Bio
HOWARD H. MARSHACK graduated from the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. After twenty years with the firm of Weber Gunn, PLLC, he opened his own office, the HOWARD MARSHACK LAW FIRM, PLLC in 2003.
Howard's practice focuses almost entirely on domestic relations law. He is a member of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He is admitted to the bar in the states of Washington and Oregon.
Howard is a frequent speaker at family law seminars. He has written and spoken about Community Property, Legal Ethics, International Child Custody disputes, UCCJA, UCCJEA, and the practical aspects of equal parenting.
Howard has been and continues to be an active member of the Washington Bar Association. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Washington State Bar Association Section on Family Law from 1991 to 2003 and served as its chair in 1994. Howard has served on WSBA task forces and ad hoc committees including the Task Force on Non-Lawyer Practice of Law, Committee to Define the Practice of Law (adjunct member), the Access to Justice Family Law Task Force and the Family Law Forms subcommittee to the Mandatory Forms Committee.
In 2003 Howard was appointed by the Supreme Court to the Practice of Law Board. Howard also taught family law at Clark College for six years.
Below are some of Howard's credits and distinctions. Check the Presentations section for a more complete listing of his activities.
- J.D., Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College
- Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML)
- Delegate - Family Law Consortium of Community Property States, 1998 - present
- Active member of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA)
- Member of the Oregon State Bar Association (OSB)
- Member of the Clark County Bar Association
- Frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education CLE seminars
- Author and editor of various publications
- Adjunct professor at Clark College, Family Law Class, 1996 - 2003
- Certified divorce mediator
- Masters of Social Work, Portland State University
