General Election: November 3, 2009
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Bryan Whitaker
Spokane Municipal Court
Position One
Candidate Statement:
Born
in Virginia, Bryan grew up as a military brat in Connecticut, South
Carolina, Guam and Florida. After graduating from West Orange High
School in Winter Garden, FL in 1980 Bryan attended the University of
Florida on a Naval ROTC Scholarship.
After two years at Florida he joined the Air Force as an Airborne Spanish Cryptologic Linguist. During his ten year enlistment Bryan graduated from Angelo State University with a degree in English. Upon separation from the Air Force in 1992, he and his wife Lauri moved to Spokane to attend law school at Gonzaga.
Bryan was initially in private practice, and then worked for both the City of Spokane and Spokane County as a public defender. In January 2005 he reentered private practice. His practice continues to focus on criminal law, but also includes a variety of civil cases. Bryan and Lauri have been married for 25 years and have a seven year old son named Alex. He is a member of Rotary and the American Legion and has served on several non-profit boards here in Spokane. Bryan was also recently named the 2008 Spokane County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyer Program Attorney of the Year.
| Questionnaire response: | For Spokane County Bar Association |
| ORGANIZATION | TRACY STAAB | BRYAN WHITAKER |
|
Spokane County Bar Association Evaluation Panel |
Well Qualified | Qualified |
|
Spokane County Bar Association Member Poll |
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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):
| NEWSPAPER | TRACY STAAB | BRYAN WHITAKER |
| Spokane Spokesman-Review |
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| CANDIDATE |
REPORTED AS OF |
CONTRIBUTIONS | EXPENDITURES |
| Tracy Staab | 11/02/2009 |
$41,265.09 (Personal Funds $25,900.00) (Loans $4,700.00) |
$38,321.25 |
| Bryan Whitaker | 11/02/2009 |
$6,131.81 (Personal Funds $2,032.00) (Loans $2,200.00) |
$6,119.84 |
| October 20, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Candidates' home addresses become issue in judicial race | |
| September 4, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Court upholds thousands of verdicts | |
| May 31, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | High court weighing Spokane courts | |
| March 2, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Council rejects residency requirement for judges | |
| February 17, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Residency requirement proposed for judges | |
| January 3, 2009 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Municipal Court judges confirmed, sworn in | |
| December 30, 2008 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | [Opinion] Court positions will require informed electorate | |
| December 23, 2008 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Verner selects three for court | |
| December 21, 2008 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | Eight judge finalists selected | |
| December 3, 2008 | ||
| Spokesman-Review | City to set up municipal court system | |
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