Washington Court of Appeals
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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.
Division 1
The judges in Division 1 are:
- Susan Agid
- Marlin Appelwick
- Mary Kay Becker
- Ronald Cox
- Acting Chief Judge Stephen Dwyer
- Anne Ellington
- Kenneth Grosse
- Linda Lau
- Robert Leach
- Chief Judge Ann Schindler
Division 2
The judges in Division 2 are:
- David Armstrong
- Presiding Chief Judge C. C. Bridgewater
- Elaine Houghton
- J. Robin Hunt
- Acting Chief Judge Joel Penoyar
- Christine Quinn-Brintnall
- Chief Judge Marywave Van Deren
Division 3
The judges in Division 3 are:
- Stephen Brown
- Kevin M. Korsmo
- Acting Chief Judge Teresa C. Kulik
- Chief Judge John A. Schultheis
- Dennis J. Sweeney
External Links
- Appellate courts of Washington
- Directory, Washington Court of Appeals
- Appellate court opinions
- Older and archived appellate decisions
- 2008 general elections, Court of Appeals
- Methods of selection, Washington appellate judges
- Salaries of employees of the Washington Court of Appeals
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