Death notices published in the December/January 2026 issue of Washington State Bar News.
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Author: NWSidebar
When Comfort Enters the Courtroom
How Washington pioneered the use of courthouse facility dogs to help victims, witnesses, and vulnerable people throughout the justice process.
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Whole Genome Sequencing at the Legal Threshold
In July 2023, Rex Heuermann was arrested and charged with seven murders between 1993 and 2010 in the Gilgo Beach serial killing case in New York. Prosecutors’ evidence against Heuermann involves a type of DNA analysis called whole genome sequencing, or WGS, that is new to the courtroom.
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Creative Recreation: Recreational Injury Cases Present Unique Challenges
I have found that these cases require creativity, agility, preparation, and grit—the same qualities that a mountaineer may need to scale Mount Rainier or a mountain biker to navigate a black-diamond run.
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Approaching Retirement Age? Go Back to Law School—in a Different Country
I quickly realized that golf, tennis, sun, and beaches were not for me. I thought about my bucket list—the things that I had thought would be interesting to do if I just had time. … My mind unavoidably strayed to law.
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Crossing Over: Confidentiality at International Borders
Today’s technology becomes a sensitive point at international borders because inspections of electronic devices do not necessarily include the same legal protections as when operating within a country.
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