Judge marsha pechman biography sample

  • Judge Pechman sat in King County.
  • A senior judge for the Western District of Washington, Marsha Pechman first conducted a virtual bench trial in June.
  • After 12 years in the merchant marine – while going to school between ships – I changed careers in 1982, switching from merchant seaman to lawyer.

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    Sailing The Seas Of Maritime Law (In 35 Years Of Practice)

    By John Merriam

    After 12 years in the merchant marine – while going to school between ships – I changed careers in 1982, switching from merchant seaman to lawyer. I’ve represented all types of seamen in wage and injury claims ever since. The maritime law is largely judge-made – stare decisis – from written decisions in cases brought in the various courts. (When suing for wages or injury, seamen may choose either state or federal court.) I like to think that the cases I’ve litigated and appealed have changed the maritime law (not always for the good). I claim credit for more than 20 significant, reported decisions (and almost 50 articles published in Trial News) over the past 35 years. What follows is a summary of those cases that have set precedent.

    I went to work as an (Admission to Practice) Rule 9 intern immediately after taking the 1982 summer bar exam. My new boss told me to sue Ronald Reagan for cutting off free medical care for seamen by shutting down the U.S. Public Health Service Hospitals around the country. (Formerly known as the Marine Hospitals, Seattle’s U.S.P.H.S. Hospital is/was the imposing structure on Beacon Hill later occupied for a time by Amazon.) I brought a class action against Ronald Reaga

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