Judicial Ratings

2026

Pierce County Superior Court

• Kristine Foerster – Well Qualified
• Kevin McCann – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Miles Russell – Well Qualified

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2025

King County Superior Court

• Susan Llorens – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jennifer Petersen – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Tenaya Scheinman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Andrew Simons – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Ben Santos – Well Qualified
• Joshua Schaer – Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division III

• Tyson Hill – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Megan Murphy – Exceptionally Well Qualified

King County Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Denice Gagner – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Tricia Johnson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Andrew Repanich – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Ben Santos – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Joshua Schaer – Well Qualified
• Jan Trasen – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• John Cummings – Qualified

Pierce County District Court

• John Cummings – Well Qualified

Whatcom County Superior Court

• Jennifer Slattery – Exceptionally Well Qualified

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2024

Washington State Supreme Court

• Sheryl Gordon McCloud – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Sal Mungia – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Karl Triebel – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division I

• Christopher Petroni – Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division II

• Karl Triebel – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Clark County Superior Court

• Christine Hayes – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Stefanie Ellis – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Rachael Rogers – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Kitsap Superior Court

• Lynn Fleischbein – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Gina Buskirk – Well Qualified
• Angela Lindsay – Well Qualified
• Amanda Williamson – Well Qualified
• Laura Yelish – Qualified
• Brandon Miller – Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• Tateasha Davis – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Diana Kiesel – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Rebecca Reeder – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Camille Schaefer – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Karl Triebel – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Snohomish County Superior Court

• Whitney Rivera – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Anna Alexander – Well Qualified

Thurston County Superior Court

• Karl Triebel – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Walla Walla County Superior Court

• Patricia Fulton – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Whatcom County Superior Court

• Carl Munson – Qualified

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2023

Supreme Court

• Steven Gonzalez – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Court of Appeals

• Masako Kanazawa – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jim Whisman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Sidney Tribe – Well Qualified
• Gretchen Verhoef – Well Qualified

Jefferson County Superior Court

• Brandon Mack – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Okanogan County Superior Court

• Kathryn Burke – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• Andrea Beall – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Neil S. Horibe – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Ingrid L. D. McLeod – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Snohomish County Superior Court

• Toni Montgomery – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Will Steffener – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Arlene Anderson – Well Qualified
• Seth Fine – Qualified

Thurston County Superior Court

• Anne Egeler – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Nathan Kortokrax – Well Qualified
• James Laukkonen – Well Qualified
• Nam Nguyen – Well Qualified
• Cailen L. Wevodau – Well Qualified

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2022

Court of Appeals Division I

• Ian Birk – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Amit Ranade – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division II

• Michael Johnston – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Adam Eisenberg – Exceptionally Well Qualified (Seattle Municipal Court)
• Damon Shadid – Exceptionally Well Qualified (Seattle Municipal Court)
• Noah Weil – Exceptionally Well Qualified (King County District Court)
• Nyjat Rose-Akins – Well Qualified
• Frederick Moll – Qualified (King County District Court)

King County Superior Court

• Damon Shadid – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Taki Flevans – Well Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• Philip Thornton – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Tacoma Municipal Court

• Steve Krupa – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Dee Sonntag – Qualified
• Reed Speir – Qualified
• Sergio Flores – Unqualified

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2021

Pierce County District Court

• John Cummings – Well Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• Jennifer Andrews – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Cynthia McDonald – Qualified

Snohomish County

• Remy Leonard – Exceptionally Well Qualified

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2020

Supreme Court

• Justice Helen Whitener – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Clark County Superior Court

• James Smith – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Nancy Retsinas – Exceptionally Well Qualified

King County Superior Court

• Jason Holloway – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Matt Lapin – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Andrea Robertson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Douglass North – Well Qualified
• Jimmy Hung – Qualified
• Peter Peaquin – Qualified
• Justin Walsh – No Rating

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Kuljinder K. Dhillon – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Michael Frans – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Matt Lapin – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Justin Walsh – No Rating

Court of Appeals Division I

• Linda Coburn – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division III

• Tracy Staab – Well Qualified

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2019

Supreme Court

• George Fearing – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Raquel Montoya-Lewis – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Michael Price – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Alexander Ekstrom – Well Qualified
• James Davenport – Qualified

Court of Appeals Division I

• Bill Bowman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Donald Scaramastra – Qualified

Clark County

• Jeff Keddie – Well Qualified
• Kasey Vu – Well Qualified

King County Superior Court

• Nelson Lee – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Brian McDonald – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jill Malat – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Raul Martinez – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Cindi Port – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Ketu Shah – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• David Whedbee – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Marcine Anderson – Well Qualified
• Maureen McKee – Well Qualified
• Aimee Sutton – Well Qualified
• Paul Crisalli – Qualified
• Marshall Ferguson – Qualified
• Benjamin Goldsmith – Qualified
• Donald Scaramastra – Qualified
• Julie Kline – No Rating

