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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.
The Washington Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Washington. It is the highest court in the state and is based in the Temple of Justice at the Washington State Capitol campus in the state capital of Olympia. Almost all the cases that the Court hears are appeals from the decisions of the Washington Court of Appeals. The court has ...
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]
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 ...
Judge Appelwick first ran for election to the Washington Court of Appeals in 1998. [1] He ran unopposed again in 2018 [1] and retired from the court on March 31, 2022. [2] Before becoming a judge, Judge Appelwick practiced law for 18 years in family law, business law, and mediation. [3]
Governor Jay Inslee appointed Diaz to the King County Superior Court in December 2017, effective January 22, 2018. [3] [4] As a judge, Diaz presided over approximately four dozen trial in all types of criminal, civil and domestic matters. Governor Inslee appointed Diaz to Division I of the Washington Court of Appeals, effective September 2022 ...
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In 1963, Pearson served as president of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association, [3] and was elected a governor of the Washington State Bar Association in 1969, before being appointed to the appellate court. Pearson was appointed by Governor Daniel J. Evans to the newly created Washington Court of Appeals in 1969.