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Gender and Justice Commission
Contact Information
Myra Downing, Executive Director
Gender and Justice Commission
Administrative Office of the Courts
(360) 705-5290
myra.downing@courts.wa.gov
About The Commission
Commission Member List

WASHINGTON STATE SUPREME COURT
GENDER AND JUSTICE COMMISSION

2012-2013

The Washington State Supreme Court appoints the Commission Chair and the members. The Commission has twenty-one representatives from among the following: Court of Appeals, trial courts, tribal courts, County Clerks, trial court administrators, bar associations, attorneys, college or university professors, citizens, and staffed by the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

CHAIR Term
Chief Justice Barbara A. Madsen Appt. 1998
Washington State Supreme Court  
VICE-CHAIR
Honorable Ruth Gordon 2009-2015
Jefferson County Clerk  
COURT OF APPEALS
Judge Ann Schindler 2009-2013
Court of Appeals Division I  
TRIAL COURT JUDGES
Judge Vickie I. Churchill 2008-2014
Island County Superior Court  
   
Judge Judy Rae Jasprica 2012-2015
Pierce County District Court  
   
Judge Rich Melnick 2012-2015
Clark County Superior Court  
   
Judge Chris Wickham 2007-2013
Thurston County Superior Court  
   
TRIBAL COURT
Justice Cynthia Jordan 2007-2013
Coeur d’Alene Tribal Court  
   
Chief Judge Mark W. Pouley 2012-2015
Swinomish Tribal Court  
COURT ADMINISTRATOR
Ms. Terri K. Cooper 2012-2015
Cheney Municipal Court  
   
Mr. Ronald E. Miles 2011-2014
Spokane County Superior Court Administrator  
BAR ASSOCIATIONS/ATTORNEYS
Ms. Sara L. Ainsworth 2012-2015
University of Washington School of Law  
   
Ms. Mirta Laura Contreras 2009-2015
NW Immigrant Rights Project - Granger Office  
   
Ms. Judith A. Lonnquist, P.S. 2009-2015
   
Mr. David Ward 2011-2014
Legal Voice  
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
Vacant  
CITIZEN
Dr. Margaret Hobart 2011-2014
Washington State Coalition Against
Domestic Violence
 
   
Ms. Leslie J. Savina 2012-2015
Northwest Justice Project  
   
Ms. Gail Stone 2012-2015
King County Law and Justice  
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS
Ms. Myra W. Downing, Executive Director 2007
Administrative Office of the Courts  
 
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