Judicial Appointments To Date

Appointments to date

Judicial Appointments

Appointed Judge	Court	Appointed	Effective	Replacing	News Release
Laura Riquelme	Skagit County Superior Court	02/29/2016	03/20/2016	Judge Susan Cook, retiring	Not linked
Jeffrey Bassett	Kitsap County Superior Court	02/08/2016	02/25/2016	Judge Jay Roof, retiring	Not linked
Julie McKay	Spokane County Superior Court	01/27/2016	02/07/2016	Judge Kathleen O’Connor, retiring	Not linked
Rebecca Pennell	Court of Appeals, Division III	12/30/2015	01/18/2016	Judge Stephen Brown, retiring	Not linked
Johanna Bender	King County Superior Court	10/27/2015	11/30/2015	Judge Carol Schapira, retiring	Not linked
Jackie Shea Brown	Benton and Franklin Counties Superior Court	10/04/2015	10/15/2015	New Position	Not linked
David G. Estudillo	Grant County Superior Court	08/18/2015	09/13/2015	Judge Evan E. Sperline, retiring	Not linked
Melissa Hemstreet	Kitsap County Superior Court	06/29/2015	07/28/2015	Judge Anna Laurie, retiring	Not linked
Michael Schwartz	Pierce County Superior Court	06/29/2015	08/02/2015	Judge Thomas Larkin, retiring	Not linked
Brian Stiles	Skagit County Superior Court	06/07/2015	07/08/2015	Judge John Meyer, retiring	Not linked
Brian Coughenour	Clallam County Superior Court	05/13/2015	05/31/2015	Judge George L. Wood, retiring	Not linked
John Fairgrieve	Clark County Superior Court	03/17/2015	04/19/2015	Judge Barbara Johnson, retiring	Not linked
Janet Helson	King County Superior Court	03/10/2015	04/30/2015	Judge Kimberley Prochnau, retiring	Not linked
Derek Vanderwood	Clark County Superior Court	01/22/2015	02/22/2015	Judge John Nichols, retiring	Governor Inslee announces appointment of Derek Vanderwood to Clark County Superior Court
G. Helen Whitener	Pierce County Superior Court	01/05/2015	01/12/2015	Judge John McCarthy, retiring	Governor Inslee announces appointment of G. Helen Whitener to Pierce County Superior Court