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• George Bianchi – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Michelle Gehlsen – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jill A. Klinge – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jessica Giner – Well Qualified
• Kevin Peck – Well Qualified
• Erika Nohavec – Qualified

Pierce County Superior Court

• Diana Kiesel – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Matt Thomas – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Thomas Quinlan – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Sabrina Ahrens – Well Qualified
• André Penalver – Well Qualified

Snohomish County Superior Court

• Edirin Okoloko – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Whatcom County Superior Court

• James Erb – Qualified

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2018

Chelan County Superior Court

• Travis Brandt – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Kristin Ferrera – Qualified
• Charles Steinberg – Qualified

Court of Appeals Division I

• Judge Beth Andrus – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge John Chun – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Theresa Doyle – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Andrea Vitalich – Exceptionally Well Qualified

King County Superior Court

• Mark Hillman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jennie Laird – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Annette Messitt – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• David Steiner – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Melinda Young – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Shaya Calvo – Well Qualified
• Timothy Moran – Well Qualified
• Andy Simons – Well Qualified
• Ann Summers – Well Qualified
• Mafe Rajul – Qualified
• Jim Frush – Not Rated

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Faye Chess – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Rhonda Lauman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Erik Olsen – Exceptionally Well Qualified (Kent Municipal Court)
• Timothy Moran – Well Qualified
• David Ruzumna – Well Qualified
• Joshua Schaer – Well Qualified
• Maureen McKee – Qualified

Pierce County District Court

• Karl Williams – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Snohomish County Superior Court

• Christopher Knapp – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Linda Passey – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Arlene Andreson – Well Qualified
• Peter Camp – Well Qualified
• Paul Thompson – Well Qualified
• Martin Mooney – Qualified
• Gurjit Pandher – Qualified

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2017

Washington State Supreme Court

• Justice Stephen C. Gonzalez – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Edmonds Municipal Court

• Judge Linda Coburn – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Yakima County Superior Court

• Kevin Naught – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jeffery Swan – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Court of Appeals Division I

• Judge David S. Mann – Qualified

King County Superior Court

• Sandra Widlan – Exceptionally Well Qualified

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Virginia Amato – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Anita Crawford-Willis – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Anne C. Harper – Exceptionally Well Qualified

King County District and Municipal Court

• Joseph A. Campagna – Exceptionally Well Qualified

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2016

King County Superior Court

• Helen Halpert – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Kristin V. Richardson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Marian Spearman – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Anthony D. Gipe – Qualified

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Laurel I. Gibson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Gregg H. Hirakawa – Exceptionally Well Qualified

Skagit County Superior Court

• Judge David Svaren – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Karen Denise Wilson – Well Qualified

Spokane County Superior Court

• Judge Sypolt – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Tompkins – Well Qualified

Spokane County District Court

• Karen Lindholdt – Well Qualified

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2015

King County Superior Court

• Michael K. Ryan – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Peter T. Geisness – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Rebecca C. Robertson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Juanita Holmes – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Steven W. Kim – Highly Qualified
• Andrew Simons – Highly Qualified

King County District Courts and Courts of Limited Jurisdiction

• Adam Eisenberg – Highly Qualified
• Steven W. Kim – Highly Qualified
• Mary Lynch – Qualified

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2014

Washington Supreme Court

• Justice Charles Johnson – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Justice Mary Fairhurst – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Justice Debra Stephens – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Justice Mary Yu – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Chip Small – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Mark Muenster – Well Qualified
• Allen Bentley – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Michelle Radosevich – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Pamela Krueger – Qualified
• Judge Michael Price – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge George Fearing – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Tyler Firkins – Qualified

Washington Court of Appeals

• Judge Darvas – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Rob Mitchell – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Lisa Sutton – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jackson Schmidt – Qualified
• David Mann – Qualified
• Judge Richard Melnick – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Mark Muenster – Well Qualified
• John Hays – Qualified
• Judge Michael McCarthy – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Judge Robert Lawrence-Berrey – Well Qualified
• Steven Lacy – Qualified

Yakima County Superior Court

• Scott Bruns – Qualified
• Samuel Chen – Qualified
• Kirk Ehlis – Qualified
• Tamara Hanlon – Well Qualified
• Commr. Gayle Harthcock – Well Qualified
• Commr. Robert Inouye – Well Qualified
• Kevin Naught – Exceptionally Well Qualified
• Jeff Swan – Qualified
• Robert Young – Qualified

Asotin/Columbia/Garfield Counties Circuit Court

• Scott Gallina – Exception