Corporate Counsel Section
Membership in the Corporate Counsel Section is open to any Active member in good standing of the Washington State Bar Association. Our members include in-house legal counsel, attorneys in private practice who spend a substantial portion of their time working with in-house counsel, and other legal professionals who counsel businesses or nonprofit enterprises. We urge attorneys interested in learning more about corporate law departments and general business and corporate law to join our section. Law students may join as subscribers of the section, but do not have voting rights.
The section provides a number of programs and other resources for our members. Our quarterly dinner meetings provide an excellent opportunity to socialize and network, and include speakers on various topics of interest to section members. CLE credit is generally available for each dinner meeting.
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Section Executive Committee Elections
The Section is conducting elections for open positions on the executive committee.
Voting is scheduled for June 5-19, 2023. All voting members of the Section will be sent an electronic ballot from Survey Monkey via email on June 5, 2023.
Candidate Information, Open Positions, and Terms
For more information about the Section and its executive committee, please review the Section's bylaws. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order by position.
Chair
One position open. 2-year term: Oct. 1, 2023–Sept. 30, 2025.
Candidate: Joel Emans | Statement of Interest
Secretary
One position open. 2-year term: Oct. 1, 2023–Sept. 30, 2025.
Candidate: Kat Stryker | Statement of Interest
At-Large Member
Eleven positions open. 3-year term: Oct. 1, 2023–Sept. 30, 2026.
Candidate 1: Gregory Blair | Statement of Interest
Candidate 2: Joanna Carey Cleveland | Statement of Interest
Candidate 3: Jolene Marshall | Statement of Interest
Candidate 4: Laura Meyer | Statement of Interest
Candidate 5: Amy Neuberger | Statement of Interest
Candidate 6: Bryn Peterson | Statement of Interest
Candidate 7: Shahzad Qadri | Statement of Interest
Candidate 8: Carmen Wong | Statement of Interest
Questions? Email sections@wsba.org.
Section Membership
In accordance with the section's bylaws, and with the exception of law students, an individual must be an active member of the WSBA to join this section. We also welcome law students to join our Section.
You can join via secure online transaction. Once you have paid your membership dues, you will be added to the membership of the section and will begin receiving our newsletter and other information about section activities.
Receive information regarding upcoming events and get involved in the current discussion by joining our LinkedIn page.
Executive Committee
Chair: Joel Emans (2021-2023) Secretary: Katherine Stryker (2021-2023) Treasurer: Beth St. Clair (2021-2023) Immediate Past Chair: Scott Schrum (2021-2023) Young Lawyer Liaison*: Bria Wedgeworth (2020-2022) Board of Governors Liaison*: Kevin Fay (2022-2023) and Serena Sayani (2022-2023)
| Committee Members Tina Boyd (2020-2023)
*Nonvoting member |
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Section members can join the section list serve to receive information about section activities and other section-related matters. Email sections@wsba.org and request to join the list serve. For more information about the Corporate Counsel Section, please contact the section Chair Joel Emans.