About WSAJ
Committees 2025 - 2026
WSAJ standing committees assist the WSAJ Board of Governors to develop policies and carry out programs. All committee members and leaders are appointed by the WSAJ President for a one year term starting in September and ending in September the following year.
AAJ Representatives
Awards Committee
CLE Steering Committee
Court Rules Committee
Diversity Committee
Executive Committee
Finance Committee
Holly Ball
Judicial Relations Committee
Legislative Steering Committee
Membership Committee
Nominations Committee
Public Affairs Committee
Trial News
Washington Pattern Instruction (WPI) Committee
WSBA Liaison
Governor
Elizabeth Hanley
Governor
Michael J. Fisher
Governor
Michael T. Pfau
Governor
Leah Snyder
Delegate
Brian F. Ladenburg
Delegate
Celia M. Rivera
Minority Caucus Representative
Zabrina Delgado
Revitalization Representative
Brennan Nolting
Chair
Sarah Fleming
Members
Ed Budge
Sydney Codd
Zabrina Delgado
Meaghan Driscoll
Tara Eubanks
Tyler Goldberg-Hoss
Chen-Chen Jiang
Shannon Kilpatrick
Wesley Mortensen
Kathryn Potvin
Hardeep S. Rekhi
Diego Rondon Ichikawa
John Webber
Vice President
Elizabeth McLafferty
Second Vice President
Mallory Allen
Members
Morgan Adams
Ruby Aliment
Ian Bauer
Jennifer Bechtold
Robert Bohm
Joshua Brothers
Amanda Carmody
Marshall Casey
Denise Chen
Tabbatha Denning
Mercedes Donchez
Samuel Elder
Catherine Fleming
Egan Kilbane
Jay Krulewitch
Amie Peters
Josef Reibel
Ibiere Seck
Rachel Scott
Michael Wampold
Lara Wilcox
Chair
Colin Mieling
Vice Chair
Michael Montgomery
Members
Lisa Benedetti
Joshua Brothers
Jeffrey Coats
Jordan Couch
David Fadduol
Richard Feltman
Grant Gellatly
David Kell
Egan Kilbane
Brian Ladenburg
Jane Morrow
Matt O'Laughlin
Justin Olson
Douglas Palmer
Kelly Ricke
Joshua Rosen
Seth Rosenberg
Gregory Simmons
Jeremiah Surface
Stephen Trinen
Benjamin Watson
Thomas West
Jesse Wing
Co-Chair
Isaac Castaneda
Co-Chair
Xi "Cissy" Wang
Members
Dominic Bacetich
Denise Chen
Jeffrey Donchez
Angela Foster
Wenting Gao
Chen Chen Jiang
Sara Maleki
Melanie Nguyen
Carson Phillips-Spotts
Lily Ramseyer
Conrad Reynoldson
Mackenzie Sanders
Ada Smoke
Furhad Sultani
AJ VanderPol
Michael Wampold
Chance Yager
Kris Zucconi
Chair
Hardeep Rekhi
Members
James Walter Beck
Mercedes Donchez
Scott Edwards
Elizabeth Hanley
Kathryn Knudsen
Amie Peters
Jason Skuda
Leah Snyder
JJ Thompson
John Webber
Chair
James Walter Beck
Members
Elizabeth Hanley
Hardeep Rekhi
John Webber
Chairs
Jennifer Duran
Celia Rivera
Vice President
Andrew Ackley
Second Vice President
Sarah Perez
Members
David Abeyta
William Ball
Jed Barden
Ian Bauer
Isaac Castaneda
Carrie Coppinger
Marie Docter
Jeffrey Donchez
Ryan Dreveskracht
Lucas Garrett
Ray Kahler
Carl-Erich Kruse
Judith Lonnquist
Lorcan Malone
Kari Petrasek
Steven Shaw
Cassidy Spencer
Jeremiah Surface
Adam Urra
Legislative Steering Committee
Vice President
Amie Peters
Second Vice President
Scott Edwards
Members
Dominic Bacetich
Brandon Batchelor
Ian Bauer
James Beck
Lisa Benedetti
Andrew Boes
Shaun Callahan
David Crump
Maria Diamond
Alex Dietz
Cole Douglas
Francisco Duarte
Lucas Garrett
Tyler Goldberg-Hoss
Katie Guldhammer
Rachel Hamar
Elizabeth Hanley
Joel Hanson
William Hochberg
Kathryn Knudsen
Carl-Erich Kruse
David Lauman
Sam Leonard
Elizabeth LePley
Patrick LePley
Elizabeth Lindquist
Katherine Mason
Betsylew Miale-Gix
Todd Nichols
Vanessa Oslund
Doug Palmer
Greg Price
Hardeep Rekhi
Mackenzie Sanders
Steve Shaw
Lee Thomas
Andrew Ulmer
AJ VanderPol
John Webber
Jesse Wing
Brian Wright
Vice President
Jason Skuda
Second Vice President
Marta O'Brien
Members
Casey Arbenz
Sydney Codd
Tabbatha Denning
Cole Douglas
Scott Edwards
Jeffrey Floyd
Bridget Grotz
Megan Hale
Cassidy Spencer
Mani Tung
Scott Ugelstad
Andrew Ulmer
Chair
John Webber
Members
James Beck
Mercedes Donchez
Elizabeth Hanley
Marta O'Brien
Amie Peters
Hardeep Rekhi
Vice President
Mercedes Donchez
Second Vice President
Megan Hale
Members
Andrei Andreescu
Morgan Cartwright
Carrie Coppinger
Tara Eubanks
Oliver Garrison
Grant Gellatly
Courtney Hansen
Chen-Chen Jiang
Brenna Pink Pampena
Todd Rayan
Frank Shin
Gregory Simmons
Christopher Walsh
Allison Woodruff
Kris Zucconi
Editor-in-Chief
Ronald Park
Members
J. Nate Bingham
Cody Branstetter
Ed Budge
Amanda Carmody
Roxanne Eberle
David Fadduol
Oliver Garrison
Jay Krulewitch
Carl-Erich Kruse
Joseph Lunsky
Amy Miller
Melanie Nguyen
Kory Queen
Sara Schirato
Jason Skuda
Ada Smoke
Furhad Sultani
Rafael Urquia
Chris Walsh
Washington Pattern Instructions (WPI) Committee
WSAJ Representatives
Darrell L. Cochran
Colleen Durkin Peterson
Elizabeth Hanley
Chair
Betsylew R. Miale-Gix