Vernon R. Pearson

Background

Pearson, Vernon R. was born in 1923.

Education

Bachelor, Jamestown College, South Dakota, 1947. Bachelor of Laws, University Michigan, 1950.

Career

Instructor legal research and writing University Washington. Attorney OPS; partner Davies, Pearson, Anderson & Pearson, Tacoma. Judge Court Appeals, 1969-1982.

Associate justice Washington Supreme Court, 1982-1987, chief justice, since 1987.

Achievements

• Vernon R. Pearson has been listed as a noteworthy state supreme court justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association (past president), Washington State Bar Association (past governor).