Ratings

Ratings from the Legal Community

Washington Women Lawyers – “Exceptionally Well Qualified”
Latina/o Bar Association of Washington – “Exceptionally Well Qualified”
Washington State Veterans Bar Association – “Exceptionally Well Qualified”
Cardozo Society of Washington State – “Exceptionally Well Qualified”
QLaw – “Exceptionally Well Qualified”
King County Bar Association – “Well Qualified”
Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee – “Well Qualified”
Loren Miller Bar Association – “Well Qualified”

Other Ratings and 2020 Recommendations

Recommended in the 2020
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“Highly Recommended”
by SEAMEC
Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee
(2020)

Endorsed by
THE SEATTLE MEDIUM
(2020)

Endorsements

Organizations

International Association of Machinists
and Aerospace Workers
(IAM 751)

Teamsters Joint Council No. 28
(2020)

Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU 587)

PROTEC 17
Professional & Technical Employees
(2020)
representing the court reporters of the King County Superior Court
and the Probation Officers of Seattle Municipal Court

National Women’s Political Caucus of Washington
(2021)

Democrats for Diversity & Inclusion

Washington Federation of Democratic Women

King County Democrats

1st District Democrats
5th District Democrats
11th District Democrats
30th District Democrats
31st District Democrats
32nd District Democrats
34th District Democrats
36th District Democrats
37th District Democrats
39th District Democrats
41st District Democrats
43rd District Democrats
45th District Democrats
46th District Democrats
47th District Democrats
48th District Democrats

Elected Officials

Dave Upthegrove
King County Council Member (District 5)

Judges

Washington Supreme Court

Chief Justice Steve Gonzalez
Justice Faith Ireland (ret)
Justice Sheryl Gordon McCloud
Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis
Justice Mary Yu

Washington Court of Appeals

Judge Bill Bowman *
Division I
former King County Superior Court Judge

Judge John Chun
former King County Superior Court Judge

Judge Linda Coburn
Division I

Judge Steven Dwyer
Division I
former Snohomish County Superior Court Judge

Judge Dennis J. Sweeney (ret)
Division III

King County Superior Court

Judge Chad Allred
Judge Susan Amini
Judge Johanna Bender
Judge Elizabeth Berns
Judge Regina Cahan
Judge Sam Chung
Judge Harriett Cody (ret)
Judge Susan Craighead
Judge Andrea Darvas
Judge Michael Diaz
Judge Karen Donohue
Judge Theresa Doyle (ret)
Judge John Erlick (ret)
Judge Marshall Ferguson
Judge Veronica Alicea Galván
Judge Julia Garratt
Judge Janet Helson
Judge Laura Inveen (ret)
Judge David Keenan
Judge Nelson Lee
Judge Barbara Linde (ret)
Judge Dean Lum
Assistant Presiding Judge
Judge Brian McDonald
Judge John McHale
Judge Maureen McKee
Judge Annette Messitt
Judge Catherine Moore
Judge Doug North
Judge Sean O’Donnell
Judge Patrick Oishi
Judge Suzanne Parisien
Judge Nicole Gaines Phelps
Judge Cindi Port
Judge Mafé Rajul
Judge Judith Ramseyer
Judge Kristin Richardson
Judge Jean Rietschel (ret)
Judge Mary Roberts
Judge James Rogers
Presiding Judge
Judge Roger Rogoff (ret)
Judge Steve Rosen
Judge Averil Rothrock
Judge John Ruhl
Judge Michael Ryan
Judge Ken Schubert
Judge Michael Scott
Judge Catherine Shaffer
Judge Ketu Shah
Judge Mariane Spearman (ret)
Judge Julie Spector
Judge David Steiner
Judge Aimée Sutton
Judge Tanya Thorp
Judge David Whedbee
Judge Sandra Widlan
Judge Josephine Wiggs-Martin
Judge Matt Williams
Judge Melinda Young
Commissioner Jennie Laird
Commissioner Camille Schaefer

