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28 St. & Loc. L. News 1 (2004-2005)

handle is hein.journals/stlolane12 and id is 1 raw text is: /MI Section of State and Local Government Law STATE & LOCAL LAW The Section serves as a collegialforum for its members, the profession, and the public to provide leadership and educational resources in urban, state, and local government lakw andpolicy. Outstanding Lawyers and Law Office Recognized by Fordham Society at Atlanta Meeting efferson Fordham Awards honoring outstanding lawyers and a law office for professional excellence in the practice of state and local government law were presented during the Seventh Annual Jefferson Fordham Society Luncheon on Friday, August 6,2004 at the ABAs 2004 Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The awards were presented by the Section's Jefferson Fordham Society in three categories: Up and Comers, Law Office Accomplishment, and Lifetime Achievement. Up & Comers Award Vancouver, Washington lawyer Keith W. Hirokawa, a part- ner with the firm of Erikson & Hirokawa, has been recog- nized with a Fordham Up & Comers Award. A land use law practitioner in Clark County, Washington, he is much admired for his knowledge of local zoning codes and his understand- ing of the Washington State Environmental Pol- icy Act. He routinely rep- resents neighboring prop- erty owners against land use development, and de- fends property rights and Section SecretaryEdwardj Sullivan developers in land use (left) with Up & ComersAward proceedings. recipient Keith W Hirokawaof A proficient legal Vancouver, Washington. writer, Keith has pub- lished dozens of articles on environmental and natural resources issues, including water rights, mineral rights, constitutional issues, and admin- istrative law. He has also spoken and presented at several con- ferences on environmental legal issues. A 1998 graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, he was honored by the law school with a CALI Award for Excellence in the Future. He received an LL.M. in environmental and natural resources law from the North- western School of Law of Lewis & Clark College in 2001. An active member of the Clark County Bar, Keith is also an ad- junct professor for the University of Oregon School of Law. Law Office Accomplishment Award The CityAttorney's Office ofReno, Nevada, has been recog- nized as a national leader in dealing with issues of domestic and family vio- lence. In 1999, in a con- certed effort to break the cycle of violence endemic to domestic violence, the City Attorney's Office established programs to assist the victims of do- mestic violence. It also created a SeniorTraining Past Section Chair DanielJ. Team to educate law en- Curtin (left) with Reno City forcement and other Attorney Patricia Lynch, whose agencies in how to re- office was recognized with a Law spond to elder abuse, in- Office AccomplishmentAward. continued on page 4 Chairs Message, by Terrence S. Welch, page 2 Section News -Environmental Law Committee, page 3 -Section Recognized for CLE Diversity, page 4 -Section e-Communications, page 4 -Healthcare Summit, page 6 Recent Developments, page 6 Spring Meeting in Anchorage, pages 7-8 * Washington's Labyrinthine Ways, page 9 Stacks Received on: 10-22-04 State & local law news. Vol. 28, No. 1, Fall 2004

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