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Assumed office Current term end Appointed by Law school Judges Presiding Judge Patrick Oishi January 2011 January 13, 2025 Christine Gregoire (D) Seattle University: Asst. Presiding Judge Mary E. Roberts January 2003 January 13, 2025 Gary Locke (D) University of Washington: Chief Civil Court Judge Tanya Thorp April 1, 2014 January 13, 2025 Jay ...
King County Courthouse (2007) The King County Courthouse is the administrative building housing the judicial branch of King County, Washington's government. It is located in downtown Seattle, just north of Pioneer Square.
King County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census , [ 1 ] making it the most populous county in Washington , and the 12th-most populous in the United States.
Warren Chan (1950): [3] [4] [5] First Chinese American male lawyer in Seattle, Washington [King County, Washington] Solie M. Ringold: [ 15 ] First Jewish American male judge in Washington (1961) Charles Z. Smith (1955): [ 10 ] First African American male appointed as a municipal court judge in Seattle, Washington (1965)
State Born–died Active service Chief Judge Senior status Appointed by Reason for termination 1 Cornelius H. Hanford: WA: 1849–1926 1905–1912 [Note 1] — — B. Harrison /Operation of law: resignation 2 George Donworth: WA: 1861–1947 1909–1912 — — Taft: resignation 3 Edward E. Cushman: WA: 1865–1944 1912–1939 — 1939–1944 ...
The 1890 Freeholders Charter established a police court in Seattle, but the provision was repealed in 1892 after a state law created a municipal court for the city. [2] The Municipal court was created to be a "court of limited jurisdiction" and heard cased involving violations of state laws and city ordinances in city jurisdiction. [2]
Mar. 21—A former Cusick, Washington, town clerk was indicted Tuesday on more than 75 counts of fraud and theft. Luke Michael Servas, 38, is accused of embezzling about $195,000 while he was the ...
No changes to counties have been made since the formation of Pend Oreille County in 1911, except when the small area of Cliffdell was moved from Kittitas to Yakima County in 1970. [5] King County, home to the state's largest city, Seattle, holds almost 30 percent of Washington's population (2,271,380 residents of 7,812,880 in 2023), and has the ...