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prosecutor before going into private practice and serving as a judge in Des Moines, Wash. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy named him Honorary Consul of Honduras. He began doing more immigration work, which became his legal specialty. He wrote several books on immigration law, and was considered one of the foremost immigration attorneys in the United States. Among his cases, he was the legal counsel for Sergei Khrushchev’s son Nikita when he immigrated to the United States. ROBERT WALLACE FETTY, SR. passed away Oct. 10. 2014. He practiced law in Seattle for 50 years, belonged to the Washington State Magistrate Association and served as judge in Medina. He served in the Army in Korea. He was active as a coach in youth soccer and with the Boy Scouts of America. He participated in many canine organizations. EDWARD B. O'CONNOR passed away Oct.
22, 2015. He practiced law in Bellingham.
Class of 1959 / PHILIP H. AUSTIN
passed away Nov. 14, 2015. After a clerkship with Supreme Court Justice Robert Finley, he worked for the Attorney General's Office until retiring in 1985. He served as opinions chief for the office under three AGs. He was a member of the West Olympia Rotary Club for nearly 40 years and was active in youth exchanges. FLOYD L. NEWLAND passed away June 11, 2014. After serving in the United States Army for two years, he went to law school where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif and served as associate editor on the Washington Law Review. He was a former partner at Karr Tuttle Campbell where he practiced for 45 years. He served on the Board of Trustees for the Institute of Decisional Science and Claremont McKenna College, was an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association and an arbitrator for the National Futures Association. CHARLES "JACK" J. MCMURCHIE passed
away Oct. 1, 2015. A U.S. Army veteran, he finished in the top of his law school
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class and served on the Board of Editors of the Law Review. In 1959, he started what would become a 56-year career at Stoel Rives. For many years he was one of the leading estate planning attorneys in the Northwest. He served as the chair of the Oregon State Bar on estate planning and was a fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. He was a former chair of United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, a trustee of the Portland Art Museum and the J.F.R. Foundation and president of the Portland area council, as well as a national director of Camp Fire U.S.A. JACK P. SCHOLFIELD passed away Dec. 11, 2014. He started his legal career with George Guttormsen and was later a partner in Guttormsen, Scholfield, Willits and Ager. He was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Gov. Dixie Lee Ray in 1977 and was elected to the State Court of Appeals in 1982. He served two six-year terms, before retiring in 1995. He was a former president of the Seattle-King County Bar Association, a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the first president of the Washington Defense Trial Lawyers. After retiring from the Court of Appeals in January 1995, he joined the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, serving as a mediator and arbitrator until 2011. He also served as volunteer attorney with the Eastside Legal Assistance Program (ELAP) conducting legal clinics, and in 2003 was named its Volunteer Attorney of the Year. He was elected to the ELAP Board of Trustees in January 2004.
Class of 1961 / BLAKE HOWE passed
away Feb. 24, 2015. He served in the United States Navy aboard the destroyer USS James C. Owens, achieving the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He worked at a law firm that employed other family members, then for the City of Seattle, and later in solo practice. An avid biker, he made multiple trips to Europe for bicycle rides.
Class of 1962 / JOHN IVERSON passed away March 2, 2016. After law school, he clerked for Washington Supreme Court Justice Robert Hunter
and for Federal District Judge George Boldt. In 1966, he joined the Seattle law firm Ryan Swanson, where he practiced business and estate planning law for 43 years and served as managing partner. Among his community service, he was president and trustee for the Seattle Rotary Service Foundation, trustee and president of Seattle Children's Home and legal counsel for United Cerebral Palsy of King-Snohomish Counties. THOMAS "TOM" STANG passed away Jan. 14, 2016. An Army veteran, he began his legal career as deputy prosecuting attorney. He served as Honorary Norwegian Consul, providing Norwegian representation in the Pacific Northwest for 40 years. His Majesty, the King of Norway awarded him The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Knight 1st Class in 1976. The King of Norway further