News & Announcements: January, 2023

03/23/2023

The Thomas T. Glover Mediation Program Presents: The Nuts and Bolts of Mediation - Including Ethical Considerations

Are you curious about the mechanics of mediation? New to practicing law and wondering about how to raise the topic...

03/06/2023

The Local Bankruptcy Rules Committee (“LBR Committee”) is typically reactivated and reconstituted every few years to review and improve this District’s local rules. The LBR Committee is currently chaired by Judge Dore and is otherwise comprised...

02/15/2023

WAWB Best Practices has posted a new article in this series designed to benefit new and seasoned bankruptcy professionals. "Navigating the New Student Loan Discharge Process: Overview and Additional...

02/06/2023

Registration is now open for “Roadways to the Bench: Who Me? A Bankruptcy or Magistrate Judge?”, an exciting program coordinated by the Judicial Conference Committees on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System and the Magistrate Judges System...

01/09/2023

The WAWB Best Practices series announces its most recent installment: In re Masingale: "100% of Value" Exemption Claim, an article by Katherine Culbertson, Law Clerk to Hon. Brian Lynch. The article...

01/04/2023

 

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington is pleased to announce the appointment of Gina Zadra Walton as the new Clerk of Court. Ms. Zadra Walton will assume the Clerk of Court duties on January 1, 2023.

Ms...