COSTCO News: Big Gun Hired

Phil Wayt, Executive Director of the Washington Beer and Wine Wholesalers Association, said that they hired Oregon Attorney Paul Romain to the WBWWA legal team for the COSTCO litigation, now in US District Court in Seattle. Paul will serve as the Director of Litigation and coordinate the defense team. Paul is a veteran attorney and the long-time legal counsel for the Oregon Beer and Wine Distributors Association. When a reporter asked an aide of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber why the