Elected Judges Pro Tempore
Superior Court Administrative Rule (AR) 6

In 2001, the voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing elected judges to serve as pro tem judges in superior courts. AR 6 was adopted to implement that amendment.
 Lists are Available for:
Effective April 1, 2015 - March 31, 2016
County Name of Judge Current Court of Service
Years of
Judicial Service

Adams

Adalia A. Hille

Adams County District Court - Ritzville

23

Asotin/Columbia/Garfield

G. Scott Marinella

Columbia County District Court

12

Benton/Franklin

Robert J. Ingvalson

Benton County District Court

21

Gerald Roach

Franklin County District Court

12

Chelan

Roy S. Fore

Chelan County District Court

2

Nancy A. Harmon

Chelan County District Court

8

Clallam

Thomas Bjorgen

Court of Appeals, Division II

2

Susan J. Owens

Supreme Court

34

Lisa L. Sutton

Court of Appeals, Division II

4

Clark

John P. Hagensen

Clark County District Court

9

Vernon L. Schreiber

Clark County District Court

16

James P. Swanger

Clark County District Court

9

Cowlitz

David R. Koss

Cowlitz County District Court

21

Ronald S. Marshall

Cowlitz County District Court

4

Edward J. Putka

Cowlitz County District Court

14

Douglas

Judith L. McCauley

Douglas County District Court

20+

Charles D. Short

Okanogan County District Ct

2

Heidi E. Smith

Okanogan County District Ct

3

Ferry/Stevens/
Pend Oreille

N/A

   

Grant

Stephen M. Brown

Court of Appeals, Division III

32

Richard C. Fitterer

Grant County District Court

20

Janis Whitener-Moberg

Grant County District Court

23

Grays Harbor

Thomas A. Copland

Grays Harbor District Court II

18

Island

Stewart R. Andrew

San Juan County District Court

16

W. H. Hawkins

Island County District Court

2

Jefferson

Jill I. Landes

Jefferson County District Court

8

Susan J. Owens

Supreme Court

34

Charles K. Wiggins

Supreme Court

5

King

Richard W. Bathum

King County District Court

14

Johanna Bender

King County District Court

2

Charles J. Delaurenti

King County District Court

32

Steven C. González

Supreme Court

13

Corrina D. Harn

King County District Court

23

Anne C. Harper

King County District Court

6

Sheryl Gordon McCloud

Supreme Court

2

Michael S. Spearman

Court of Appeals, Division I

22

Matthew Williams

King County District Court

4

Mary Yu

Supreme Court

15

Kitsap

Jeffery J. Jahns

Kitsap County District Court

6

Marilyn G. Paja

Kitsap County District Court

29

Charles K. Wiggins

Supreme Court

5

Kittitas

N/A

   

Klickitat/
Skamania

Jeffrey J. Baker

Klickitat Co. District Court West

<1

Rick L. Hansen

Klickitat Co. District Court East

4

Ronald H. Reynier, Jr.

Skamania County District Court

28

Lewis

R. W. Buzzard

Lewis County District Court

11

Lincoln

Joshua F. Grant
(4/1/2015-6/30/2015)

Lincoln County District Court

15

Dan B. Johnson
(7/1/2015-3/31/2016)

Lincoln County District Court

<1

Gregory J. Tripp

Spokane County District Court

18

Mason

Victoria C. Meadows

Mason County District Court

20

Marilyn G. Paja

Kitsap County District Court

29

Elizabeth Penoyar

North Pacific County District Ct

25

Okanogan

N/A

   

Pacific/
Wahkiakum

William J. Faubion

Wahkiakum Co. District Court

35

Douglas E. Goelz

South Pacific County District Ct

26

Elizabeth Penoyar

North Pacific County District Ct

25

Pierce

Barbara A. Madsen

Supreme Court

27

Margaret Vail Ross

Pierce County District Court

12

Elizabeth E. Verhey

Tacoma Municipal Court

20

San Juan

Stewart R. Andrew

San Juan County District Court

16

Skagit

Mary Kay Becker

Court of Appeals, Division I

20

Warren M. Gilbert

Skagit County District Court

9

David A. Svaren

Skagit County District Court

15

Snohomish

Stephen J. Dwyer

Court of Appeals, Division I

20

Beth Fraser

Snohomish County District Ct

2

J. Robert Leach

Court of Appeals, Division I

7

Spokane

Laurel H. Siddoway

Court of Appeals, Division III

4.75

Vance W. Peterson

Spokane County District Court

24

Mary C. Logan

Spokane Municipal Court

6

Thurston

Brett Buckley

Thurston County District Court

19

Samuel G. Meyer

Thurston County District Court

6

Kalo Wilcox

Thurston County District Court

4

Walla Walla

N/A

   

Whatcom

Matthew S. Elich

Whatcom County District Court

14

David M. Grant

Whatcom County District Court

10

Debra A. Lev

Bellingham Municipal Court

13

Yakima

Donald W. Engel

Yakima County District Court

12

Kevin Michael Roy

Yakima County District Court

12

Brian K. Sanderson

Yakima County District Court

11

 

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