Pacifica Law News Today

Backers of an initiative to halt the state’s push to end natural gas use in homes and other buildings began gathering signatures Wednesday after a Thurston County judge settled a

Firm Partner Denise Stiffarm Assumes the Role of Firm Managing Partner from Gerry Johnson, a Founding Partner Who Will Continue His Legal Practice with the Firm.

SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday made two more nominations for the federal bench in western Washington state: Seattle lawyers Jamal Whitehead and Kymberly Evanson. Whitehead is a civil litigator with the firm Schroeter Goldmark & Bender, where he focuses on workplace discrimination and unfair labor practices.

Jamar Walker, nominated to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, was one of six judicial picks announced Wednesday.