John C. Coughenour

Judge 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