John and his family visited CKS during Catholic Schools Week. He delighted us during a tour of the school with his tales of the days when there were 900 students at our school and a bus which was housed where the current music class is. He shared that our parish and school hold a special place in his heart. He told stories of how the BVM Sisters and Fr. Fitzgerald had a positive influence in his development. He has had a full Christ the King Parish experience as well; he was baptized here, experienced his first communion, served as an altar boy, and sang in the parish choir. Recently, his niece’s son was baptized at CKP.
John has put his Catholic education to good use. He is one of the founding partners of Cairncross & Hempelmann, P.S., a full service Seattle law firm. John has nearly 40 years of experience and is recognized as one of the premier land use, natural resources and real estate development attorneys in the state of Washington.