![]() KELLEN A. HADEPresidentKellen is a partner at Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP, where he counsels clients through many types of business disputes, including contract, partnership, consumer, internet, trademark, and trade secret matters. Before private practice, Kellen clerked for Justice Mary Yu of the Washington Supreme Court and Judge Robert Whaley of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He also serves on the board of directors of the Legal Foundation of Washington's Campaign for Equal Justice. ![]() Shayna V. IsraelSecretaryShayna Israel is an associate at Skellenger Bender, P.S. Shayna’s practice focuses primarily on family law, including divorce/dissolution, domestic partnership issues, parenting plan and child support modifications, child custody, parentage actions and adoption. Prior to joining Skellenger Bender, Shayna served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Mary I. Yu of the King County Superior Court.
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RYAN BARNES
Communications CommitteeRyan Barnes is the Director of Creative Services at Whitman College. He is an accomplished creative director with more than 16 years' experience with knowledge in brand strategy, creative direction, digital media, and web management. He served as a board member to Simple Measures, the Washington State Bar Association's Disciplinary Board, and the Seattle Opera's BRAVO! Club. He was previously the Assistant Director for Design & Brand Marketing at Seattle University School of Law. He has earned his BFA in Digital Design and MFA in Arts Leadership. SARAH DION
Judicial Evaluation CommitteeSarah is a principal with Skellenger Bender, P.S., where she heads up the firm’s Trusts and Estates Practice Group. In addition to being on the QLaw Board, she is co-chair of QLaw's Judicial Evaluation Committee, and regularly mentors law students through QLaw. Sarah started her career by clerking for a justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and then as an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York City. She worked as a commercial litigator in New York and for a small boutique firm in Seattle before beginning a long stint as a career clerk at Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington. Sarah has a broad range of interests, including access to justice, racial equity, behavioral psychology, visual art, languages and good TV. Most recently, in 2021, Sarah was selected by Senator Patty Murray to be on the bipartisan Federal Judicial Merit Selection Committee, which was created to vet candidates for open seats on the Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington. Nic Doherty
Law Student and Scholarship CommitteesNic is an associate at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he works with employers and management to resolve a broad spectrum of local, state, and federal employment issues, including wage and hour, leave, workplace health and safety, harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination claims. Nic also maintains an active pro bono practice working with organizations including the Seattle Clemency Project and Seattle University’s Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality. CAM GATTA
Scholarship CommitteeCam is an intellectual property lawyer and Senior Attorney and Head of the Trademarks Team at Microsoft. His current practice focuses on trade mark due diligence and brand counselling, multi-jurisdictional trade mark portfolio management, and trade mark enforcement. Prior to joining Microsoft, Cam worked in private practice in the UK specialising in contentious, advisory and commercial work in all areas of intellectual property law. Cam has been involved in QLaw’s Judicial Evaluation Committee since 2019, has volunteered at Lambert House for over a year, and is one of the leads of the LGBTQ+ employee network of Microsoft’s legal department.
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Julissa RachorLaw Student Representative (Seattle University)Antonia GalesLaw Student Representative (University of Washington)TBDLaw Student Representative (Gonzaga University) |