Washington Court of Appeals

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Washington Court
of Appeals
Current judges
Division 1:
Susan AgidMarlin Appelwick
Mary Kay BeckerRonald Cox
Stephen DwyerAnne Ellington
Kenneth GrosseLinda Lau
Robert LeachAnn Schindler

Division 2:
David ArmstrongC.C. Bridgewater
Elaine HoughtonRobin Hunt
Joel PenoyarChristine Quinn-Brintnall
Marywave Van Deren

Division 3:
Stephen BrownKevin Korsmo
Teresa KulikJohn Schultheis
Dennis Sweeney

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The Washington Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court for the state of Washington. The Court of Appeals is organized into three divisions, and each division has three districts, so that altogether there are nine districts.

The court is a non-discretionary appellate court. That means it must accept all appeals filed with it; the court cannot decide not to hear a case, unlike the Washington State Supreme Court, which can reject an appeal.

There are 22 judges in the Court of Appeals. They are elected by district in non-partisan elections to six-year terms. If a seat becomes vacant between elections, an interim judge is appointed by the governor. The elections are staggered so that one-third of the districts have an election each even-numbered year.

The judges on the court annually elect from among themselves a Chief Judge. To serve as an appellate judge, judges must have practiced law in Washington for at least five years and must have been a resident of the district they represent for at least one year.[1]

Division 1

The judges in Division 1 are:

Division 2

The judges in Division 2 are:

Division 3

The judges in Division 3 are:

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