Professional Legal Associations


Washington State Bar Association (WSBA). The WSBA regulates the legal profession in Washington State. You will find information about being admitted to practice law in Washington, the licensing and continuing legal education requirements for lawyers, and information about the lawyer discipline process.
http://www.wsba.org/ 

King County Bar Association. A very useful site that provides information on community legal services, attorney referral list, volunteer attorneys, etc. You can also search state laws (Revised Code of Washington), local ordinances, court rules and court opinions on the KCBA Web Reference Library.
http://www.kcba.org/ 

Washington State Trial Lawyers Association (WSTLA). Washington state's leading professional organization for plaintiff trial attorneys. WSTLA provides very useful information to consumers and takes enormous efforts to protect the rights of injured persons who reside in Washington state.
http://www.wstla.org/ 

Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA). Has a useful "Keep Our Families Safe" Web site, dedicated to providing parents, children and others a wealth of information about the issues that affect their lives. The site also has access to helpful consumer news and safety tips and a forum in which visitors can share their own knowledge and cases.
http://www.atlanet.org/ 

Research & Government


Washington Appellate Court Opinions. View and download recent appellate decisions on line for free. No need to go to the law library when it's at your fingertips!
http://www.courts.wa.gov/ 

Attorney General of Washington Consumer Division. This site is maintained by the Washington Attorney General's Office and offers practical information, advice, and statutory references for many common consumer problems, such as: Auto Repair, Buying or Leasing Cars, Lemon Law, Credit (Credit Reports, Collection, Repossession, and More), Travel, Pyramid Schemes, Consumer Disputes (including information about Small Claims Court), Credit (Credit Reports, Collection, Repossession, and More), Cancellation Rights, Unwanted Mail, Camping Clubs, and information on the first law prohibiting junk E-Mail (Spam).

King County Superior Court Clerk's Office. A very valuable site for anyone that is involved in a lawsuit filed in King County. The site has downloadable information, including forms and local court rules. This site also has a short message from Roger Winters, the Manager of King County Superior Court's Electronic Court Records Program.
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcscc/ 

Pierce County Legal Information Network Exchange. This site provides links to law-related Pierce County sites, including Pierce County Superior Court, the Superior Court Criminal and Civil Calendars, Superior Court Forms, and links to the Prosecutor's Office, the Department of Assigned Counsel, District Court, and more.
http://www.co.pierce.wa.us/cfapps/linx/index.htm 

Snohomish County Superior Court. Provides useful information about this Superior Court including maps, telephone numbers, employment information, most frequently asked questions, and "quick information" on a variety of subjects (e.g., domestic violence, permits, bus service, bankruptcy, and licensing to name a few).
http://www.co.snohomish.wa.us/supcourt/ 

Thurston County Superior Court. This site is also still under construction, but provides e-mail access, brief biographies of the Judges, as well as addresses and phone numbers of the Judges and staff, and an on-line version of the Local Rules.
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/superior/index.htm 

United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. This site has forms you can download, a database of recently filed civil cases providing case information you can search by date filed or party name. There are also maps, information about mediators organized by type of case or mediator profile (alphabetically organized), Local Rules, and Discovery & Pretrial Procedures in the Western District of Washington, among otheritems of interest. Access to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Washington is also available.
http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/ 

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Official Home Page. Provides access to Ninth Circuit opinions (dating to June 1995). FindLaw's Ninth Circuit Opinions page goes back to 1990, and is equally searchable.
http://www.ce9.uscourts.gov/ 

Office of the Washington State Insurance Commissioner. The Commissioner's Office regulates the insurance industry in Washington State. Do you want information on how to file a complaint against an insurance company? Do you want to find out which companies have been fined or investigated recently? This is the place to go.