Other Washington Courts

Judge Anna Alexander
Snohomish County Superior Court
Judge Virginia Amato
King County District Court
Judge Marcine Anderson
King County District Court
Judge Joe Campagna
King County District Court
Judge Art Chapman
King County District Court
Judge Andrea Chin
Seattle Municipal Court
Judge Mark Chow
King County District Court
Judge David Christie
King County District Court
Judge Mary Beth Dingledy
Snohomish County Superior Court
Judge Mark Eide (ret)
King County District Court
Judge Michael Finkle
King County District Court
Judge Michael Frans
Kent Municipal Court
Judge Beth Fraser
Snohomish County District Court
Judge Michelle Gehlsen
King County District Court
Judge Laurel Gibson
King County District Court
Judge Jeffrey Goodwin
Snohomish County District Court
Judge Corinna Harn
King County District Court
Judge Anne Harper (ret)
King County District Court
Judge Gregg Hirakawa
King County District Court
Judge Anthony Howard
Snohomish County District Court
Judge Karli Jorgensen (ret)
Kent Municipal Court
Judge Amy Kaestner
Everett Municipal Court
Judge Jill Klinge
King County District Court
Judge Rhonda Laumann
King County District Court
Judge Patricia Lyon
Snohomish County District Court
Judge Ed McKenna (ret)
Seattle Municipal Court
Judge Robert B.C. McSeveney (ret)
Kent Municipal Court
Judge Kara Murphy
Renton Municipal Court
Judge Elizabeth Yost Neidzwski
Skagit County Superior Court
Judge Jessica Ness
Monroe Municipal Court
Judge Lisa O’Toole
King County District Court
Judge Elizabeth Anne Padula
Pierce County District Court
Judge Lisa Paglisotti
King County District Court
Judge Kevin Peck
King County District Court
Judge Jason Poydras
King County District Court
Judge Tom Quinlan
Pierce County Superior Court
Judge Jennifer Rancourt
Snohomish County District Court
Judge Laura Riquelme
Skagit County Superior Court
Judge Rebecca Robertson
Federal Way Municipal Court
Judge Damon Shadid
Seattle Municipal Court
Judge Elizabeth Stephenson
King County District Court
Judge Scott Stewart
Issaquah Municipal Court
Judge Krista White Swain
Black Diamond Municipal Court
Judge Jeff Swan
Yakima County Superior Court
Judge Paul Thompson
Snohomish County Superior Court
Judge Donna Tucker
King County District Court
Judge Laura Van Slyck
Everett Municipal Court
Judge Kim Walden
Tukwila Municipal Court
Judge Matt York
King County District Court

