Board of Directors

Andy Sachs, President

Andy Sachs is an attorney at Wrenn Law Group where he practices complex commercial litigation, insurance recovery, and environmental litigation.  Andy has significant trial and courtroom experience, both in state and federal court. He also dedicates time to an active pro bono practice that focuses on cases involving dependent children and termination of parental rights for abused and neglected children.  In addition to his position on the QLaw Association Board, he currently sits on the Board of Directors for the QLaw Foundation, Equal Rights Washington, and Washington State CASA.

Christine Sanders, Director

Christine is an attorney at Carney Badley Spellman where she focuses her practice on shareholder and fiduciary duties claims, antitrust and consumer protection actions, and general commercial litigation.  She and her partner live in Seattle and Anchorage.

Sher Kung, Director 

Sher is an associate at Perkins Coie in the commercial litigation group, with a focus on patent litigation. Sher spent 2009-2010 as a Legal Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union of Washington.  Outside of the law, Sher's time is spent experiencing music, running around Seattle lakes, practicing Mandarin and French, and doing a good crossword puzzle.

Barb Rhoads-Weaver, Treasurer

Barb is a litigator with her own practice.  She formerly litigated with Bullivant Houser Bailey and was a law clerk for Justice Tom Chambers of the Washington Supreme Court.  She and her wife Heather and son Luca make their home on Vashon Island.

Zana Bugaighis, President-Elect

Zana is an attorney in Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Seattle Office where she focuses on complex civil litigation.  Zana returned to Seattle this year from a clerkship with the Honorable David Alan Ezra, United States District Court Judge in Hawaii and from year practicing law in San Francisco where she was active in the legal community as vice-chair of the San Francisco Barristers Club’s Diversity Issues and Lawyers in the Schools Committees.  

Michael Sclafani

Michael holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration – Nonprofit Management with a career  focused on raising critical operating and scholarship funds for major universities and colleges including Columbia University in New York City and formerly served as the Director of Annual giving at Seattle University School of Law.  As chair of the law student outreach committee Michael is working to strengthen QLaw’s mentoring program and establish law student representation on the board.

Thuy Nguyen, Director

Thuy Nguyen is Counsel at A Place for Mom, Inc.  A Place for Mom is the largest national senior housing and care referral service in the U.S., employing nearly 600 people and helping over 600,000 families find senior care each year. Thuy has been a member of QLaw since its first year, has helped our QLaw Team raise funds for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance Annual Walk, and has been a mentor to law students as well.  Thuy has also served on the Foundation’s Grant Selection Committee.  She was previously President of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Washington (2008) and President of the Asian Bar Association of Washington (2011).  Thuy is a Taurus/Gemini; watches a lot of TV; sometimes paints, but mostly watches a lot of TV; does not like the outdoors; but does like food and wine (and not in moderation).  Thuy lives in Seattle.

Lisa Gilmore, Director

Lisa practices family law at Helsell Fetterman LLP, including work regarding dissolution of domestic partnerships, divorce, parenting plans, child support orders, cohabitation agreement/separate property agreements and second parent adoptions.  She has also been a long time member of GSBA.  Lisa and her partner Larysa enjoy spending time outdoors, playing soccer, going to Storm games and playing with their Bull Terrier, Boomer.

Jason Holloway, Director

Jason is an attorney at Stokes Lawrence.  In his litigation practice Jason focuses on dissolutions and legal separations involving complex financial issues; dissolutions of domestic partnerships, civil unions, and cohabitation relationships; parenting and child custody disputes; and modifications of parenting plans and child support orders.  In his transactional practice, Jason works with clients to develop a wide range of relationship agreements, including: prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; domestic partnership agreements, cohabitation agreements; and assisted reproduction agreements.

Dan Shih, Director

Dan is a trial attorney at Susman Godfrey LLP.  He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across the country.  He also serves on the board of the Asian & Pacific Islander Safety Center. Dan lives with his partner and three daughters.

Alex Oh, Director

Alex Oh is an attorney in the Technology and Intellectual Property group at Stoel Rives LLP.  He is also the chair of the QLaw Association Membership Committee.  While in law school, Alex was a judicial intern to the Honorable N. Patrick Crooks of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and served as senior submissions editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society.

Judah Travis, Secretary

Judah Travis is a Recruiting and Diversity professional with Perkins Coie, LLP. Judah first became an outspoken community member when he began to stand out as a child while growing up a small town. Since then, Judah has continued to represent the GLBT community well in both community and corporate settings. Prior to joining Perkins Coie Judah has held positions in personnel and program management, public relations, and human resources for organizations that include Washington State University and Nordstrom.

In 2011 Judah was instrumental in bringing the first “Big Law” GLBT Pride celebration to the Seattle community, and maintains involvement in several organizations dedicated to supporting the GLBT legal and business communities.