Washington Court of Appeals
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The Washington Court of Appeals is the intermediate level appellate court
for the state
of Washington.
The court is divided into three divisions. Division I is based in Seattle
, Division II is based in Tacoma
, and Division III is based in Spokane
.
Division II (updated June 2011)
Appellate court
An appellate court, commonly called an appeals court or court of appeals or appeal court , is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal...
for the state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Washington.
The court is divided into three divisions. Division I is based in Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
, Division II is based in Tacoma
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma is a mid-sized urban port city and the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States. The city is on Washington's Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle, northeast of the state capital, Olympia, and northwest of Mount Rainier National Park. The population was 198,397, according to...
, and Division III is based in Spokane
Spokane, Washington
Spokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
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Division I
- Marlin J. Appelwick
- Mary Kay Becker
- Ronald E. Cox
- Stephen J. Dwyer,Chief Judge
- Anne L. Ellington
- C. Kenneth Grosse
- Linda Lau
- J. Robert Leach, Acting Chief Judge
- Ann Schindler, Presiding Judge
- Michael S. Spearman
Division II (updated June 2011)
- David Armstrong
- J. Robin Hunt
- Joel M. Penoyar, Chief Judge
- Christine J. Quinn-Brintnall
- Marywave Van Deren
- Lisa R. Worswick, Acting Chief Judge
- Jill Johanson
Division III
- Stephen M. Brown
- Kevin M. Korsmo, Acting Chief Judge
- Teresa C. Kulik,Chief Judge
- Laurel Siddoway
- Dennis J. Sweeney