Marsha Pechman
| Marsha Pechman | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Washington | |
| Title: | Chief Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 9/9/1999 - Present |
| Chief: | 2011 - Present |
| Preceded by: | William Dwyer |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1951 |
| Home State: | Salem, OR |
| Bachelors: | Cornell University, B.A., 1973 |
| Law School: | Boston University, J.D., 1976 |
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Marsha Pechman is chief judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. She joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. She then became chief judge of the court in 2011.
Early life and education
Born in Salem, Oregon, Pechman graduated from Cornell University with her Bachelor's degree in 1973 and later from Boston University with her Juris Doctor degree in 1976.[1]
Professional career
Pechman was a legal intern in the Washington State, King County Prosecutor's Office in 1976, before serving as a Deputy Prosecutor in the Office until 1979. From 1979 to 1981, Pechman was a Staff Attorney and Instructor of the University of Washington School of law, and then entered private practice in Seattle, Washington until 1988. In addition to private practice, Pechman was an Adjunct Professor from 1983 to 1987 at the University of Puget Sound. From 1988 to 1999, Pechman served as Judge for the King County Superior Court in Washington State.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Washington
Pechman was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by Bill Clinton on March 24, 1999 to a seat vacated by William Dwyer. Pechman was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 8, 1999 on a Senate vote and received commission on September 9, 1999.[2].
Notable cases
WaMu 401(k) case
| United States District Court for the Western District of Washington *IN RE WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. SECURITIES, DERIVATIVE AND ERISA LITIGATION Nos. 2:08-md-01919-MJP, C07-1874 MJP |
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| In 2009, Judge Pechman presided in a case in which employees of Washington Mutual sued to recover lost funds from their 401(k) retirement accounts after JP Morgan Chase acquired the assets of Washington Mutual in 2008. [3]
In October 2009, Judge Pechman ruled that JP Morgan Chase was not liable for the 401(k) accounts of Washington Mutual employees. [4] A detailed description of the history of the case, as well as copies of all official court documents can be found here. |
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pechman's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ "THOMAS" Marsha Pechman USCD, WDWA confirmation: PN175-106
- ↑ "Augusta Chronicle" Judge in Seattle hears arguments over WaMu 401(k)s, August 9, 2009
- ↑ The Wall Street Job Report, "JP Morgan Chase cleared in 401(k) suit filed by Washington Mutual workers," October 8, 2009
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Dwyer |
Western District of Washington 1999–Current Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
