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The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest trial court in Washington state. It is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.
The 1916 structure houses the King County Prosecuting Attorney, the King County Sheriff's Office (KCSO), the King County Council, the King County Law Library, King County Work and Education Release, and courtrooms for the King County Superior Court and the Seattle District Court. [1]
While each county has a Superior Court, some of the less populated counties are grouped into a single district, sharing a single judge and administration. The judge for these multi-county districts rotates between the counties as needed, with each County Superior Court having its own courtroom and staff.
The report cites an example of the King County Court utilizing “law shopping” when the court applied favorable aspects of Missouri law, rather than Washington law, to the claims of the ...
A Superior Court may consider all civil and criminal matters occurring within a county's boundary. The Superior Court also has exclusive jurisdiction over civil matters in which the amount in controversy is more than $75,000, felony cases, estate and probate matters, family law cases (including divorces and child custody hearings), and juvenile ...
[3] [4] Before her election to judge on the King County Superior Court, Moore was a judge pro tem and commissioner pro tem in King County Superior Court, as well as a tribal drug court judge and a state administrative law judge. [5] She also served as the chair of the Seattle Human Rights Commission. [2] [3]
Carmen Otero: [15] [16] [17] First Latino American female judge in King County, Washington; Susan Amini: [24] First Iranian American (female) to serve as a Judge of the King County Superior Court (2013) Leah Taguba: [63] First Filipino American female to serve as a Judge of the King County District Court (2021)
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