structure. </DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ESHB 1788.</U> As most of you have either heard or surmised, the legislation to restructure the WSBA entirely under the Washington Supreme Court was defeated - at least temporarily. Thanks to all of you who raised your voices to object - you helped play a key role in this very positive outcome! </DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">No Mandatory Malpractice Insurance.</U> This was certainly the most challenging substantive issue of late. There were strong arguments on both sides, but the Board of Governors rejected all of the proposals relating to mandatory malpractice insurance at its Yakima meetings. Member opposition to the proposals was very strong, and certainly not only for self-interested reasons, as some claim. Many raised valid concerns that the proposals would cause much more harm than good by taking out of practice many attorneys who perform valuable services to those most in need. I appreciate all of the arguments made on both sides of the issue, thank you for being involved. </DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The Acting ED - Terra Nevitt.</U> I remain very confident in our acting Executive Director, Terra Nevitt. I ask that all WSBA Members provide her their full support as she works to guide the WSBA through change. Please let her do her job and do not distract or second-guess her. </DIV>
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<DIV>We are all just riding out the present storm until a strong and very thoughtful new leader takes the helm in a few months, Rajeev Majumdar. Reviewing or critiquing the acting ED's performance prior to those changes would be premature and counter-productive. </DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">New President Elect - Kyle Sciuchetti.</U> At our recent BOG meeting in Yakima, we elected another fine individual to serve as president following Rajeev Majumdar. </DIV>
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<DIV>Kyle is with the Miller Nash firm in their Vancouver, WA offices. He is licensed to practice in WA, OR, and ID. Kyle is serving diligently and thoughtfully on the Supreme Court Structure Workgroup with me, and he served with me on the small BOG team that worked hard in Olympia to defeat ESHB 1788. </DIV>
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<DIV>I admire Kyle as a BOG colleague for his thoughtful and diplomatic approach to tough issues, I consider him a friend, and I believe he will be an excellent president when his time to serve arrives. </DIV>
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<DIV><U style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Supreme Court Structure Workgroup.</U> Chief Justice Fairhurst and her staff have been running a very tight and thoughtful ship. The Structure Workgroup has collected much of the information it needs to begin actively discussing and debating what the WSBA should look like in the future. </DIV>
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<DIV><B>There is a Structure Workgroup meeting this Monday from 9 to Noon</B>. We are nearly finished. If you care about the future of the WSBA, participate! </DIV>
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<DIV>Some voices are calling for the elimination of elected Member representation within the WSBA. They say you Members <U>do not care enough</U> to play an effective and thoughtful role in your organization. I oppose that position and urge that you do so as well. You are the Members, you provide the WSBA's entire $21 million budget, and you deserve a strong, elected role in its governance. </DIV>
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<DIV>You may attend<B> Monday's Structure Workgroup meeting</B> in person, or you may watch via video or call in. </DIV>
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<DIV>Here's a link to the agenda and <B>video/call-in information</B>: <A href="https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Workgroup%20on%20WSBA%20Structure/SupremeCourtWorkGrouponWSBAStructureAgenda0610.pdf">Structure Workgroup Link for Monday, June 10.</A> (<A href="https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Workgroup%20on%20WSBA%20Structure/SupremeCourtWorkGrouponWSBAStructureAgenda0610.pdf">https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Workgroup%20on%20WSBA%20Structure/SupremeCourtWorkGrouponWSBAStructureAgenda0610.pdf</A>)</DIV>
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<DIV>Thank you all for your dedication to the WSBA. Have a wonderful weekend. </DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely, </DIV>
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<DIV>Paul Swegle</DIV>
<DIV>Board of Governors, District 7N</DIV>
<DIV>Immediate Past Chair, Corporate Counsel Section</DIV>
<DIV>Washington State Bar Association</DIV>
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