WSAJ 2026 Annual Meeting & Convention

WSAJ 2026 Annual Meeting & Convention
September 30 - October 2, 2026

JW Marriott Parq Vancouver · Vancouver, BC, Canada
Book your room in the WSAJ block: https://book.passkey.com/go/wsaj2026
Cut off date: August 30, 2026

Chairpersons:
Patrick Brown, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC 
&
Janelle Chase Fazio, Beck Chase Gilman PLLC

 

Wednesday, September 30

11:00-12:30pm Workers' Compensation Section Meeting (Section members only)

**lunch on your own**

12:50-1:00pm Welcome from Convention Co-Chairs

Patrick Brown, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC
Janelle Chase Fazio, Beck Chase Gilman PLLC

1:00-1:30pm Mastering Litigation Strategies in Insurance Bad Faith Cases

Scott Shawver, GLP Attorneys, P.S., Inc.
Conner Shultz, GLP Attorneys, P.S., Inc.

1:30-2:00pm tbd

Alex Dietz, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC
Selena Hoffman, Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala PLLC

2:00-3:00pm Telling the Winning Story, part 2

Jesse Wilson, Telling the Winning Story

3:00-3:30pm Exhibit Hall Break, Jesse Wilson book signing (bring your own book!)

3:30-4:30pm Amicus Program Update

Daniel Huntington, Richter-Wimberley, P.S.
Valerie McOmie, Attorney at Law

4:30-5:15pm tbd

Meaghan Driscoll, Connelly Law Offices
Nate Roberts, Connelly Law Offices

5:15-5:45pm Legislative Update

Kelli Carson, Government Affairs Director, Washington State Association for Justice

5:45-6:30pm Toast to the EAGLE Program's 40^th Anniversary, JW Marriot Parq Exhibit Hall

6:30-9:30pm Welcome Party, D6 Lounge

Thursday, October 1

8:30-9:15am Maximize Mediation

Marc Cote, Cote Law & Mediation PLLC
Judge Paris Kallas, ret., Judicial Dispute Resolution

9:15-10:45am Neuroscience Persuasion

Don Bauermeister, Friedman | Rubin PLLP

10:45-11:15am Exhibit Hall Break

11:15-11:45am Cross border issues

Wyatt Pickett, Pacific Juris Attorneys

11:45-12:15pm tbd

12:15-2:30pm Awards Lunch & Meeting (WSAJ Members Only)

2:30-3:15pm Drinks & bites celebrating 2026 awardees, JW Marriot Parq Exhibit Hall

**Afternoon free to explore Vancouver, BC**

8:30-11:30pm Ringler after party, Library Square Pub (300 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6B 6B4)

Friday, October 2

8:30-9:00am Settlement Planning

Joshua Brothers, Brothers Henderson Durkin, P.S.

9:00-10:00am tbd

Tiega-Noel Varlack, Varlack Legal Services

10:00-10:30am Exhibit Hall Break

10:30-11:15am Anti-racist court rooms (equity CLE)

Judge David Keenan, King County Superior Court

11:15-12:15pm Trauma Informed Advocacy

Riddhi Mukhopadhyay, Sexual Violence Law Center

12:30-2:30pm Board of Governors Meeting (BOG members only)

 

Important International Travel Information:
If you are driving or taking the train and have an ENHANCED driver's license, that is all you need.
If you are driving or taking the train and have a regular driver's license, you will also need a valid passport.
If you are flying, you must have a valid passport.

 

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By attending you are agreeing to WSAJ's safety terms found here: https://www.washingtonjustice.org/safety

JW Marriott Parq Vancouver

39 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0R3, Canada

If you are driving or taking the train and have an ENHANCED driver's license, that is all you need.
If you are driving or taking the train and have a regular driver's license, you will also need a valid passport.
If you are flying, you must have a valid passport.

Room Block at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver

Book your room in the WSAJ block: https://book.passkey.com/go/wsaj2026
Cut off date: August 30, 2026

Cancellation Policy

Refunds for cancellations will be issued if the WSAJ Office is notified no later than September 9th, 2026. We cannot accept cancellations after this date. Substitute attendees are accepted.