John C. Coughenour
Personal
Birthday:
1941
Birthplace:
Pittsburgh, KS
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 1966-1981
Assistant professor of law, University of Washington, 1970-1973
Education
Name of School:
Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University)
Degree:
B.S.
Degree Year:
1963
Name of School - Second:
University of Iowa College of Law
The highly competitive practice of law has a way of shaping a person. If you let it, it can and it will make you into a thing;...That thing the practice of law would make of you is ultimately what becomes of the once passionate, once idealistic, once hopeful, would-be world changer, who has become eroded by the routine, battering current of the practice, and who has failed to cultivate the ground cover that resists erosion of soul." For those of us in the world of work, whether as lawyers or not, tending to that initial force that drew us toward the study of law should be part of our thoughts and periodic reflections.
Degree - Second:
J.D.
Degree Year - Second:
1966 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. District Court, Western District of Washington
Court Name:
Washington Western District Court
President Nominating:
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
9/28/1981
Retirement from Active Service:
7/27/2006