Nov 08, 2016

Veris Law Group

Silverthorn

Veris Law Group in Seattle hired Leah Silverthorn as a new attorney. She focuses on complex environmental matters in real estate and litigation of environmental disputes, representing businesses, owners, municipalities and individuals. She worked at Wooden & McLaughlin in Indianapolis and for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Casey Family Programs

Casey Family Programs named the winners of the Casey Excellence for Children Awards. The Leadership Award goes to Dana M. Emery, CEO of Dodge & Cox in San Francisco who is on the national board of Summer Search, a mentoring program for low-income youth in the Bay Area, Seattle, New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The Alumni Award goes to Jerod Pierce, founder and managing partner at Olympic Holdings in Seattle. He was in foster care and was served by Casey Family Programs in Montana and Washington. Pierce attended Harvard Business School.

Nov 04, 2016

Helsell Fetterman

Mary DePaolo Haddad has joined Helsell Fetterman in the professional liability, employment and commercial litigation practice groups. She has 15 years of experience in professional liability, real estate, construction, copyright and trademark, product liability, school law, employment and premises liability. She also is a director of Ladder Down, a national program for women attorneys to hone leadership and business development skills.

Washington Wine Industry Foundation

Brian Carter and Jerry Judkins-Smith have joined the board of directors of Washington Wine Industry Foundation. Carter is owner and winemaker at Brian Carter Cellars. Judkins-Smith is the principal at Sphere Foods as well as co-owner and president of Inland Desert, Inc.

Nov 03, 2016

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker

Oles Morrison Rinker & Baker hired Daniel Radthorne and Benjamin Zickes in the Seattle office. Radthorne joins the firm as an associate in the Construction and Government Contracts Departments. Zickes is the firm's eDiscovery paralegal, overseeing all aspects of identifying, collecting and producing electronically stored information in patent litigation, antitrust and government/regulatory investigation. The firm has offices in Washington, Alaska and California.

Washington State University

Stacy M. Pearson, a senior administrator at Boise State University, has been named vice president for finance and administration at Washington State University. Pearson has served for 12 years in an equivalent position at BSU, where she supervised planning and facilities operations, master planning and a major building campaign. Pearson starts March 1. Former WSU Vice President for Finance and Administration Roger Patterson left the university last year. Olivia Yang has served on an interim basis.

Nov 02, 2016

SLS Seattle

Stephenson

Levar

Paperd

sbe, a Los Angeles-based hospitality company, named Tawny Paperd director of sales and marketing, Leah Levar director of human resources, and Gavin Stephenson executive chef and director of food and beverage for SLS Seattle. The 189-room hotel is set to open next year in The Mark office tower at Fifth and Columbia. Paperd worked at Sheraton Seattle, Salish Lodge & Spa, Hotel 1000 and Four Seasons Hotel Seattle. Levar worked in human resources at the Olympic Hotel since 1994. Stephenson was executive chef at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel and worked at the Ritz Carlton Chicago.

National Association of Women Judges

Seattle Municipal Court Presiding Judge Karen Donohue was awarded the 2016 Justice Vaino Spencer Leadership Award by the Honorable Lisa Walsh, past president of the National Association of Women Judges. Donohue joined the group in 2011 when she was elected to Seattle Municipal Court. Donohue is serving her first term as presiding judge.