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Foster Pepper Welcomes Five Summer Associates, including Two 1L Diversity Fellowship Recipients

May 21, 2013 – Foster Pepper is pleased to welcome five law school students as 2013 summer associates. This year’s class includes students from the University of Virginia, University of Washington, University of Oregon, and Seton Hall University. “We have an exceptional group of five summer associates joining us this summer, including two 1L Diversity Fellowship recipients,” said Brad Hoff, chair of the firm’s Insurance Coverage practice and co-chair of the Professional Recruiting Committee. “This group is diverse in experience, ...

Foster Pepper Ranks Fifth on Puget Sound Business Journal's "Corporate Philanthropists – Medium" List

May 20, 2013 – Foster Pepper once again was recognized as one of the “Top 75 Corporate Philanthropists” in the region by the Puget Sound Business Journal, ranking fifth on the “Corporate Philanthropists – Medium.” In 2012 the firm donated approximately $526,000 to charitable causes, including more than $43,000 in employee contributions to United Way. The number five ranking was the highest of any Washington state law firm. “We are excited to be included on this list of companies in our region making a difference,” said Robert ...

Court of Appeals Reaffirms Public Utility District Authority to Condemn State School Trust Lands

Foster Pepper attorneys assist Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County in condemning easements needed for construction of new transmission line In 1930, in the first-ever initiative to the people of the State of Washington, the voters authorized Public Utility Districts. At the same time, the people of the State authorized PUDs to condemn certain State lands that may be necessary for public purposes. More than 80 years later, Division III of the Washington Court of Appeals on May 7, 2013, affirmed the right of ...

Oxford Press publishes The Washington State Constitution Second Edition, co-authored by FP Attorney Hugh Spitzer

April 25, 2013 – Oxford University Press today released The Washington State Constitution Second Edition, co-authored by Foster Pepper PLLC attorney Hugh Spitzer and retired Washington State Supreme Court Justice Robert Utter. The second edition has been expanded to detail the impact of the late nineteenth century Populist movement on both the structure and content of Washington’s constitution, drafted in 1889. “Since the first edition a dozen years ago, the Washington State Constitution has really come into its own,” said Spitzer. ...

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