Sep 24, 2019

Skagit County Superior Court

In Mount Vernon, Skagit County Superior Court appointed Heather Shand as commissioner. Shand was pro-tem judge for District Court and pro-tem commissioner for Superior Court. She has experience in family law, including adoptions, guardianships, probates, business, taxation and estate planning. She will be sworn in on Thursday.

Ater Wynne

Portland-based business law firm Ater Wynne is merging with Los Angeles-based law firm Buchalter. Adding Ater Wynne's 21 attorneys in Portland will give Buchalter about 300 attorneys in nine locations, including a Seattle office it opened less than two years ago. Ater Wynne managing partner Todd A. Mitchell will become managing shareholder of the Portland office and a member of Buchalter's board. The deal is expected to close Oct. 1. The Seattle office has grown to 12 attorneys and recently relocated to U.S. Bank Centre.

Vyrty

Darin Selnick joined Redmond-based health care technology startup Vyrty as an advisor. Selnick has held several senior positions in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and was advisor to the White House Domestic Policy Council. Vyrty has developed Sync.MD, a mobile app and website that allows patients to control their health care information.

Sound Transit

Sound Transit is looking for volunteers to serve on its citizen oversight panel representing Pierce County. There are three positions open on the 15-person panel, which monitors Sound Transit and reports to the agency's board. More information is at https://tinyurl.com/ST-PCCOP.

The Walsh Group

Hand

Brandon Hand joined The Walsh Group in Seattle as a project manager. Hand comes from Robert Evans Co. in Portland, where he was a senior project coordinator. Prior to that, he worked for six years at Miles Sand & Gravel Co. in Puyallup. At Walsh, Hand is working on the Medical Mile Health Science Center in Tacoma for Bates Technical College.

Graham Construction & Management

Colley

In Seattle, the Buildings Northwest sector of Graham Construction & Management promoted Chris Colley to preconstruction manager. Colley joined Graham about two years ago, leading teams from preconstruction through construction. Canada-based Graham builds multifamily, retail, health care, life science, K-12, higher education and office buildings.

Sep 20, 2019

Digital Fortress

Seattle-based Digital Fortress leased the entire Rackhouse Seattle data center in Lynnwood from Lincoln Rackhouse. Digital Fortress is a privately held data center colocation company with two other data centers in the Seattle area. Lincoln Rackhouse is the data center division of Lincoln Property Co.

Digital Check

NextScan and ST Imaging, divisions of Digital Check, relocated their facilities to a larger building in Meridian, Idaho. The new space doubles both the manufacturing and office areas, providing room for additional growth for the companies that develop microfilm scanning equipment.