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Melissa Eckstrom: who is she? Facts You Didn’t Know About Sig Hansen’s Daughter

Melissa Eckstrom is the youngest daughter Sig Hansen hasn’t seen in a long time. Not many knew that. There’s a good reason why not many people know about her.

But before we do that, let’s find out who Melissa Eckstrom, Sign Hansen’s daughter, really is.

Who is Sig Hansen’s daughter Melissa Eckstrom?

Melissa Eckstrom, 34 years old and living in Seattle, Washington, DC, is an attorney. Her mother, Lisa Eckstrom, was the first wife of an American ship’s captain named Sigurd Jonny Hansen, better known as Sig Hansen. Lisa Eckstrom and Melissa Eckstrom are no longer together. After a messy court battle in 1992, the two were no longer together.

Melissa, the eldest, is now an attorney in Seattle. She helps people with all sorts of legal problems. Melissa received her Juris Doctor from Seattle University School of Law in 2014.

The 34-year-old woman passed her Washington State Bar exam the same year she began practicing law. The book about Sig Hansen’s estranged daughter covers many cases, such as divorce, custody issues, post-divorce changes and so on.

In her law practice, she helps people with family law, criminal defense, domestic violence, and DUI. She also works on hit-and-run, drug and driving cases while her driver’s license is suspended. Melissa has her own law firm, Eckstrom Law Firm, PLLC, in Seattle.

Melissa’s old university selected Eckstrom Law Firm as part of their low bono incubator program. It has undoubtedly helped Melissa’s business grow. The most important thing Eckstrom wants to do is help their customers move on with their lives. What sets her apart from other lawyers is that she can understand her clients because she has been wronged too.

Estranged daughter sues Sig Hansen for molestation

After 28 years, the molestation charges against Melissa, who is also a lawyer, have been brought to trial. Melissa, a family law attorney, spoke about how she suffered from depression, eating disorders and trauma as a child because of the alleged assault in 1990. She filed her lawsuit in King County Superior Court in 2016 based on what the doctors the CPS clerk in charge of her case said and what her therapists said.

The Alaskan crabbing boat captain told the Seattle Times he still believes his estranged ex-wife and daughter are plotting against him. He sees it as nothing more than an “old-fashioned shakedown.”

Facts You Didn’t Know About Sig Hansen’s Estranged Daughter, Melissa Eckstrom

Sig Hansen: Who is he?

Captain Sigurd Jonny Hansen, born April 28, 1966 in the United States, is currently in charge of the fishing boat FV Northwestern. Hansen has appeared in every season of the documentary television show Deadliest Catch beginning in 2005. Hansen also helped produce the show as a technical consultant.

Sig Hansen’s beginning in life

His brothers’ names are Norman and Edgar and he is the eldest of their three children. Sigurd Jonny Hansen was born in Seattle. He is the eldest son of three. These fishermen were the ancestors of their father, Sverre Hansen, who came from a long line of Norwegian fishermen. The first fishermen in Alaska to hunt opilio crabs were his father and grandparents. This was done to allow crab boats to make money all year round, rather than just in the early or late season. At the age of 14 he started fishing and helping out on his family’s boat.

After high school, he began fishing year-round, devoting an average of 10 months a year to the Bering Sea and the state of Alaska. He also occasionally went to Norway during the summer to fish for mackerel and cod. When he was younger, he skipped school so he could fish more often.

The career of Sig Hansen

Hansen started out as a deck hand on his father’s yacht and worked his way up through the ranks before he reached adolescence. At the age of 22 he was promoted to ‘Relief Captain’ while taking over from other captains in the North West and doing short-distance assignments on other ships in the fleet. At the age of 24, he assumed full-time control of the Northwest. Over the years the boat has grown into a top builder while maintaining an outstanding safety record. The ship has never had a single fatality at sea in the nearly 20 years that Hansen has been in command, and the rate of serious injuries is also far lower than other boats in the Bering Sea Fleet.

Northwestern won the final Derby seasons in 2005 for King Crab and 2006 for Opilio, taking the title for top pounds captured and top grossing by featured boats. As of 2011, Hansen is the Northwestern’s full-time skipper during king crab, opili crab and cod fisheries. American reality television show The Deadliest Catch airs on Discovery Channel. His two younger brothers, Edgar and Norman, are deck chiefs and deckhands respectively.

Upon publication in March 2010, Hansen’s debut book, North By Northwestern: A Seafaring Family on Deadly Alaskan Waters, quickly topped the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Because of this, Hansen’s first book was published. Hansen and Mark Sundeen collaborated to write North By Northwestern.

On April 29, 2010, Hansen made a guest appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, which was broadcast live. A Facebook page was set up by Leno’s crew to solicit support for his selection for the show. Hansen made the decision to leave the cast of Deadliest Catch after season six in September 2010. He announced during the show that he wanted to be a part of the upcoming season of the popular ABC reality competition, Dancing with the Stars. On the other hand, it has been confirmed that Hansen will return to the show in October 2010.

In the Disney-Pixar film Cars 2, he provided the voice of Crabby, a boat based on the Northwest. He competed in The Celebrity Apprentice season 14 competition.

Hansen received this award the same year that Bobby Vee and Doc Severinsen, the Tonight Show’s bandleader and singer, were inducted into the Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame.

Sig Hansen’s personal life

Nina and Mandy, two children that Hansen and his wife June were able to adopt, now live with them in Seattle. Hansen has a biological daughter named Melissa from a previous marriage. Mandy, his eldest child, has joined him on board the Northwestern as his second-in-command. Jackson, Hansen’s grandson, and Sailor Marie, his granddaughter, are both products of his marriage to Nina. Sailor Marie, his grandchild from his union with Mandy, is also his descendant. Mandy speaks Norwegian with ease, just like her brothers. Sig Hansen’s Norwegian parents spoke it at home, so she learned the language before learning English. Sig Hansen attended Shorewood High School and is a fan of the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Seahawks, both of which have their home stadiums in Seattle.

In March 2016, Hansen suffered a heart attack that was videotaped and featured on the Discovery Channel program Deadliest Catch. The following season, after recovering from the heart attack, he went fishing again.

In early October 2018, just before king crab season, he had a terrible allergic reaction to an antibiotic that resulted in a second heart attack. Before he could resume fishing and participate in the show’s 15th season, he had to get medical clearance.

In July 2019, it was announced that June Hansen had received a cancer diagnosis. There was no way to get information or updates.

Fast Facts

Surname	Melissa Eckstrom
mother	Lisa Eckstrom
Father	Sign Hansen
nationality	American
birth	1988 (now, 34 years old)
profession	Lawyer
university	University of Seattle Law School
Degree	Juris Doctor
festivals	Eckstrom Law Firm, PPLC, based in Seattle