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HON. SUZANNE M. BARNETT is a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court. Judge Barnett was elected to the bench in September 1996, and invested on January 13, 1997. Judge Barnett was deemed re-elected (unopposed) in September 2000 and 2004. She is currently serving in the court's Civil Department, which includes all civil matters and some family law cases. She previously served one year in the Unified Family Court Department after completing three years at juvenile court. Judge Barnett previously completed an assignment as the chief civil judge. As a judge in a court of general jurisdiction, Judge Barnett hears cases of all types, and presides over both jury and non-jury trials. Before taking the bench, Judge Barnett practiced law for 16 years, concentrating in insolvency workouts, corporate reorganization and commercial litigation. Judge Barnett earned her A.B. degree at the College of William & Mary in Virginia and her J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law. HON. TIMOTHY A. BRADSHAW is a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court. Judge Bradshaw has served in the Civil Judicial Department for the last two years. He was the 2000 recipient of the Norm Maleng Outstanding Trial Advocacy Award and has pioneered multiple forensic efforts, including the first DNA case in county history. Judge Bradshaw came to the court with more than 20 years' experience in the King County Prosecutor's Office, where he tried more than 125 jury trials. He earned his B.A. degree at the University of Puget Sound and his J.D. degree at Seattle University School of Law. HON. CHERYL B. CAREY is a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court. She was elected to the bench in 2000. She has been a member of the court's Executive Committee for five years. Judge Carey has chaired the court's Personnel Committee and has been a member of the Family Law Committee. She has served in the court's Civil, Criminal and Unified Family Court departments. In 2008, Judge Carey was with the chief criminal judge where she managed 22 judges handling more than 10,000 cases filed annually. Currently, she presides over cases at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Judge Carey is a graduate of Seattle University School of Law. She served as a King County deputy prosecutor in the Criminal Division, and later served as an assistant attorney general. As an assistant attorney general, she supervised the Civil Rights Section of the Corrections Division, and the Seattle Labor and Employment Law Section of the Labor and Employment Law Division. Judge Carey was instrumental in creating the Washington State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section. She served as a judge pro tempore presiding over civil and criminal cases in the King County District Court. HON. SUSAN J. CRAIGHEAD was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Governor Gregoire in September 2007. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Craighead had served as a commissioner for the Washington State Court of Appeals since 2002, and prior to that, she was a staff attorney for the Seattle-King County Public Defender Association. Judge Craighead also served as a law clerk for Justice Shirley Abrahamson at the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, and worked as a court report and staff writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Judge Craighead also has worked for the Federal Defenders of San Diego and the Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center. Judge Craighead received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, at Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She received her master's degree in international relations from the University of Oxford, which she attended as a Rhodes Scholar, and she received her J.D. degree, cum laude, from Harvard Law School. HON. JEANETTE DALTON was elected as a judge for the Kitsap County Superior Court in 2008. Judge Dalton practiced law for 24 years prior to her election to the superior court bench. She was a deputy prosecuting attorney for Norm Maleng at the King County Prosecutor's Office. Judge Dalton also served as a judge pro tempore in Seattle Municipal Court, Suquamish Tribal Court, and district courts in Jefferson, Kitsap and King counties. She taught employment law as an adjunct professor at Chapman University. Judge Dalton received her bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington and her J.D. degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), and was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1984. HON. WILLIAM L. DOWNING has been a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court since July 1, 1989. His prior work experience included stints as a deputy prosecuting attorney in King County. As a judge, he has focused primarily on civil litigation, and has received honors from the King County Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, the Washington State Trial Lawyers and the University of Washington School of Law. Judge Downing currently serves as co-chair of the Washington Supreme Court Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions and chair of the Washington State Bench-Bar-Press Liaison Committee. HON. JOHN P. ERLICK was elected to the King County Superior Court in 2000, and currently serves as the chief civil judge. He is chair of the Superior Court Judges' Association Ethics Committee, and