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About Us

The Government Lawyers Bar Association (GLBA) embraces 10 objectives, namely:

  1. To provide a forum for the continuing exchange of ideas, concepts, techniques, and information of mutual interest between governmental lawyers, governmental officials, private practitioners, and the public;

  2. To encourage new ideas and reform in the laws and procedures of government and its agencies in furtherance of the public interest;

  3. To promote access to justice by the citizens of the state of Washington;

  4. To foster improvement in the representation of government and its agencies in judicial and administrative proceedings;

  5. To promote, protect, and further the interests and ethics of lawyers in governmental service;

  6. To promote better public understanding of the role of the government lawyer;

  7. To encourage and maintain a cooperative and friendly relationship between federal, state, county, and municipal lawyers in the state of Washington;

  8. To establish and maintain a cooperative relationship between this Association and the American and Washington State Bar Associations;

  9. To uphold and defend the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Washington; and

  10. To preserve and enhance the status of government lawyers.

ATTORNEYS

GLBA Executive Board 2024 – 2025

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Rob Hatfield

President 

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Trudi Glant

Treasurer

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Alex Straub

Director (CLE)

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Michelle Rusk

Vice President

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Desiree Omli

Director (communications)

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Matt Huot

Director (immediate past president)

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Katy Ruckle

Secretary

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Rebekah O’Hara

Director (membership)

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Rob Schiesser

Director (WSBA)

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