Brent Boger

Washington Court of Appeals

Division 2, District 3

This race will be decided in the Primary Election.

Brent Boger EDUCATION: J.D., University of the Pacific (1985) B.A., California State University (1980)
OCCUPATION: Vancouver Assistant City Attorney
EMPLOYER: City of Vancouver, Washington
LEGAL/JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE: Attended law school in California became a lawyer in 1985 and his first legal job was on California Governor’s staff. Private practice of law including litigation, trials, and appeals, representing both large and small clients. Returned to Washington to work for the Pacific Legal Foundation, a public interest firm, working for property owner rights in Washington appeals courts and in the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently practices municipal finance, land use, environmental, and real estate law.
OPTIONAL INFORMATION: Brent grew up in Olympia, attends St. Thomas Catholic Parish in Camas with his wife, Ria who teaches French.

Candidate Statement: Brent Boger has twenty years of private and public sector legal experience, including participation in U.S. Supreme Court cases and appeals cases in three states. His bipartisan supporters include Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson, Clark County Commissioners Betty Sue Morris and Marc Boldt, Dino Rossi, Secretary Sam Reed, Senator Slade Gorton, former U.S. Attorney Mike McKay, Longview Mayor Dennis Weber, Winlock Mayor Cy Meyers, Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard and Councilwoman Jeanne Stewart. Judges must decide cases based on the law, not personal beliefs or personal concept of “common sense”. Brent will not legislate from the bench. Visit www.brentboger.com.

Questionnaire: Completed

Official web site: www.brentboger.com

Opponent: Joel Penoyar

Candidate ratings (click organization for details):

ORGANIZATION	BRENT BOGER	JOEL PENOYAR
Asian Bar Association of Washington	*	Exceptionally Well Qualified
Washington Women Lawyers	*	Exceptionally Well Qualified

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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):

NEWSPAPER	BRENT BOGER	JOEL PENOYAR
Centralia Chronicle
Vancouver Columbian
Longview Daily News

Finance report (Click name for contributor details):

CANDIDATE	REPORT DATE	CONTRIBUTIONS	EXPENDITURES
Brent Boger	08/22/2006	$34,876.00	$25,478.23
Joel Penoyar	08/22/2006	$28,646.50	$22,145.86

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