Officers
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Jason Holloway | President
Jason is an attorney at Stokes Lawrence. In his litigation practice Jason focuses on dissolutions and legal separations involving complex financial issues; dissolutions of domestic partnerships, civil unions, and cohabitation relationships; parenting and child custody disputes; and modifications of parenting plans and child support orders. In his transactional practice, Jason works with clients to develop a wide range of relationship agreements, including: prenuptial and postnuptial agreements; domestic partnership agreements, cohabitation agreements; and assisted reproduction agreements.
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Thuy Nguyen | Vice President
Thuy Nguyen is Corporate Counsel at A Place for Mom, Inc. A Place for Mom is the nation's largest senior living referral service with more than 500 employees, helping families find senior care and housing. Thuy has been a member of QLaw since its first year, helped the QLaw team raise funds for the Lifelong AIDS Alliance Annual Walk, served as a mentor to law students, and joined the board in 2011. Thuy has also served on the Foundation’s Grant Selection Committee. She was previously President of the Asian Bar Association of Washington.
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Judah Travis | Vice President
Judah Travis is a Recruiting and Diversity professional with Perkins Coie, LLP. Judah first became an outspoken community member when he began to stand out as a child while growing up in a small town. Since then, Judah has continued to represent the GLBT community well in both community and corporate settings. Prior to joining Perkins Coie Judah had held positions in personnel and program management, public relations, and human resources for organizations that include Washington State University and Nordstrom.
In 2011, Judah was instrumental in bringing the first “Big Law” GLBT Pride celebration to the Seattle community, and maintains involvement in several organizations dedicated to supporting the GLBT legal and business communities.
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Alex Oh | Secretary
Alex Oh is an attorney in the Technology and Intellectual Property group at Stoel Rives LLP. He is also the chair of the QLaw Association Membership Committee. While in law school, Alex was a judicial intern to the Honorable N. Patrick Crooks of the Wisconsin Supreme Court and served as senior submissions editor for the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society.
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David W. Howenstine | Treasurer
David Howenstine practices at Mills Meyers Swartling, where he focuses on insurance coverage, aviation law, tort defense, employment law, and general commercial disputes. Prior to joining Mills Meyers Swartling, David clerked for the Honorable James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and for the Honorable Ernest M. Robles at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California. Outside of work, David can be found exploring local restaurants, reading novels, enjoying trivia night, and spending time with family and friends.
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Zana Bugaighis | Immediate Past President
Zana is an attorney in Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Seattle Office where she focuses on complex civil litigation. Zana is also the current president of the QLaw Association. Prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine, Zana clerked with the Honorable David Alan Ezra, United States District Court Judge in Hawaii and practiced with Jones Day in San Francisco. She is admitted in both Washington and California.
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Directors
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Yvonne Curtis
Zana is an attorney in Davis Wright Tremaine LLP's Seattle Office where she focuses on complex civil litigation. Zana is also the current president of the QLaw Association. Prior to joining Davis Wright Tremaine, Zana clerked with the Honorable David Alan Ezra, United States District Court Judge in Hawaii and practiced with Jones Day in San Francisco. She is admitted in both Washington and California.
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Adam Eisenberg
Adam Eisenberg serves as a magistrate judge in Seattle Municipal Court and teaches a graduate level art law class for the University of Washington Museology (Museum Studies) graduate program. As a freelance journalist, he have written about domestic violence and the homeless mentally ill, and authored the book, A Different Shade of Blue: How Women Changed the Face of Police Work (2009).
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Lisa Gilmore
Lisa practices family law at Helsell Fetterman LLP, including work regarding dissolution of domestic partnerships, divorce, parenting plans, child support orders, cohabitation agreement/separate property agreements and second parent adoptions. She has also been a long time member of GSBA. Lisa and her partner Larysa enjoy spending time outdoors, playing soccer, going to Storm games and playing with their Bull Terrier, Boomer.
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Anthony Gipe
Anthony David Gipe has worked for many years in complex civil litigation in the areas of Business and Corporate Law, Employment Law, Personal Injury, Civil Litigation and Appeals, Construction Defect Litigation, Family and Domestic Law, Gay and Lesbian Law, Tort Litigation, and Civil Rights in Oregon, Washington, and California. Anthony has handled multimillion-dollar claims in California, Oregon, and Washington courts, conducted numerous trials in state and federal courts, and has successfully negotiated settlements for clients in many cases. Anthony’s current practice also includes advising other attorneys in their practices, including ethical compliance, employment, and other related issues.
When Anthony is not practicing law, he pursues his hobbies in fitness, fine arts, painting, and poetry. Anthony is also a self-described “foodie” and enjoys many different types of cooking.
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Kimberlee Gunning
Kimberlee Gunning is a partner at Terrell Marshall Daudt & Willie PLLC, focusing her practice on complex civil litigation and appeals in the areas of consumer class actions, employment law and commercial litigation and business torts. She is also active in Washington State Association for Justice, Public Justice, the Washington Employment Lawyers Association and the newly-founded Northwest Consumer Law Center. She is also an adjunct instructor at Seattle University School of Law, teaching the employment and labor law writing lab, and am a monthly columnist for Litigation World, an e-newsletter published by TechnoLawyer. Prior to serving on the board, Kimberlee was actively involved with the Judicial Evaluation Committee (JEC).
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Brian Leech
Brian is a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Pierce County.
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Alex Liberato
Alex is a marketing professional currently employed in an in-house creative team at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, an international law firm with nine cities across the United States and in China. He focuses primarily on publications, collateral, advertising as well as multimedia deliverables. Alex has won multiple awards for projects he has executed from legal- and design-based associations. His portfolio is available at www.alexliberato.com.
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Dan Shih
Dan is a trial attorney at Susman Godfrey LLP. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts across the country. He also serves on the board of the Asian & Pacific Islander Safety Center. Dan lives with his partner and three daughters.
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Vanja Stegic
Vanja is an intellectual property legal assistant at AMPACC Law Group, PLLC. He is a results-oriented, quality-driven professional with legal administration and compliance experience. He brings to the board a strong track record of successfully creating, modifying, and expanding organizational initiatives while demonstrating high levels of accuracy.
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