The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest

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state. It is based at the

King County Courthouse 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. The 1916 structure houses the King County Prosecuting ...

, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in

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, southeast of Seattle. The court has (as of November 2018) 53 judges who have general jurisdiction to hear major civil and criminal cases. The court also has appellate jurisdiction over certain decisions of the district courts, municipal courts, and administrative tribunals.See generally Ch. 2.08 RCW.

Current judges

Notable judges

* Walter B. Beals * Adam Beeler *

William L. Downing William Lansing Downing (born August 1, 1949) is a former judge of the Superior Court of Washington for King County ( Seattle) and a former deputy prosecutor. He is notable for his ruling that same-sex marriages are legal in Washington, as well ...

Barbara Durham Barbara M. Durham (October 6, 1942 – December 30, 2002) was the first-ever female chief justice of the Washington Supreme Court. She also was a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Earl ...

* Matthew W. Hill *

Faith Ireland Faith Ireland (born September 15, 1942) is an American lawyer and former judge in the state of Washington. A native of the state, she was a county trial judge for 15 years before serving as an associate justice for one term on the Washington Supr ...

* Richard A. Jones * Robert S. Lasnik * Ricardo S. Martinez * Marsha Pechman * John S. Robinson * Stanley C. Soderland *

Gary Little Gary Morton Little (March 6, 1939 – August 18, 1988) was an American judge from Seattle, Washington who committed suicide in 1988 after allegations that he had sexual contact with underage boys. The public allegations against Little, and his s ...

Mary Yu Mary Isabel Yu (born 1957) is an American jurist and Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court and former judge of the King County Superior Court. She is the state's first openly gay, Asian American, and Latina Justice. She is also the ...

References

External links

*http://www.kingcounty.gov/courts/superiorcourt.aspx Superior Court Government of Seattle Washington, King County Washington (state) state courts Courts and tribunals with year of establishment missing {{Washington-stub