2024-05-14T13:55:37-07:00 2023-06-30 823726482 Rising Sun Accounting PO Box 25726 Seattle WA 98165 990 2022-07-01 911354688 WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS WASH 2066231302 450 Alaskan Way S Suite 205 Seattle WA 98104 Lauren Bramwell Executive Director 2066231302 2024-05-14 1 Lauren Bramwell 999009999 1 Adam Hodgin P01772349 2069395442 2024-05-14 1 11 1 AAL2 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X Lauren Bramwell 450 Alaskan Way S Suite 205 Seattle WA 98104 380043 0 X www.wacdl.org X 1986 WA To provide continuing education for criminal defense lawyers, to improve their professional skills and their ability to protect the constitutional rights of their clients. 24 24 5 24 686 0 215559 289981 42580 69964 7 2 -26044 -17734 232102 342213 6525 0 0 0 131705 162238 0 0 11129 116034 150281 254264 312519 -22162 29694 65566 117785 7865 30390 57701 87395 To provide continuing education for criminal defense lawyers, to improve their professional skills and their ability to protect the constitutional rights of their clients. 0 0 129803 0 2635 Maintained a library of downloadable legal briefs and motions available to our members. Managed six email discussion lists, focused on different areas of criminal defense practice. Each list is used by members to exchange information about criminal law and criminal defense practice. Members send thousands of emails over the course of a year. Published email newsletters with criminal law updates and information about WACDL programs. Maintained an expert database and Brady list of names of potentially impeachable law enforcement officers. Through our Rules Committee, provided feedback for proposed rules affecting criminal practice. Though our Ethics Hotline, provided advice and assistance to members with questions about the Rules of Professional Conduct. Filed three Amicus Briefs to advance principles of fairness and justice and protect the rights of the accused. 105437 0 67329 Organized and presented continuing legal education (CLE) seminars, with a combined total of 289 attendees. CLEs are recorded and made available for purchase on our website. 38658 0 0 Tracked criminal law related legislation. Lobbied and testified in support of key legislative priorities. 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RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 5276 5276 307243 312519 62504 15626 0 0 61403 47012 50853 62504 221772 332658 8697 20352 6216 5276 40541 15351 11753 12713 15626 55443 83165 447 102 0 0 549 Holiday Party 86817 67407 19410 0 0 7338 24463 1782 4247 0 0 86817 67407 19410 0 0 7338 24463 1782 4247 37830 -18420 Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 Board members may occasionally be co-counsel, entering something of a business relationship. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 CONTRIBUTING LAWYERS: Patron members support WACDL with an additional contribution. They receive free tuition for two WACDL CLE programs and a 50% discount on the annual conference registration fee. In addition, we will send patron members a link to download speaker materials for each of the CLE programs we present during your membership year. Sustaining members support WACDL with an additional contribution. They may download the materials for WACDL CLE programs presented while they are a sustaining member. LAWYERS: "Years of practice" is determined by when you were first admitted to any Bar. Public defender members are those who obtain all of their income from assigned cases (e.g., no private cases). Law professor members are for full-time law professors. Retired membership is for retired lawyers no longer taking paid cases. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: Associate members are non-lawyers involved with the criminal justice system. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a The officers of the association shall be the President, President Elect, two Vice Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, and such other officers with such powers and duties not inconsistent with these Bylaws as may be appointed and determined by the Board of Governors. Upon election, officers shall relinquish their regular membership position on the Board of Governors. There shall be a vice president east and a vice president west chosen from the respective sides of the state divided at the cascade mountains. Officers shall serve a one year term commencing at the beginning of the annual conference. The President shall appoint a nominating committee consisting of at least five regular members of the association. The President, President-elect, and the immediate past President shall be members of the committee. The committee shall propose the names of at least one candidate for each open officer and board position. Nominations for officers and the Board of Governors may be made by the committee from the regular membership rolls. All nominees must be voting members in good standing. The Secretary shall notify the membership of the nominations no less than sixty-five (65) days prior to the date of the annual membership meeting. A statement provided by each nominee for an officer or regular member Board position, not to exceed eighty (80) words, shall be included with this notification. If a candidate fails to submit a statement, the Secretary shall provide a statement which sets forth the candidate's occupation, place of business, and whether the candidate is an incumbent. In addition to the names proposed by the nominating committee, members of the Board of Governors may be nominated for any officer position, and any regular member in good standing may be nominated for the Board of Governors by the written petition of at least fifteen (15) regular members filed with the Secretary at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the annual meeting. Such nominations shall be included on the ballot mailed to the membership. All elections shall be by written ballot by mail to the membership no less than forty (40) days before the annual meeting. To be valid, a completed ballot must be received at the principal office of the association no less than twenty-seven (27) days before the annual meeting. The Secretary shall report the results of the balloting at the annual meeting. Each regular paid-up member of the organization shall be entitled to one (1) vote by mail for each officer and one (1) vote by mail for each elective membership position on the Board of Governors to be filled at large and one (1) vote by mail for the position on the Board of Governors to be filled from the board district in which the member practices or resides. The voting district shall be determined from, the member's business address on record with the Association, unless the member elects to base this on the member's residence address. The ballot shall include the statements from nominees. In addition, the ballot shall include statements, not to exceed eighty (80) words, provided by each candidate nominated. If a candidate fails to submit a statement, the Secretary shall provide a statement which sets forth the candidate's occupation, place of business, whether the candidate is an incumbent and whether the candidate's name was placed on the ballot by the Nominating Committee or by petition. Incumbents and persons nominated by the Nominating Committee shall be identified as such on the ballot. The method of distributing the ballots shall be determined by the Executive Committee. In the event there is only one candidate for each officer and board position by the deadline set in Section 3 of this Article, no ballots shall be distributed. At the Annual Membership Meeting, the Secretary shall declare the candidates of the Nominating Committee elected by acclamation. Votes to Elect Those receiving the highest number of votes for Board of Governor and officer positions shall be elected. In the event of a tie, a majority vote of the outgoing Board of Governors shall cast the deciding vote. Rules on Campaigning The Board of Governors shall create regulations relating to campaigning for office. Any vacancy in an officer position other than the President shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term upon Presidential nomination from the remaining officers or members of the Board of Governors, confirmed by a majority of the Board of Governors at its next meeting. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of President, the President Elect shall fill the office of President for the remainder of that term. No new President Elect shall be appointed or elected. If the President Elect cannot serve, the Executive Committee, by majority vote and subject to confirmation by a majority of the Board of Governors at its next meeting, shall elect another member of the Executive Committee or a member of the Board of Governors to serve as President for the remainder of the term. Any person so selected shall immediately resign his or her other office or regular membership on the Board of Governors. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Once finalized, the 990 is provided to the board for review prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c We require board members to sign COI forms every year and they are reviewed by the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 Cost of living factors (substantiated by the BLS). Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Bylaws are on the website, others by request.