Background
Wagner, Patricia Hamm was born on February 1, 1936 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Luther Boyd and Mildred Ruth (Wheeler) Hamm.
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Patricia Hamm Wagner
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Wittenberg University (Bachelor of Arts, 1958). Duke University (Juris Doctor, 1974). Order of the Coif. Duke Law Journal, 1973 1974.
Career
Assistant university counsel, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1974-1975;
associate university counsel health affairs, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1977-1980;
attorney, North Carolina Memorial Hospital, 1975-1977;
associate, North Carolina Attorney General Office, 1975-1977;
associate, Powe, Porter & Alphin, Durham, 1980-1981;
principal, Powe, Porter & Alphin, Durham, 1981-1983;
associate, Williams, Kastner & Gibbs, 1984-1986;
associate, Wickwire, Goldmark & Schorr, 1986-1988;
special counsel, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, 1988-1990;
partner, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, since 1990. Arbitrator American Arbitration Association, since 1978. Arbitrator, pro tem judge King County Superior Court, since 1986.
Teacher in field.
Achievements
Membership
Member of the board visiting Law School Duke U., 1992-1998. Board directors Seattle Education Center,1990-1991, Metroctr. Young Men’s Christian Association, 1991-1994, Cmty.
Psychiatric Clinic, Seattle, 1984-1986. Board directors, secretary-treasurer North Carolina Foundation Alternative Health Programs, Inc., 1982-1984. Board directors, secretary-treasurer North Carolina Center Public Policy Research,1976-1983, vice-chairman, 1977-1980.
Member task force on commitment law North Carolina.Dept. Human Resources, 1978. Active Defense Research Institute 1982-1984.
Board directors Law Fund, since 1992, vice president, 1993-1997. Member ADR Roundtable, since 1996. Fellow American Bar Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (member house delegations Seattle-King County Bar Association 1991-1994, member litigation section), American Society Hospital Attorneys, Washington State Bar Association (member domestic relations task force 1991-1993), Seattle-King Bar Association (member board of trustees 1990-1993, secretary board 1989-1990, chair judiciary and courts committee 1987-1989, member King County Superior Court delay reduction task force 1987-1989, member gender bias committee 1990-1994, chair 1990-1991), Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (chairman court rules and procedures committee 1987, co-editor newsletter 1985-1986), Washington State Society Hospital Attorneys, Washington Women Lawyers (treasurer 1986, 87).
Connections
Married; children: David Marion, Michael Marion, Laura Marion.
