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Diaz is on faculty at the DOJ’s National Advocacy Center, the Washington State Judicial Institute, and the Washington State Judicial College. He is currently the chairperson of the Washington State Supreme Court’s Interpreter Commission. [6] For many years Diaz has helped coach/manage his daughters' school soccer team.
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.
Steven Charles González (born 1963) is an American lawyer who served as the chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court from 2021 to 2025. He was appointed as an associate justice by Governor Christine Gregoire and took office on January 1, 2012.
Seat Justice [1] Born Joined Chief Justice Term ends Mandatory retirement [a] Appointed by Law school 7 Debra L. Stephens, Chief Justice: 1965 (age 59–60) January 1, 2008
In some jurisdictions, interpreters may also be deemed as officers of the court pro tempore. Court interpreters and translators have an absolute ethical duty to tell judges the truth and avoid evasion. Court-appointed special advocates in some jurisdictions are considered officers of the court. Process servers carry out service of process. In ...
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Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
The Washington citizenry adopted a Constitutional Amendment on November 5, 1968, which authorized the legislature to create a Court of Appeals and to define its composition and jurisdiction. On May 12, 1969, the legislature passed the enabling act that established a Court of Appeals with three divisions and a total of twelve judges.