Fredric Cutner Tausend

Truly one of the best lawyers I´ve had the honor to work with. Our hearts and prayers are with the Tausend family. Rest in peace my dear friend.

So sorry to just hear about Fred's passing. Both he and Marilyn were very welcoming towards me. The first house and what I still consider home in Gig Harbor.
Both very lovely people.
I will keep the few fond memories of them with me forever.
Ward Lambing

I agree with those who called Fred Tausend a "Giant" in the legal profession of Washington. I first knew Fred from local politics before I attended law school. He was active in the arts as well as politics and law. At a time when women were told that they could not attend law school because they would lose their femininity, Fred was a cheer leader saying "go get 'em." He was a model of service to the public and to the profession. Sympathies to his family.

I'll forever remember Dean Tausend as I fondly remember working with him at UPS Law School, downtiwn Tacoma WA, a very long time ago. So many life lessons learned from him, as I was a very young Army wife and mother, fairly new to the workforce. He challenged me. He respected me and I likewise. We connected immediately when I let him know Leontyne Price was from my hometown of Laurel MS and a classmate of my mother and her sisters! He helped me with professional and personal matters as...

I dated Freddie in college and then met with him in New York City.
He was, as I recall, systematically walking all the streets in Manhattan! And he requested that I cease calling him "Freddie," changing to Fred. Which I did.
A wonderful person, then, and after.
Ann Hershfang, Boston MA

I'm so proud to call him my Grandpa. He taught me how to be kind, just for the sake of being kind. He will be missed.

When I joined the Schweppe firm, Fred was in his initial 3 year term as dean of my law school. He handed me my diploma - we both looked a lot younger! He was my mentor, teacher and partner for the next 26 years at the Schweppe, Preston and K&L Gates law firms - and at all times a true friend. He was an amazing teacher - always challenging each member of the team to be creative, thoughtful and the best advocate for our client. I will also never forget my very first and last jury trial --...

This is somewhat different from the other memories on this page. Fred was my college roommate and close friend from the day he arrived at Grey's Hall in the Harvard Yard in September 1951. Everything that has been said about his brillance and extraordinary professional career is true.
But early on he had the same brilliance, warmth and inclusiveness that marked his life.
For some reason we really hit off and he invited me to come visit his family in NYC immediately after Christmas....