Daniel Charles Blom

Background

Blom, Daniel Charles was born on December 13, 1919 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Charles D. and Anna (Reiner) Blom.

Education

Bachelor magna cum laude, University Washington, 1941. Postgrad., University Washington, 1942. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1948.

Postgrad., University Paris, 1955.

Career

Teaching fellow speech University Washington, 1941—1942. Law clerk to justice Supreme Court Washington, 1948—1949. Since practiced in Seattle.

Associate Graves, Kizer & Graves, 1949—1951. General counsel Northwestern Life Insurance Company, 1952—1954. Partner Case & Blom, 1952—1954.

Associate, partner, of counsel Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, since 1956. Executive vice president, general counsel Family Life Insurance Company, 1964—1985, special counsel, 1985—1991. Vice chairman Washington Board Bar Examiners, 1970-1972, chairman, 1972-1975.

Member industry advisory committee National Association Insurance Commissioners, 1966-1968. President Washington Insurance Coun,, 1971-1973, general counsel, 1975-1978. Mediator Arbitration Forums, Inc.

Achievements

• Bar: Washington 1949, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1970.

Works

• book

  • The life insurance law of the state of Washington: Paper presented to the Association of Life Insurance Counsel, Monday, May 5, 1980, at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

• Other Work

  • Editor Washington State Bar Journal, 1951-1952. Associate editor The Brief, 1975-1976. Author: Life Insurance Law of the State of Washington, 1980, Banking and Insurance, Deregulatory Cross-Currents, 1985, Hostile Insurance Company Takeovers: New Frontier of the Law, 1990, Administrative Finality Under the Washington Insurance Code, 1991, Business and Professionalism, 1994, The Civility Problem, 1995, Technics and the Civilization of Law Practice, 1997, Varieties of Regulatory Experience, 1998, Legislative Review of Administrative Rules in the State of Washington.A Light that Failed?, 2003.

Membership

Chairman jury selection Washington Governor's Writer's Day Awards, 1976. Founding director Crisis Clinic. Trustee Bush School, 1971-1979, vice president, 1976-1977.

Trustee, vice president Frye Museum, Seattle, 1976-1982, World Affairs Council Seattle, 1972-1994, Friends of Seattle Public Library., 1982-1987. Board visitors University Washington Library., 1988-1992, Friends of University Washington Libraries, board directors, 1991-1995, president, 1991-1992. Second lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1945, PTO. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.

Member: American Bar Association (vice chairman committee on life insurance law, section tort and insurance pratice 1971-1976, chairman 1976-1978, section program chairman 1978-1979, member council 1979-1983, chairman public relations committee 1981-1983, chairman committee on professional independence of the lawyer 1984-1985, chairman committee on scope and correlation 1985-1986, policy coordinator tort and insurance practice section 1986-1990, delegate American Bar Association to Union International des Avocats 1986-1991, chairman committee on handbook and bylaws 1987-1988, chairman history committee 1991-1994), Federation Regulatory Counsel (director 1995-1997, 2002-2004), Foundation UIA (council 1990-1997), American Arbitration Association, American Council Life Insurance (legislation committee 1982-1985), Association Life Insurance Counsel, American Judicature Society, North America Foundation for International Legal Practice (president 1987-1989, director 1987-1995, chairman 1990-1995), Union International des Avocats (vice president 1987-1992), Seattle Bar Association, Washington Bar Association (chairman legal education liaison committee 1977-1978, award of merit 1975), Harvard Association Seattle and Western Washington (trustee 1976-1977), Harvard Law School Association, Rainier Club, Tau Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Ellen Lavon Stewart, June 28, 1952. Children: Daniel Stewart (deceased), Nicole Jan Heath.

Father:

Charles D. Blom

Mother:

Anna (Reiner) Blom

Spouse:

Ellen Lavon Stewart

child:

Daniel Stewart Blom (deceased)

child:

Nicole Jan Heath Blom