Draft:James J. Lawless

James J. Lawless (January 22, 1924 – June 3, 1974} was a Washington judge who served as an interim Justice on the Washington Supreme Court for six months in 1956.

Gonzaga University.

He was "assassinated in his judicial chambers at the Franklin County Courthouse in Pasco on June 3, 1974".

"No Leads In Judge's Bomb Death", The Olympian (June 4, 1974), p. 1.