PORTLAND, Ore. ―
Dayna E. Underhill, an attorney in the
Portland,
Oregon, office of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, has been appointed by the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) Board of Governors to the Association’s newly established Disciplinary Advisory Roundtable (DAR). Ms. Underhill is the only respondents’ counsel representative (i.e., an attorney experienced in the field of lawyer-discipline defense) to be appointed.
The DAR is charged with providing an annual report to the Washington State Supreme Court and the WSBA’s Board of Governors regarding the state of the discipline system in Washington. It is to identify issues or areas of concern and make recommendations for change. In addition to Ms. Underhill, the DAR includes as members: a Washington State Supreme Court justice, the WSBA chief disciplinary counsel, a member of the WSBA Board of Governors, the WSBA executive director, the chief hearing officer, the WSBA Disciplinary Board chair, a lawyer from the WSBA Office of General Counsel with responsibility for staffing the Disciplinary Board and/or working with Hearing Officer Panel, an active WSBA member who is not otherwise involved in the disciplinary process, and two non-lawyers.
Ms. Underhill focuses her practice in the area of legal professional responsibility and ethics, with particular emphasis in the area of attorney disciplinary defense and legal ethics advice. She advises lawyers, law firms and corporate in-house lawyers in legal ethics, risk management and professional responsibility matters. Ms. Underhill also practices in the areas of commercial litigation and labor and employment law.
Ms. Underhill earned her J.D. from Suffolk University Law School in 1992 and her B.A.,
cum laude, from Hartwick College in 1988. She is licensed to practice in Oregon and Washington.
Founded in 1934, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP is a national law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in 24 offices spanning 12 states, including
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Massachusetts,
Minnesota,
Missouri,
New York,
Oregon,
Rhode Island and
Wisconsin.
Hinshaw offers a full-service practice, with an emphasis in litigation, business law and corporate transactions, environmental, intellectual property, labor and employment law, professional liability defense, estate planning and taxation matters. The firm represents a range of for-profit and not-for-profit clients in industries that include alarm and security services, construction, financial services, health care, hospitality, insurance, legal, manufacturing, real estate, retail and transportation. Hinshaw clients also include government agencies, municipalities and schools.