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On January 19, 1888, a group of these lawyers met in the Supreme Court chambers to form the Washington Bar Association. This was a voluntary organization and did not include all lawyers admitted to practice; originally it consisted of 35 lawyers, at a cost of $5 a year. In 1890, the name changed to Washington State Bar Association.
Aurel M. Kelly (1949): [83] First female lawyer in Walla Walla, Washington [Walla Walla County, Washington] Sandy Flores (2008): [84] First Latin American female lawyer in Walla Walla County, Washington; Patricia Fulton: [85] First female to serve as a Judge of the Superior Court of Walla Walla County, Washington (2025)
The United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. As of June 21, 2023, the acting United States attorney is Tessa M. Gorman. [1] The position of United States marshal for the district is vacant. [2]
Courts of Washington include: State courts of Washington. The headquarters of the Washington Supreme Court in Olympia. Washington Supreme Court [1] Washington Court of Appeals (3 divisions) [2] Washington Superior Courts (39 courts of general jurisdiction, one for each county) [3] Washington District Courts (Courts of limited jurisdiction) [4]
Barbara A. Madsen (née Rupnick; born March 1, 1952) is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 1993. She joined the court in 1993 as the first woman to be popularly elected to the Court in Washington state history. She was re-elected in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. In her years on the ...
From 2000 to 2016, she was a public defender with the Federal Defenders of Eastern Washington and Idaho. [3] In January 2016, Governor Jay Inslee appointed her as a judge of the Washington Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of acting chief judge Stephen Brown. [4] She had a formal investiture ceremony on February 19 ...
In Washington, there are several state courts. Judges are elected and serve four-year or six-year terms. Most judges first come to office when the governor of Washington appoints them after a vacancy is created – either by the death, resignation, retirement, or removal of a sitting judge, or when a new seat on the bench is created by the Washington State Legislature.
She earned her law degree in 1982 from the University of Washington School of Law [2] and worked as a private practice lawyer until 1994, when she was appointed to the Court of Appeals. [1] She has also worked as a member of the Whatcom County Council (1984–85) and on the Western Washington University board of trustees (1989–1994). [1] [2]