Jan 30, 2007

Williams, Kastner & Gibbs

The Washington chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates has picked Williams, Kastner & Gibbs lawyer Tim Blue as president-elect for 2007. There are 100 lawyers from Washington in the national group.

Miller Nash

The Seattle law firm of Miller Nash has added four partners: Chris Masse, Paul Havel, Steven Christensen and Steve Turner. Masse is in the regulatory and government affairs department. Havel handles domestic and international intellectual property. Christensen concentrates on taxation and business transactions. Turner heads litigation efforts in the Vancouver office.

Sedgwick Rd.

Forrest Healy returns to Sedgwick Rd., serving as co-creative director for the agency with Zach Hitner. He was part of Sedgwick Rd.'s creative team for six years before joining DDB's Chicago office. Sedgwick Rd. offers brand development, digital services, public relations and media planning services.

Esterline

Bellevue-based Esterline Corp., a specialty manufacturer serving aerospace/defense and medical markets, named Brad Lawrence a corporate group vice president.

ABD Insurance and Financial Services

ABD Insurance and Financial Services announced that Gary Kilburg has joined the company as senior vice president and chief risk officer. He will be based in ABD's Seattle office. Prior to joining ABD, Kilburg was assistant treasurer, risk management at Whirlpool Corp.

Inland Northwest AGC

The Inland Northwest AGC earlier this month gave its third annual Tom Mauer Safety Award to Randy Zutter of Paras Concrete Contractors. The award is given to an individual or company that has an accomplished safety program, is active in the AGC Safety Committee, and assists the local chapter and its members and safety directors in the development of their safety programs.

Jan 26, 2007

Lane Powell

James M. Waldon has joined the Seattle office of law firm Lane Powell as an associate attorney in the aviation law group. He was lead counsel at Alaska Airlines and senior attorney at Trans World Airlines.

Davis Wright Tremaine

Allen D. Clark has returned to the Davis Wright Tremaine Seattle office after three and a half years practicing law in China and serving as partner-in-charge of the firm's Shanghai office.

Mockingbird Society

Wanda Hackett has joined the Mockingbird Society as programs manager. The nonprofit is focused on building a better foster care system. Hackett will help replicate the Mockingbird Family Model across the state and nationally.

Xerox

Xerox Corp. employee Cyndi Quan-Trotter will take a one-year, paid sabbatical to volunteer with Antioch Adoptions, a nonprofit in Redmond. She will help Antioch develop systems that allow it to grow beyond Washington state.