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Mark Prothero, Partner with the Kent, Washington law firm of Hanis Irvine Prothero, has been appointed by Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire to the Washington State Forensic Investigation Council (FIC). The Council is a 13-member Board that provides oversight of the State’s crime laboratories. Other members include the Chief of the Washington State Patrol, the Prosecuting Attorneys for Whatcom County and Kittitas County, the Walla Walla County Sheriff, the City of Connell Police Chief, the Kitsap County Coroner, and the Clark County Medical Examiner. Mark is the first criminal defense attorney to be appointed to the FIC.