Walter Thomas McGovern (May 24, 1922 – July 8, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Walter Thomas McGovern
Washington Western District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
Born 1922 in Seattle, WA
Died 2021
FJC ID: 1554
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 16/year
Washington Supreme Court · 1968–1971Washington Western District Court · 1971–2021
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Supreme Court of the State of WashingtonJustice · 1968–1971
- Superior Court of the State of Washington, King CountyJudge · 1965–1968
- Seattle [Washington] Municipal CourtJudge · 1959–1965
- Private practice, Seattle, Washington1950–1959
Appointments
1971–2021 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1950- University of WashingtonB.A. · 1949