Stan Lippmann

{{Short description|American disbarred lawyer, perennial candidate}}

Stanley Irving Lippmann is a disbarred lawyer, anti-vaccination activist and a perennial candidate{{cite news|url= https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2010/07/roach-calls-municipal-league-ratings-unfair |title=Roach Calls Municipal League Ratings Unfair |work=SeattleMet |date=2010-07-19 |access-date=2020-08-27}} from the U.S. state of Washington.

Early life and education

Lippmann was born in Brooklyn, New York{{cite news|url= https://patch.com/washington/shoreline/in-their-own-words-meet-lake-forest-park-mayoral-cand39f3fd1846 |title=In Their Own Words: Meet Lake Forest Park Mayoral Candidate Stan Lippmann |work=Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Patch |date=3 August 2011 |access-date=2020-08-27}} and received his undergraduate degree in physics from New York University. In 1995 he moved to Seattle from his then home in California{{cite news |first=Erica |last=Barnett |title=Turf: Philosophical on Eastlake |url=http://vmg.seattleweekly.com/2001-10-10/news/turf-mdash-philosophical-on-eastlake |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140514010851/http://vmg.seattleweekly.com/2001-10-10/news/turf-mdash-philosophical-on-eastlake |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 14, 2014 |publisher=Seattle Weekly |date=1 August 2010 |access-date=14 May 2014 }} to attend law school, taking a JD from the University of Washington School of Law in 1998.{{dead link|date=November 2020}} {{cite news |first=Carly |last=Flandro |title=Open seats in House, Senate give voters plenty of choices|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2012509507_32ndlegdistrict02m.html |publisher=Seattle Times |date=1 August 2010 |access-date=14 May 2014 }}

Political campaigns

Lippmann has unsuccessfully run for public office more than a dozen times, standing for election for Mayor of Seattle, Seattle City Council, U.S. House of Representatives, Attorney General of Washington, Board Member of the Seattle Monorail Project, King County Executive, Mayor of Lake Forest Park, Washington, the Washington House of Representatives, and the Washington State Supreme Court. As Lippmann was disbarred from the practise of law in 2008, a Thurston County judge ruled that he was ineligible to stand for election to this office and ordered his name struck off the ballot, along with that of another disbarred lawyer.{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Sara Jean |title=Disbarred attorneys not qualified to run for state Supreme Court, booted off the ballot |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/disbarred-attorneys-not-qualified-to-run-for-state-supreme-court-booted-off-the-ballot/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=9 August 2018 |date=6 June 2018}}

Controversies

=Anti-vaccinationism=

While in law school, Lippmann wrote a lengthy paper railing against mandatory vaccinations.{{cite web |url=http://www.think-aboutit.com/1998-law-vaccination-toward-radical-reform/ |last=Lippmann |first=Stan |title=1998: The Law of Vaccination – Toward Radical Reform |access-date=10 August 2014 |date=June 1998 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813012810/http://www.think-aboutit.com/1998-law-vaccination-toward-radical-reform/ |archive-date=August 13, 2014 |url-status=dead }} When running for King County Executive in 2009, he called the 2009 swine flu pandemic a "hoax" intended to "move more Tamiflu off the shelf."{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Dominic|title=The Oddballs for King County Executive|url=http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/08/06/the-oddballs-for-king-county-executive&view=comments?oid=1988037&show=comments&sort=desc&display=|access-date=6 August 2014|work=The Stranger|date=August 6, 2009}}

=Disbarment=

On October 24, 2008, Lippmann was disbarred from the practice of law for numerous financial improprieties including, among others, theft of client funds, charging excessive fees, and improperly taking loans from clients.{{cite news|url= https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/county-exec-candidate-lippmann-was-disbarred-for-misconduct/ |first=Keith |last=Ervin |title=County-exec candidate Lippmann was disbarred for misconduct |work=Seattle Times |date=14 June 2009 |access-date=2020-09-04}}{{cite web|url= https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/Default.aspx?TabID=1541&dID=1112 |title=Discipline Notice - Stanley Lippmann |publisher=Washington State Bar Association |date=2008-10-24 |access-date=2020-09-04}}

=Miscellaneous=

A disbarred attorney, Lippmann has occasionally made headlines for reasons unrelated to his frequent political campaigns. The month following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Lippmann attended a "flag-waving rally" organized by Seattle conservative talk radio station KVI-AM carrying a sign showing the head of George W. Bush superimposed on the body of Adolf Hitler. According to Lippmann, he wanted to "shock the brainwashed crowd". Despite being protected by eight Seattle police officers, Lippmann was still assaulted by a passerby.{{cite news|url= https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/in-other-news/Content?oid=8961 |title=Mob psychology |work=The Stranger |date=8 October 2001 |access-date=2020-09-04}}