Apr 08, 2010

Foster Pepper

Foster Pepper hired Jeffrey Lane and Charles Rullman in its Seattle office. Lane is an associate in the Health Care Practice Group. Rullman is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group and previously worked with Arent Fox in Los Angeles.

KeyBank

Linda Mauzy has joined KeyBank's Bellevue private banking team as a portfolio manager. Mauzy has 23 years of investment experience in the Seattle area and spent 10 years with Parametric where she managed separate accounts and mutual funds.

Jones Soda

Jones Soda Co.'s board of directors hired William Meissner as president and chief executive officer. Meissner was president of Talking Rain Beverage and previously worked as chief marketing officer of Fuze Beverages, a division of Coca Cola North America.

Farmers Insurance

Farmers Insurance Group of Companies hired Stephen Brown as state executive director for Washington. Brown began his career with Farmers in 1989 as a claims representative in Ventura County, Calif. He has been a division marketing manager, director of sales and state executive director for Nevada.

Terramar Retail Centers

Kelley O'Connor joined Carlsbad, Calif.-based Terramar Retail Centers as leasing representative for Pacific Northwest shopping centers based in Renton. She was leasing manager for Seattle developer Tarragon. O'Connor is responsible for leasing Fairwood Shopping Center in Renton, Covington Square in Covington and three Oregon properties: Tigard Promenade in Tigard, Sunnyside Village Square in Happy Valley and Oswego Village in Lake Oswego. Terramar Senior Vice President Pamela Aguirre said the company is becoming more active in the West, Northwest and select cities in Mexico.

Jones Lang LaSalle

The Ethisphere Institute named the real estate advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for 2010. Jones Lang LaSalle, which has a Seattle office, is the only real estate company on the list. Ethisphere is a think-tank focused on ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

Keller Williams Realty

Anjie Chapman and Jan Horning joined Keller Williams Realty's Seattle Metro West Market Center in West Seattle. Chapman is a buyer specialist. Horning's most recent venture was BoldTransitions.

Northwest Multiple Listing Service

Members and clients of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service donated nearly 6,000 pairs of shoes for Haitians affected by the January earthquake that killed 230,000 people and injured 300,000. The shoes are being distributed through Soles4Souls of Nashville.

What to do with vacant stores?

CityClub and other groups are co-sponsoring a panel discussion at noon on April 19 about using vacant storefronts and other commercial buildings for arts and cultural purposes. The 90-minute event will be in the Rainier Square Atrium, 1333 Fifth Ave., Seattle. KUOW reporter Marcie Sillman will moderate the discussion by panelists Kate Joncas of the Downtown Seattle Association, Jim Kelly of 4Culture, Seattle City Council member Nick Licata and Kerry Nicholson of Legacy Partners Residential. Tickets are $12 to $30. Register by writing CityClub@seattlecityclub.org. To reserve a table for 10, call (206) 682-7395.

Seminar on real estate workouts

“Commercial Real Estate Workouts and Remedies” is a daylong Law Seminars International class on April 28 at the Seattle Red Lion Hotel, 1415 Fifth Ave., and also via live Webcast. Program co-chairs, attorneys Christopher I. Brain of Tousley Brain Stephens and Andrew A. Guy of Stoel Rives, say the seminar will give a look of the current market in which buyers are trying to back out of purchase contracts, and lenders are facing more loan defaults. The seminar is for lenders, lawyers, developers, contractors and others. Tuition ranges from $347.50 to $695. Register at lawseminars.com or by calling (206) 567-4490 or (800) 854-8009.