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Rob Wilson-Hoss, left, and Rick Hoss, during
their younger days. courtesy of the Hoss
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separate incidents between June
1985 and March 1986. All four
complaints arose out of traffic
stops that resulted in arrests,
beatings and false charges that
were later dropped.
In 1993, the Washington State
Bar Association awarded Rob its
inaugural Courageous Award for
his civil rights work.
“He’s been fighting every day
for people who need someone to
fight for them,” Rick said of Rob.
Rick represented Grant Victor
in Victor V. Stihl, Inc. in federal
court in Tacoma as co-counsel in
a business tort claim that result—
ed in a landmark jury verdict of
$12.6 million. It was the largest
jury verdict at that time in the
Northwest.
Outside the courtroom,
the brothers individually and
separately lent their talents to
establishing and improving com-
munity organizations, including
Turning Pointe Survivor Advoca-
cy Center, the Dispute Resolution
Center, Habitat for Humanity of
Mason County, the Mason Coun—
ty Senior Activities Association
and the Tucker Family Founda—
tion; They volunteered at schools
and worked with Cub Scouts and
Boy Scouts.
One of their largest legacies is
convincing South Sound YMCA
to build a facility in Shelton. The
YMCA is scheduled to open in a
few months.
Kyle Cronk, president and
CEO of South Sound YMCA, said
both brothers played huge roles.
“For Rob, (it was) passion and
unwavering belief that Shelton
needed a YMCA,” he wrote in
an email to the Shelton-Mason
County Journal. “No matter how
long it took or how many obsta-
cles were in the way, he was de-
termined to make it happen. This
Y would not be here if it weren’t
for Rob. Rick too provided unique
support to the project, not only
with his love and support of his
brother, but his extensive net-
work of community relations. The
two of them are a powerhouse
team that when they focus on a
goal, they achieve it. Lastly, they
are just rock solid people —— reli-
able, willing to go the extra mile
in order to strengthen the com-
munity they love.”
Rob said he is uncomfortable
taking credit for the projects,
— Rick Hoss on his brother and legal partner, Rob Wilson'Hoss
Brothers: Hoss siblings have shared ofi’ice for 38 years
which he stressed are team ef-
forts.
“What I love with this com—
munity is what it does for itself,”
he said.
Rick is past president and a
longtime board member of the
Mason County Economic Devel-
opment Council; past president,
secretary and board member of
the Shelton Rotary Club; and
past vice president and board
member of the Shelton—Mason
County Chamber of Commerce.
He and his wife Martha, a
longtime seventh-grade science
teacher at Pioneer School, live
on Hood Canal in Potlatch. Rob
and Wendy live on a 28—acre tree
farm near Lake Limerick.
Rob has three children and
. eight grandchildren. Rick has
three children and tWO grand-
childrenAl five of their children
were valedictorians at their
schools.
The brothers had about 40
employees over the four decades.
The judges have made Mason
County a good place to practice
law, the brothers said.
“A bad judge will messup ev-
eryone there,” Rob said. “We’ve
never had that.”
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