Stanley C. Soderland was a judge of the King County Superior Court, who clerked for Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Early life and education
Soderland was born in in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Carl and Irene Soderland. Stanley grew up on a farm near Snohomish, Washington.
In 1936, he was graduated from the University of Washington, and made a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1939, Soderland received a LL.B. degree from the University of Washington School of Law, graduating first in his class.
He served as the first full term clerk for Justice William O. Douglas of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1940.
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Legal career
Soderland practiced personal injury law in Seattle from 1943 to 1964.
In 1964, he was appointed a judge in King County Superior Court and served until his retirement in 1979. In 1971, he oversaw the grand jury led by prosecutors Chris Bayley and Evan Schwab investigating police payoffs, and helped lead an investigation into poor conditions at the King County Jail, which resulted in a report recommending reforms. Drawing on his years as a trial lawyer, also in 1971 he published pattern jury instructions for use in civil cases. In 1976, the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association voted him "Judge of the Year."
Family
He was married twice, and had one daughter, Diana Crittendon, and four sons, Stephen, Douglas, David and Carl. The family resided in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle, and had a second home on Shaw Island.
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