{{Short description|American judge}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Phil Talmadge | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | office = Justice of the Washington Supreme Court | term_start = 1995 | term_end = 2001 | predecessor = James A. Andersen | successor = Susan Owens | state_senate1 = Washington State | district1 = 34th | term_start1 = 1979 | term_end1 = 1995 | predecessor1 = Nancy Buffington | successor1 = Michael Heavey | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|4|23}} | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = Democratic | other_party = <!--For additional political affiliations--> | height = <!-- "X cm", "X m" or "X ft Y in" plus optional reference (conversions are automatic) --> | spouse = | partner = <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married--> | relations = | children = | parents = <!-- overrides mother and father parameters --> | mother = <!-- may be used (optionally with father parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | father = <!-- may be used (optionally with mother parameter) in place of parents parameter (displays "Parent(s)" as label) --> | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = }}
'''Philip Albert Talmadge''' (born April 23, 1952)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0000unse_f8j3/page/642/mode/2up|title=Who's Who in American Law, 2002-2003|year=2002|publisher=Marquis Who's Who|page=642}}</ref> is an American politician, attorney, and jurist, who is currently a partner at the Seattle, Washington law firm Talmadge/Fitzpatrick.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tal-fitzlaw.com/theFIRM.asp |title=Our Firm |publisher=Talmadge/Fitzpatrick |access-date=31 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203054054/http://www.tal-fitzlaw.com/theFIRM.asp |archive-date=3 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Talmadge graduated from Yale University and received a J.D. from the University of Washington. From 1979 to 1995 he represented West Seattle in the Washington State Senate, earning a reputation as a liberal reformer.<ref>{{cite news |first=David |last=Postman |title=Talmadge to Leave Supreme Court |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000504/4019060/talmadge-to-leave-supreme-court |work=Seattle Times |date=4 May 2000 |access-date=1 February 2014 }}</ref> After leaving the legislature, Talmadge served a single six-year term on the Supreme Court of Washington.<ref>{{cite news |title=Supreme Court Justice Phil Talmadge Says He Won't Seek a Second Term |work=Ellensburg Daily Record |date=4 May 2000 }} </ref> In 2004 he was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Governor of Washington, but withdrew from the race in the face of lackluster polling and personal health problems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://komonews.com/archive/phil-talmadge-drops-out-of-governors-race |title=Phil Talmadge Drops Out Of Governor's Race |date=29 April 2004 |website=KOMO News |access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref>
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