Elijah M. Forde

Attorney | Olympia | 360.754.6001 | fordee@lanepowell.com

Areas of Practice

Elijah Forde’s experience includes working as an Assistant Attorney General in the Washington State Attorney General Office, where he represented the Department of Labor and Industries in worker’s compensation and building trades disputes at the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals, the Office of Administrative Hearings and in Superior Court.  He also worked as a law clerk for the District of Columbia Public Defender’s Service, representing incarcerated youth in disciplinary hearings. He is a member of several organizations, including the Governor’s Affirmative Action Policy Committee, Attorneys Assisting Citizen Soldiers and Families, and as Vice President of the Loren Miller Bar Association, where he coordinates the Association’s involvement in  legal and political matters affecting the African American community.

Professional Experience

• Assistant Attorney General, Washington State Office of Attorney General
• Law Clerk, District of Columbia Public Defender’s Service
• Research Assistant, Howard University School of Law

Admitted to Practice

• Washington

Academics

• Howard University (J.D.)
  • Merit Scholarship
  • Technical Editor, Howard Social Justice Law Review
  • Howard University Civil Rights Clinic

Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships

• Labor and Employment

Speaking Engagements

• “Alternatives to Law,” Western Region Black Law Students’ Association Convention, January 2009

Professional and Community Activities

• Member, Governor’s Affirmative Action Policy Committee
• Vice President, Loren Miller Bar Association
• Volunteer Mock Trial Coach, Seattle Preparatory School
• Volunteer Instructor, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (2008)
• Students of Color Resource Center
  • Student Delegate to the United Nations Conference on Xenophobia in Durban, South Africa (2001)
  • Student Ambassador to Bunkyo University, Japan (2000)