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11 Wash. St. B. News 1 (1957)

handle is hein.barjournals/wasbn0011 and id is 1 raw text is: W aojlXnton tat 195 Pae% Vol. XI, No. 1 MAY, 1957 Page 1 ELECTION TO BOARD OF GOVERNORS Election of two new members to the Board of Governors will be held this year. The districts involved are the Third and Sixth Congressional Distrcts. These offices are now held by Ralph M. Rogers of Ta- coma and Lester T. Parker of Aberdeen. Nominations for the office of Governor from each of these two Congressional Districts must be in writing and signed by twenty (20) active members from the district of said nominee. Forms of petitions are pre- pared by the Executive Secretary of the State Bar and are furnished upon request. Any petition nominating a person for the office of Governor must be filed in the office of the Washington State Bar Association, 501 Third Avenue, Seattle 4, Washington, not later than May 31st of the year in which the election is held. All active mem- bers from the district of said nominee in good standing thirty (30) days prior to the election shall be entitled to vote at this election. All ballots must be returned to the office of the Association on or before June 15th of said year. (See Article III, By-Laws of Washington State Bar Associa- tion.) NEW ATTORNEYS ADMITTED Twenty-eight of the 41 persons who took the January bar examination passed the ex- amination and have now been admitted to the bar. A list of the successful applicants follows: Successful Attorney Applicant Thomas Conley Adams, Jr., Olympia Larry B. Adamson, Kennewick David Henry Allard, Seattle Chester Richard Bennett, Edmonds Donald Hay Braiier, Jr., Seattle Ralph Max Bremer, Seattle James Reber Callaghan, Seattle Gordon Nicholas Cromwell, Seattle Richard Paul Donaldson, Seattle John 0. Durkan, Seattle John T. Edmonds, Mercer Island Frank L. Farrar, Seattle Ernest Martin Furnia, Montesano Bernard David Greene, Seattle Marion Harvey Hemmen, Seattle Harold Henry Higgins, Jr., Spokane George Robinson Huff, Seattle Jon Patrick McConnell, Seattle Thomas J. Owens, Seattle Robert R. Redman, Seattle Arthur Eber Sherman, Jr., Seattle Robert Houston Thompson, Seattle Hubert W. Townsend, Seattle William Ewing Van Arsdel, Seattle Harold F. Vhugen, Seattle Donald Paul Vincent, Tacoma John Francis Wilson, Mountlake Terrace George Thomas Yates, Seattle STATE BAR TO MEET IN SEATTLE IN AUGUST The annual meeting of the Washington State Bar Association will be held this year in Seattle on August 29, 30 and 31. Head- quarters will be in the Olympic Hotel. Charles S. Rhyne, president-elect of the American Bar Association, will be honor guest and speaker at the banquet. The Law Society of British Columbia will join with the State Bar Association in hold- ing a joint meeting on the last two clays of August. AROUND THE STATE Announcements have been received from various points in the state conveying the following information: In Selah Robert A. Felthous and Robert F. Brachtenbach have formed the partner- ship of Felthous & Brachtenbach to practice law in the Professional Bldg., phone MY. 7-7202. Cameron Sherwood and William M. Tug- man have opened an office at 603 Baker Bldg., Walla Walla. The Spokane firm of Paine, Lowe, Coffin & Herman has admitted John Huneke as a member of the firm and added Edward R. Roberts and George T. Shields as associates. Graves, Kizer, Greenough & Gaiser of Spokane, have added John G. Layman and William J. Powell to their staff as associates. A new partnership in Walla Walla is that of Allen & Johnson, composed of Harley W. Allen and Carl L. Johnson, who have located at 101 First National Bank Bldg., phone 1100. Talulation of Results of January Bar Exaniination by Scltools P, University of Chicago ............ University of Denver .............. Drake University ...................... Duke University ...................... George Washington U ............. Gonzaga University ................ Harvard University ................ University of Iowa .................. University of Michigan .......... University of Montana .......... Rutgers University .................. University of South Dakota.. University of Utah .................. Vanderbilt University .............. University of Virginia ............ University of Washington ...... University of West Virginia .... Washington and Lee ................ W illam ette ................................ University of Wisconsin ......... Law Clerk .................... ssed Failed Total 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 I 1 1 1 2 4 6 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I ! q 2 I1 1 1 I I I I 1 1 28 13 41 RETIREMENT BILLS For the past several years, there has been pending before Congress legislation which would permit self-employed persons to defer until later years tax liability upon a portion of their current income paid into a restricted retirement fund. Before Congress, at the present time, there is legislation known as the Jenkins-Keogh Bill (H.R. 9 and 10). This bill allows a self-employed person to deduct from gross income each year a limit- ed amount of self-employment income con- tributed by him to a restricted retirement fund or paid in as premiums to purchase an insurance policy with retirement features. He can deduct annually up to $5,000 or 101/c of self-employment income, whichever is less, but not more than a total of $100,000 during his lifetime. There is a five-year carry-over of unused deductions, subject to certain limitations. An individual, who has reached the age of 50 before the effective date, is allowed to deduct an additional amount to help him build up an adequate interest in the fund or obtain more than a token annuity. In his case, the normal deduction limit is in- creased by 1/10 for each year of age over 50, and not over 70. The contributions plus accumulations be- come taxable when distributed and may be withdrawn at any time. However, where withdrawals take place before the age of 65, the tax is 10C greater than otherwise, but the payment is treated as having been received pro rata during the taxable year and the four preceding years. Lump sum payments after 65 are given special treat- ment. Every self-employed lawyer should in- form himself fully about the Jenkins-Keogh Bill. The principle of this legislation has already been endorsed by the American Bar Association and the Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar Association. PURCHASE OF 1957 LAWS The temporary or advance pamphlets of the 1957 Session Laws are now obtainable from the Secretary of State for $1.00 per set, and the botnd volumes from Mark H. Wight, State Law Librarian, Temple of Justice, Olympia, for $4.00 each (no tax). The last bound session laws were not re- ceived from the bindery until the middle of November and, while it is hoped the new laws will come earlier this year, the bar is assured that orders will be filled as fast as the books are made aailable.

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