MONTE
E. HESTER
email
Monte@hesterlawgroup.com
phone
(253)272-2157
Monte Hester
graduated from the University of Oklahoma Law School in 1967. He has been
in private practice in Tacoma since 1968. For the first twelve years he
was engaged in a general practice with an emphasis thereafter on criminal
law and personal injury, including civil rights and premises liability
issues. He has trial experience in most counties of Washington, as well
as in the federal courts of Washington. He is a former City Attorney and Judge
for the City of Gig Harbor.
|
Professional Honors
and Credentials:
-
Past president of
Tacoma Pierce County Bar (1986)
-
Board of Directors
for the Pierce County Department of Assigned Counsel (1988-1994)
-
Governor for the 6th
Congressional District for the Washington State Bar Association
(1990-1993)
-
Selected to The Best
Lawyers in
America and
elected Fellow to the American College of Trial Lawyers.
-
Selected annually as
one of Washington State's Super Lawyers by Law & Politics Magazine
-
Recipient of the
Gideon's Trumpet Award for outstanding assistance to the indigent
-
Appointed by the
Federal District Court Judges of Western Washington
as a Lawyer Representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference for a
three year term ending in 2003.
Professional
Affiliations:
-
Washington State
Trial Lawyers Association
-
American Bar
Association
-
Federal Bar
Association
-
National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers
-
Washington
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
-
American Inns of
Court
|
|
