Aug 31, 2016

SLS Seattle

Lapasin

sbe, a Los Angeles-based hospitality company, appointed Rod Lapasin general manager of SLS Seattle. The hotel will occupy 16 floors in The Mark, a 44-story tower now being built in Seattle. The hotel is set to open next summer. Before joining sbe, Lapasin was general manager of Salish Lodge & Spa and managed TCP Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Course in Snoqualmie. He has also worked at The Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Four Seasons Olympic and Sheraton Seattle, and won the 2011 Washington State Lodging Association Manager of the Year Award. SLS Seattle will have 189 guest rooms and suites, spa and fitness facilities, and a restaurant and cocktail lounge on top.

Pace International

Pace International of Wapato said Rodrigo Cifuentes has joined as vice president of marketing and business development. Cifuentes has over 20 years of experience with domestic and multinational companies in agriculture, agricultural chemicals and food. Pace is a subsidiary of Valent BioSciences Corp., a Sumitomo Chemical Company, and works on ways to preserve the quality of fruits and vegetables.

Aug 30, 2016

City of Kirkland

City Manager Kurt Triplett won the top award for 2016 from the Washington City/County Management Association for an administrator or manager. Triplett became city manager in 2010. WCMA cited several examples of his innovative work: Cross Kirkland Corridor and Interim Trail; a new framework for state legislative strategy; creating a public disclosure ordinance; Google's expansion and two major re-development projects: Totem Lake Mall and Kirkland Urban.

BECU

BECU credit union will open its first Spokane-area Neighborhood Financial Centers Sept. 19 in two new branches: Cataldo Square at 916 N. Division St., and 615 N. Sullivan Road in Spokane Valley. A third BECU financial center will open soon. BECU now has mortgage advisors and business relationship managers in Spokane.

Aug 26, 2016

Lane Powell

Dustin J. O'Quinn has joined Lane Powell as a shareholder in the Immigration Practice Group. O'Quinn counsels employers in the technology, energy, design and financial sectors on U.S. immigration issues. He managed the immigration practice at The Dustin O'Quinn Law Firm and also worked at Foster LLP and Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP.

Perkins Coie

Perkins Coie hired Melanie K. Curtice in the Tax Benefits & Compensation group as a partner in the Seattle office. She counsels public and private sector employers on the legal issues of benefits for employees.

Aug 25, 2016

Calfo Eakes & Ostrovsky

Elder

Ostravsky

Eakes

Calfo

Angelo J. Calfo, Patty A. Eakes, Andrea D. Ostrovsky and Damon C. Elder have formed a new Seattle firm: Calfo Eakes & Ostrovsky PLLC. It will focus on high-stakes civil litigation and white collar criminal defense. The four partners are joined by associates Alicia J. Cullen, Emily Dodds Powell and Andrew R.W. Hughes. The seven attorneys are departing from the previously named law firm of Calfo Harrigan Leyh & Eakes.

Marshall Defense

Garick

Alexei Garick has joined Marshall Defense Firm in Seattle as an associate. He has more than 10 years of experience as both as a prosecutor and defense attorney in sexual assault and child abuse cases. He worked in Massachusetts as an assistant district attorney in the Child Abuse/Sexual Assault Division.