Attorneys

Ed Allen
Chloe Alyn
Chloe Anderson
Patricia Anderson
Edwin Aralica
Casey Arbenz
Brian Ashbach
Jennifer Atwood
Rob Ault
Jared Ausserer
Bill Bailey
Joseph Baker
David Balint
Bradley Barshis
Jon Beltran
Steve Bennett
George Bianchi
Amity Bjork
Chris Black *
Valerie Bouffiou
John Brangwin
Michael Brodsky
Dana Brown
John Henry Browne
Bernadette Bulacan
Liza Burke
Robert Butler
Alex Caggiano
Jennifer Cannon-Unione
Henry Chae
Ken Chang
Janet Chung
Darrell Cochran **
Kathryn Comfort
Douglas Cowan
Stephen Crane
Kevin Curtis *
Joseph Cutler
Melanie Dane
Kirk Davis
W. Scott Davis
Bob Dawson
Ann Deutscher
Kuljinder Dhillon
Maria Diamond **
Fred Diamondsone
Jonathan Dichter
James Dixon
Jeffrey Donchez
Mercedes Donchez
Joshua Doull
Doug Dunham
Yana Erika
Barry Flegenheimer *
Scott Fogg
Steven Fogg
Jon Scott Fox
Neil Fox
Michael Freno
Patricia Fulton *
Jolyn Gardner
Whitney Gardner
Luke Garratt
Emily Gause
David Gehrke
Dan Gerl
Julia Gold
Ian Goodhew
Kim Gordon *
Anthony Grasher
Mitch Greene
Tricia Grove
Michael Guadagno
Kim Gunning
Rachel Hamar
Kimberly Hamm
Elizabeth Hanley
Paul Hanson
Christina Haring-Larson
Matthew Harrington
Darcy Harris
Melissa Hart
Danielle Havens
Lisa Hayes
Stephen W. Hayne *
Cindy Heidelberg
Holly Hermon
William Hochberg
Monica Hollenberg
Jason Holloway
Jennifer Horwitz
Ron Housh
Andrew Huff
Kim Hunter
Lori Hurl
Peter Hurtado
Doug Hyldahl *
Bill Jaquette
Zach Jarvis
Larry Jefferson *
Jeff Jones
Ken Kagan
Lawrence Kahn
Paul Kampmeier
Chris Kattenhorn
James Kearney
Mike Kelly
Keith Kessler **
Stacy Kihlstrom
Susan Kim
William Kirk
Matt Knauss
Jeffrey Kradel
Sen. Patty Kuderer (48th LD)
Washington State Senator
Anne Kysar
Jason Lantz
Matt Lapin
Tim Leary
Tom Lerner
Matthew Leyba
James Lobsenz
Barbara Lochmar
Aaron Lukoff
Felix Luna
WSAJ Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2019
Paul Luvera **
Jeff MacNichols
Christopher Mainard
Jill Malat
Scott Maresh
Joseph Marshall
Chris Matson
Todd Maybrown *
Ryan McBrayer
Shawn McCully
Lucas McWethy
Brad Meryhew
Mark Middaugh
Bethany Mito
Lynn Moberly
Jeannie Mucklestone
Kristen Murray
Amy Muth *
Todd Nichols **
Kelly Noonan
Omar Nur
Lenell Nussbaum *
David O
Cooper Offenbecher
Peter Offenbecher
Kyle Olive
Anthony Otto
Tisha Pagalitauran
Julie Park
Schoen Parnell
Greg Petrie
Sheri Pewitt
Michael Pfau
Andrew Phipps
John Polito
Vanessa Power
Saad Qadri
Scott Railton
Peter Ralston
Jonathan Rands
Rachel Reich
Andrew Rice
Sharon Rice
Stewart Riley
Albert A. Rinaldi, Jr.
Abraham Ritter
Scott Robbins
David Roberson
James S. Rogers **
Emma Scanlan
Jason Schwarz
Greg Schwesinger
Greg Scott
Shannon Scott
Michelle Scudder
Gene Shaffer-Strathman
Lynne Shamay
Laura Shaver
Kris Shaw
Michele Shaw
Alison Shea
Dan Shea
Daniel Sheed
Frank Shoichet
Steven Sitcov
Frank Smith
Vern Smith
Yana Soriano
Michael Spiro
Cassandra Stamm
Howard Stein
Quita St. John
Brian Sullivan
Natalie Tarantino
Tim Tesh
Joan Tierney
Anna Tolin *
Roger Townsend
Colette Tvedt
John Tymczyszyn
Roy Umlauf ***
Shannon Underwood
Diego Vargas
Vickie Vreeland **
Zachary Wagnild
Richard Warner
Lauren Wegener
Kim Williams
Roblin Williamson
Charles Willmes
Barbara Winter
Aaron Wolff
Juliana Wong
Mick Woynarowski
Jon Zimmerman
Brian Zuanich

* Past President, Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (WACDL)
** Past President, Washington State Association for Justice (WSAJ)
*** Past President, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers (WDTL)

Community Leaders & Campaign Supporters

Susana Saravia Arribarro
Anthony Beeman
Heather Benedict
Randall Berg
Gail Bonicalzi
Brock Brady
Shawn Cahill
Jill Chelimer
Erica Conway
Adrienne Corcoran
Jason DeLeo
Daniel DeLue
Randy Dixon
Britt-Louise Fletcher
Monica Freas
Nate Frickel
Belinda Fu, M.D.
Raymond Goforth
Cheryl Greene
Joe Guppy
Talal Hattar
Denis Hayes
     Attorney
     Philanthropist
     Environmental Leader
Darnell Hibbler
Michelle Hippe
Amy Hirotaka
Jay Hitt
Tiffany Hitt
Mary Hotchkiss
Jana Hutchison
Ross Ishikawa
Khalil Islam-Zwart
Doug Jacobs
Steven Katz
Dan King
Sally King
Heather Lardie
Max Levi
Justin Lotd
Tonia Lowery
Leslie Mann
Rebecca McShane
Randall Michaelis
Sharon Miller
Ken Moyle
Jacqueline Nishino
Fred Northrup, Jr.
John Osebold
Brian Oseran
Jeremy Parkinson
Michael Parra
Karen Pidduck
Daniel Posluns
Tali Rausch
Craig Rock
Ashley Flannegan Russell
Jesse Russell
Jon Saperstein
Tiffany Seaborn
Susie Simpkins
Rich Southern
Greg Stackhouse
Chris Straube
Perri Sutton
Mary Taylor
Stephani Thompson
William Tierney
Michael Tiska
Andrew Toi
Brooke Van Peski
Elmer Vazquez
Matt Ward
Amy Wells
Elizabeth Westermann
Emily Wicks
President,
National Women’s Political
Caucus of Washington
Kristin Zwiers

Law Enforcement

Eric Michl