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Evan Lynn Schwab is an American attorney who served as
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to Justice
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of the
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during the 1963 Term.


Biography

Schwab graduated from the
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with a
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in 1961. He received a
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with
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honors in 1963 from the
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, where he was the Comment Editor of the ''Washington Law Review''. Following graduation, he clerked for Justice Douglas in
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Returning to Seattle in 1964, he entered private practice at Bogle & Gates, and after its collapse became a partner at
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. Among his notable cases is representing
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in 1997 in her divorce from cell phone magnate
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. In 1967, Schwab argued the case of ''Mempa v. Rhay'' before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning a unanimous opinion written by Justice
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that a revocation of parole proceeding triggers the right to counsel. In 1971, Schwab served as Special Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for the
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Grand Jury Investigation of police payoffs led by Prosecutor
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and Judge Stanley C. Soderland.


See also

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List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 4) Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882. Each Associate Justice is permitted to employ four law clerks per Court term; the Chief ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Schwab, Evan L. 1938 births Living people University of Washington alumni University of Washington School of Law alumni Law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States 20th-century American lawyers Lawyers from Seattle United States Marines