The Wah Mee massacre was a mass shooting that occurred during the night of February 18–19,1983,in the Wah Mee gambling club at the Louisa Hotel in Seattle,Washington,United States. Fourteen people were bound,robbed and shot by three gunmen,22-year-old Kwan Fai "Willie" Mak,20-year old Keung Kin "Benjamin" Ng and 25-year-old Wai Chiu "Tony" Ng. Thirteen of the victims died,but 61-year-old Wai Yok Chin,a former U.S. Navy sailor and Pai Gow dealer at the Wah Mee,survived to testify against the three in the separate high-profile trials held between 1983 and 1985.
William Lansing Downing 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 as for the prosecutions of the Wah Mee massacre killers.
Norman "Kim" Maleng was an American attorney and politician who served as the King County Prosecuting Attorney for 28 years. He was also an architect of Washington's Sentencing Reform Act.
Carolyn Joyce Reaber Dimmick 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 senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of 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.
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.
Marsha J. Pechman is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Mary Isabel Yu is an American lawyer who has served as an associate justice of the Washington Supreme Court since 2014. She served as a judge of the King County Superior Court from 2000 to 2014. She is the state's first openly gay,Asian American,and Latina justice. As of 2020,she is also the seventh woman serving and the eleventh woman ever to serve on Washington state's Supreme Court.
Steven Charles González is an American lawyer 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.
Salvador Mendoza Jr. is an American lawyer serving as United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He previously served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington from 2014 to 2022 and as a Washington state court judge from 2002 to 2014.
Robert French Utter was an American attorney and jurist from Washington. He served as a King County Superior Court judge from 1964 until his appointment to the Washington Court of Appeals in 1968. In 1971 he was appointed to the Washington Supreme Court,where he served for 23 years,including two years as the chief justice. Utter is known for his opposition to the death penalty. He dissented in two dozen cases on capital punishment while on the court and resigned in 1995 in protest of it. After resigning from the court,Utter taught the first state constitutional law course in Washington State at the University of Puget Sound School of Law and traveled around the world to help developing nations create independent judiciaries. He died in 2014.
Jill Aiko Otake is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Roy Kalman Altman is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood is an American attorney and jurist. She has served as Chief Judge of the federal District Court of Guam since 2006,having been nominated by President George W. Bush. Prior to this,she served as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of Guam and as trial judge on the Superior Court of Guam.
David Gonzalez Estudillo is an American lawyer serving as the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. He is a former Washington state court judge.
Lauren Jennifer King is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Sherilyn Peace Garnett is an American attorney who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California. She served as a judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court from 2014 to 2022.
Jamel Ken Semper is an American lawyer from New Jersey who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2023. He previously served as an assistant United States attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey from 2018 to 2023.
