Luigi Mangione's judge Katharine H Parker married to former executive of Pfizer

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Katharine H Parker, the magistrate judge handling Luigi Mangione's pre-trial hearings, is married to Bret Parker, a former executive at Pfizer, a biopharmaceutical company, according to a Daily Beast report. She also has financial ties to Pfizer, as she holds stock in the firm.

Judge Parker holds between $50,000 and $100,000 in Pfizer stock, as reported by the Daily Beast. This information was initially disclosed by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein on the social media platform X.

The Daily Beast report further says that Judge Parker also owns stock in other healthcare companies, such as Abbott Laboratories, Viatris, and CRISPR Therapeutics. Additionally, she has investments in major tech companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, Tesla, and Apple.

Bret Parker, Judge Parker's husband, left Pfizer in 2010, where he served as vice president and assistant general counsel. Before joining Pfizer, he held the same titles at Wyeth, a pharmaceutical company later acquired by Pfizer. According to Judge Parker's disclosures, Bret continues to receive a pension from Pfizer through a senior executive retirement plan (SERP), as reported by Klippenstein

She is not expected to handle Mangione’s trial, according to the Daily Beast report.