May 25, 2016

University of Washington Tacoma

The University of Washington Tacoma named Dr. Howard L. Smith the Gary E. and James A. Milgard Endowed Dean of Milgard School of Business. Smith was dean at the University of New Mexico for its Anderson School of Management and School of Public Administration, and spent six years at Boise State University. Smith also was founding dean of Pacific University College of Business in Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Seattle University

Seattle Youth Traffic Court won the 2016 Spirit of Community Project Award by Seattle University's Center for Community Engagement. The program is a partnership of Seattle Municipal Court, Seattle University Law School, Garfield High School and Seattle Police Department that lets eligible teen drivers opt to have their case heard by a court of their peers. Youth participate as judges, jurors, defense attorneys and prosecutors in an actual courtroom. Teen drivers must help restore the harm their violation caused through community service, apology letters, research and participating in future Youth Traffic Court cases.

May 24, 2016

Smith

Seattle-based Smith, which describes itself as an experiential commerce agency, named Tony Steel president and CEO. Former President and CEO Chuck DelGrande will remain on the board of directors as vice chairman. Steel was executive vice president of customer strategy services for Merkle, and a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He also spent more than 10 years with IBM Global Business Services. Smith has offices in Portland, Spokane and Ottawa.

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie named Toby Brown chief practice management officer. He will lead revenue management and efficiency programs, legal project management, pricing, process improvement, practice innovation, alternative staffing and new partner integration. He was with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as chief practice officer. Andy Culbert joined the intellectual property practice as a partner in Seattle. He was Microsoft's associate general counsel for worldwide intellectual property litigation. Culbert will also teach intellectual property law at University of Washington School of Law. Perkins Coie has more than 1,000 lawyers in 19 offices across the United States and Asia.

May 20, 2016

Visit Seattle

Nick Hawley joined Visit Seattle as director of marketing, and will work with Publicis to promote Seattle. Hawley was parking program manager at Downtown Seattle Association and also worked for Team Soapbox, a Seattle communications firm.

McKinley Irvin

McKinley Irvin said Laura Sell joined the family law firm as a new partner in Seattle. Sell was with Stokes Lawrence in Seattle. Sell also regularly serves as a mediator and settlement conference master in family law cases.

Lighthouse eDiscovery

Lighthouse eDiscovery, which provides ediscovery and consulting services, named Paul Johnson director of business development in the Northwest. He was president of global sales at Heads Up Puzzles and before that was vice president of sales operations at Key Bank.

University of Washington

SEATTLE (AP) — President Obama is giving the National Medal of Science to a University of Washington scientist credited with connecting a gene mutation with breast cancer.

Mary-Claire King was honored at a White House ceremony on Thursday for her research on evolution and the genetics of human disease. The National Medal of Science is the nation's highest recognition for scientific achievement. King has spent more than 40 years as a researcher and teacher.