The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the following counties of the state of Washington:Clallam,Clark,Cowlitz,Grays Harbor,Island,Jefferson,King,Kitsap,Lewis,Mason,Pacific,Pierce,San Juan,Skagit,Skamania,Snohomish,Thurston,Wahkiakum,and Whatcom. Its courthouse,built in 2004,is located at 7th and Stewart in Seattle.
Carolyn Dineen King is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Her chambers are in Houston,Texas.
Barbara Louise Milano Keenan is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia.
The University of Washington School of Law is the law school of the University of Washington,located on the northwest corner of the main campus in Seattle,Washington.
Barbara M. Durham 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.
Carolyn Barbara Kuhl is a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. After receiving her law degree in 1977 from Duke Law School,she clerked for future Supreme Court Justice,Anthony M. Kennedy,from 1977 to 1978. From 1981 to 1986,she served in the United States Department of Justice. She worked as a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Munger,Tolles &Olson,focusing on civil business litigation with a specialty in appellate litigation,from 1986 to 1995. She became a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles in 1995 and was nominated to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 22,2001 by President George W. Bush.
Robert Jensen Bryan is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Richard Anthony Jones is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle,Washington. He previously served as a deputy prosecuting attorney for King County,Washington,attorney for the Port of Seattle,and Assistant United States Attorney in the region,in addition to private practice.
Robert Stephen Lasnik is an American attorney and jurist,who serves as a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Ricardo Salazar Martinez is an American attorney serving as the Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Walter Thomas McGovern was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Marsha J. Pechman is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Morell Edward Sharp was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Steven Charles González is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as the Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court since January 11,2021. He was appointed as an associate justice by Governor Christine Gregoire and took office on January 1,2012. González replaced Justice Gerry L. Alexander,who retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
Wilhelmina Marie Wright is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota. She is the only jurist in Minnesota's history to be State District Court Judge,Appellate Court Judge and state Supreme Court justice. She was formerly an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,a judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals,and a Judge of the Minnesota District Court,Second Judicial District.
J. Michael Diaz is a King County Superior Court judge,currently serving as chief judge of the Children and Family Justice Center and an adjunct professor of law at Seattle University School of Law,currently teaching a civil rights course and supervising Independent Studies students.
Jill Aiko Otake is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Lauren Jennifer King is an American attorney and judge who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Holly Aiyisha Thomas is an American attorney serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She previously served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2018 to 2022.
