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Kendee Yamaguchi hired as Director of Policy, Legislative Affairs, and External Relations of the Attorney General’s office

February 11, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

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Kendee Yamaguchi

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the hiring of Kendee Yamaguchi as Director of Policy, Legislative Affairs, and External Relations on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

As the executive director of the Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs, Yamaguchi served as a small agency cabinet member and advised the governor, state agencies, the Legislature, and local government on policies, plans, and programs.

Yamaguchi will lead Ferguson’s governmental affairs team, advising the office on legislative issues, policy, and external relations.  

Yamaguchi has worked in the Clinton White House as a director in the Office of Management and Administration. She has experience working as a television executive and a staff member in the Washington State Legislature. She has also worked as an attorney in private practice.

She earned her law degree from Seattle University School of Law. During law school, Yamaguchi earned numerous honors and scholarships from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Loren Miller Bar Association, Puget Sound Minority Clerkship, and the Access to Justice Institute.

A third-generation Japanese American who was born and raised in Washington, Yamaguchi is a former member of the Washington State Bar Association’s Professionalism Committee and serves on the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission. (end)

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Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, Asian Pacific American Affairs, Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Clinton White House, Kendee Yamaguchi, Legislative Affairs, Loren Miller Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Professionalism Committee, Puget Sound Minority Clerkship, Vol 32 No 7 | February 9 - February 15, Washington State Bar Association, Washington State Legislature

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