2026 Law Day Speech Contest
It is time once again for the annual Law Day Speech Scholarship Contest co-sponsored by the Thurston County Bar Association and West Olympia Rotary. The speech contest is open to all high school students attending high school in Thurston County. If you know of any Thurston County high school students who might
TCBA 2025 31st Annual Golf Tournament
Congratulations to the Golf Tournament Winners: Winning Team: Patrick O’Connor, Phil Griffith, Kevin Griffin, Bill Starnes KP #1: Lisa Wood KP#2: Patrick O’Connor Long Drive Men: Bill Starnes Long Drive Women: Amanda Bley Kuehn Thank you to everyone who participated in the TCBA 31st Annual Golf Tournament!
2025 Law Day Speech Contest Results
The TCBA held the preliminary round of the TCBA Law Day Speech Contest for high school students on April 23, 2025, at the Thurston County Courthouse. The topic this year was “Should birthright citizenship extend to all persons born in the United States or only to those whose parents are
2025 Daniel Bigelow Award Recipient – Mark L. Wheeler, Jr.
CONGRATULATIONS to MARK L. WHEELER, JR. for being selected as the 2025 Daniel Bigelow Award Recipient!! Mark is a partner at the law firm of Bean, Gentry, Wheeler & Peternell, PLLC. His current work focuses on transactional real estate and business matters. But in thirty-seven years of practice Mark has
2025 Judicial Evaluation Survey Results
A total of 320 surveys were emailed out to TCBA members and a total of 52 surveys were completed, representing 16.3% percent of the TCBA membership. Responses were tabulated and an average rating for all respondents was calculated. Only ratings between 1 and 5 were included; “Don’t Know” and items
2025 WSBA Local Hero Award Recipient – Christy Peters
Congratulations to Christy Peters for being selected as the 2025 WSBA Local Hero Award Recipient!! Thank you for all of your hard work and your significant community involvement!