Adam Kline

Adam Kline is the State Senator for Washington's 37th district, comprising part of South Seattle, all of Renton and one precinct in Tukwila. He has served the 37th District for 12 years. He chairs Senate Judiciary Committee, and is a member of the Government Operations and Elections Committee and the Rules Committee.

Before entering law school, Kline worked as a merchant seaman and as a newspaper reporter. He is a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. He worked for SNCC in Greenwood, Mississippi, during the 1964 Freedom Summer and, after law school, returned to Greenwood in 1972 to work for North Mississippi Rural Legal Services. [http://www.crmvet.org/vet/kline.htm Veteran of the Civil Rights Movement: Adam Kline] on crmvet.org, July 24, 2001. Accessed online 24 May 2007.]

Kline practiced law 32 years before retiring in 2004 to work for the Laborers Union. He was a cooperating attorney with the ACLU and is active with NARAL and Washington Conservation Voters.

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* [http://www.sdc.wa.gov/kline.htm Sen. Kline's official page]
* [http://www.adamkline.org/index.htm Sen. Kline's Personal Page]