Attorney Profile

Jennie Laird

Jennie Laird

Michael W. Bugni & Associates
11300 Roosevelt Way Northeast, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98125

Seattle

Washington (WA)

Contact Contact Jennie Laird
T: 206-365-5500
F: 206-363-8067

Visit: www.lawgate.net
Practice Areas: Family Law (100%)

Family Law

Profile

Jennie's practice focuses on contested custody cases between married or unmarried parents, bringing or defending against nonparental custody actions, cases involving domestic violence and abuse allegations, second parent and step-parent adoptions, and all manner of family law cases representing gay, lesbian, transgendered, and bisexual clients. Jennie occasionally sits as a pro tem family law commissioner in King County Superior Court; she is an adjunct professor at Seattle University School of Law and was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Adjunct Faculty Award for her work there.  She is currently President of the Board of Directors of the QLaw Foundation, and she previously served as a board member of the King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence for many years.  Jennie received the WSBA YLD Pro Bono Award in 2003.  She is a long-time volunteer with Legal Voice (formerly known as the Northwest Women's Law Center), with their Self-Help and Legislative Committees, and she has also participated with the volunteer legal teams representing the petitioner in In re the Parentage of LB and trial-level work for the plaintiffs in Andersen v. King County.

Selected To

Washington Rising Stars 2011
Washington Rising Stars 2008
Washington Rising Stars 2004

Historical data is only available from 2003

About Jennie Laird

Admitted: 1996, Washington

Professional Webpage: www.lawgate.net/attorneys.asp

Honors and Awards:

  • In recognition for remarkable dedication to the provision of legal services to low-income people, particularly domestic violence victims, and for volunteer committments to legal and social service community organizations, Pro Bono Award, WSBA Young Lawyer's Division, 2004
  • For participation at the trial level on the "Marriage Equality" legal team, Cynthia Gillespie Award, Northwest Women's Law Center, 2005
  • In recognition of outstanding teaching and dedication to the students, Outstanding Adjunct Faculty, Seattle University School of Law, 2010

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Chair, King County Bar Association Family Law Section, 2006
  • President, QLaw Foundation, 2012

Pro bono/Community Service:

  • Volunteer with various committees (previously Self Help Committee; currently, Family Recognition Policy Committee) with Legal Voice (formerly known as the Northwest Women's Law Center), 1996
  • Member of the Board of Directors, King County Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 2004
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