Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Apex Awards Exec Session topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Bar Association board accepts slate of Apex Awards after executive session
Summary
The Bar Association board met in executive session to consider three items — a request for reconsideration under APR 2(b), a confidential briefing related to an amicus matter involving Perkins Coie, and the Apex Awards — then returned to public session and voted unanimously to accept the slate of Apex Awards.
The Bar Association board voted unanimously to accept the slate of awardees for the Apex Awards after returning from an executive session that began at about 3:45 p.m. and recessed around 4:30 p.m.
The board said the executive session was authorized under “Article 7, Section 7(a), sections 2, 4, and 6 of the bylaws.” During the closed session the board considered an applicant’s APR 2(b) request for reconsideration of an application for admission and received a confidential briefing regarding an amicus matter involving Perkins Coie. No substantive details of those confidential items were disclosed when the meeting returned to public session.
After the executive session, a board member moved, “I move that we accept the slate of awardees for the Apex Awards.” The motion was seconded by “K.” and the board proceeded to a roll-call vote. The following members were recorded as voting in the affirmative: Namwin; Tom Ahern; Chris Fang; Matthew Dresden; Kari Petrasic; Jordan Couch; Mary Rathbone; Todd Bloom; Christina Leary; Emily Arneson; Harvin Price; and Kevin Faye. The motion passed unanimously.
Board leadership announced the three matters discussed in executive session in public session but did not provide additional public details about the APR 2(b) reconsideration or the Perkins Coie amicus briefing, consistent with the confidential nature of the discussion. The board adjourned shortly after the vote.
The board’s reference to APR 2(b) and to specific bylaw sections indicates the executive session was conducted under the association’s internal procedural authorities; the meeting record does not include further public explanation of how those authorities apply to the items discussed.
