Judge C. Kenneth Grosse

Ken Grosse is a native of the Pacific Northwest.  He received his Bachelor’s of Arts from the University of Washington in 1966 and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington School of Law in 1968.

He has served on Division One of the Washington State Court of Appeals since January 1985, and is currently serving his fifth six-year term.  He has twice been Presiding Chief Judge of the full Court of Appeals and was Chief Judge of Division One.  Since joining the Court, he has served on numerous boards and commissions, including the Judicial Council, the Washington Courts 2000 Commission, the Board for Judicial Administration, Co-chair of the Commission on Justice, Efficiency, and Accountability, and from 1986 through 2009, Vice Chair of the Judicial Information System Committee overseeing the operations of the judiciary’s computer-based information system, as well as Chair of the Data Dissemination Committee, developing and administering the judiciary’s policy insuring public access to judicial information while safeguarding the legitimate concerns for privacy on the part of our citizens.

Ken and his wife, Morey, also a lawyer, have two grown sons and currently divide their time between Seattle and Leavenworth where Morey operates a small business.