Leadership
LFW Board of Trustees
The members of the Legal Foundation of Washington’s Board of Trustees are appointed by the Governor, the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors, and the Washington Supreme Court. They serve three-year terms and are eligible for one re-appointment.
Michael J. Pontarolo, President
Delay, Curran, Thompson, Pontarolo & Walker, P. S.
Candelaria Murillo, Vice President
Anderson Law
Gary Melonson, Treasurer
Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.
Sean Davis, Secretary
T-Mobile
Mark A. Johnson, Past President
Johnson Flora Sprangers, PLLC
Joanna Plichta Boisen
Davis Wright Tremaine
Juli Farris
Keller Rohrback LLP
Mark A. Griffin
Attorney at Law
Fred Rivera
Seattle Mariners
Campaign for Equal Justice Board
The Campaign for Equal Justice is the fundraising program of the Legal Foundation of Washington. The board of the Campaign is composed of attorneys from around the state who volunteer their time to raise awareness about the importance of civil legal aid and raise private donations to fund the work of LFW’s grantees.
Joanna Plichta Boisen, President
Davis Wright Tremaine
Thomas Vertetis, Vice President
Pfau Cochran Vertetis Amala
Shelly Andrew
Gordon Thomas Honeywell
Kirsten Barron
Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC
Quentin Batjer
Davis Arneil LLP
Ann Brice
Law Offices of Brice & Timm
Nicholas Brown
Pacifica Law Group
Brian Buckley
Amazon
Jaime Cuevas, Jr.
Heath Dixon
Amazon
Bill Etter
Etter McMahon Lemberson Clary & Oreskovich
Mark Fordham
Starbucks
Laura Gerber
Keller Rohrback
Kiran Griffith
Perkins Coie
Kellen Hade
Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
Beth Henderson
Microsoft
Yemi F. Jackson
Microsoft
Larry Jefferson
Thurston County Public Defense
William Kinsel
Kinsel Law Offices, PLLC
Kathleen Kyle
Snohomish County Public Defenders Association
Nicholas Manheim
US Attorney’s Office, Seattle
Dick Manning
Attorney at Law
John McKay
Davis Wright Tremaine
Deane Minor
Tuohy Minor Kruse, PLLC
Vanessa Padelford
JND Class Action Administration
Patrick Palace
Palace Law Offices
André M. Peñalver
US Attorney's Office, Tacoma
Laurie Powers
Gonzaga University School of Law
Gregory E. Price
Law Office of Gregory E. Price
William Rava
Perkins Coie
Jeffrey Schaap
City of Yakima Legal Department
Bryan Smith
Tamaki Law Offices
Gail Smith
Northwest Justice Project
Michael Sprangers
Johnson Flora Sprangers
Jill Haavig Stone
Stadium Law Group
Peter Talevich
K&L Gates
John Teutsch
Teustch Partners
Jessica Walder
Trupanion