serves on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and on the SCJA Committee on Judicial Selection. Judge Erlick also serves as an adjunct professor at Seattle University, teaching a course on professional responsibility. HON. STEVEN GONZÁLEZ is a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court. Judge González is the recipient of the 2009 Vanguard Award from Washington Women Lawyers, King County Division, and the 2009 Latino Judge of the Year from the National Hispanic Bar Association. Prior to his position on the bench, Judge González served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, winning the Department of Justice's Superior Performance Award and the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service. He was the Washington State Hispanic Bar Association's 2001 Outstanding Lawyer of the Year. Judge González also served the city of Seattle as a prosecutor, and he spent several years practicing in major law firms in Seattle and San Francisco. HON. PARIS K. KALLAS has served as a superior court judge with the King County Superior Court since her appointment by Governor Gary Locke in 2001. She served as a State Court of Appeals commissioner from 1996 to 2001. As a trial and appellate attorney, Judge Kallas litigated in all levels of state court, emphasizing appellate practice and criminal defense. She received her law degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University) in 1981. Judge Kallas is an active member in judicial and bar committees. She currently serves as the chief civil judge, chief asbestos judge, chair of the Local Rules Committee, and chair of the Ex Parte and Probate Committee. HON. ERIC Z. LUCAS has served as a judge in the Snohomish County Superior Court since 2004. Prior to being elected to bench, Judge Lucas served as an administrative appeals judge for the boards of the Environmental Hearing Office. In this capacity, he authored numerous opinions, in addition to being a certified mediator. He mediated a number of cases before the EHO. Judge Lucas served the City of Langley in the capacity of city attorney from 1990 to 2002. From 2000 to 2002, during his tenure, he held the positions of city administrator, city attorney and prosecutor. Judge Lucas began his legal career as a Criminal Division deputy prosecuting attorney for King County (1986 to 1989). During his professional career, Judge Lucas served Snohomish County Superior Court as a judge pro tempore from 1999 through 2002. He is a member of several court committees: Drug Court, Juvenile Operations and Finance. Judge Lucas earned his B.A. degree from the University of Washington and his J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. HON. RICHARD F. McDERMOTT was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Governor Gary Locke on March 2, 2000. Judge McDermott has served as an adjunct professor at the Seattle University School of Law since 1999. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge McDermott served three years as a deputy prosecutor with the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, and spent 24 years in private practice concentrating on plaintiff's personal injury law. He was recognized as one of Washington's "Super Lawyers" by Washington Law & Politics Magazine in 1999. Judge McDermott earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Seattle University and his J.D. degree from the University of Washington School of Law. HON. LEILA MILLS was elected to the Kitsap County Superior Court bench in 2000. Prior to her election, she practiced law in municipal and county governments where she held positions of assistant city attorney, deputy prosecutor and city attorney. Through her background, Judge Mills gained extensive experience in the areas of criminal law, municipal law and civil litigation. Judge Mills is the recipient of the 2007 Nevins Award, presented by the Washington Judges' Foundation. She was selected from judges statewide for her distinguished contribution to youth education and public understanding of the law. In 2008, the Kitsap County Bar Association honored Judge Mills with presentation of the Humanitarian Award. Judge Mills graduated from the University of Washington with a B.A. degree. She received her J.D. degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University), and was admitted to the Washington State Bar in 1987. MODERATOR - CARL E. FORSBERG is a shareholder in the Seattle law firm of Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., where his practice emphasizes complex litigation, including large loss insurance defense, first- and third-party coverage issues, and the defense of alleged bad faith matters. He earned his undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University and his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Mr. Forsberg enjoys teaching trial practice skills, and regularly participates as an instructor for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, trial practice and deposition skills training seminars, and as an adjunct professor teaching trial practice skills at the University of Washington School of Law. He focuses his law-related volunteer time on trial practice and court administration matters. He currently serves on the King County Bar Association's Judicial Screening, Judicial Conference and Judicial Selection committees. Mr. Forsberg was recently appointed as a King County Bar Association trustee.
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