Just weeks after taking the Bar Exam, I met Patrick R. McMullen (1945 – 1999) when he was Skagit County Prosecuting Attorney at the home of Mount Vernon attorney Kenny St.Clair. Pat hired me as a Deputy PA starting in October 1976. Pat later went on to become a member of the Washington State House of Representatives and later the Washington State Senate. Had he lived a few years longer most observers believe he would have been appointed U.S. Attorney for Western Washington. Pat was an excellent trial lawyer with a humble approach to jurors that was confounding to opposing lawyers. Click here for more photos.