The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest
trial court
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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
Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...
, southeast of Seattle.
As of November 2018, the court has 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
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Walter B. Beals
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Adam Beeler
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William L. Downing
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Barbara Durham
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Matthew W. Hill
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Faith Ireland
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Richard A. Jones
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Robert S. Lasnik
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Gary Little
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Ricardo S. Martinez
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Marsha Pechman
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John S. Robinson
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Stanley C. Soderland
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James Street
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Mary Yu
References
External links
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Superior Court
Government of Seattle
Washington, King County
Washington (state) state courts
Courts and tribunals with year of establishment missing
1889 establishments in Washington (state)
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