Commissioner Masako Kanazawa

Commissioner Masako Kanazawa was appointed by the Court of Appeals Division One in September 2013. Before her appointment, Commissioner Kanazawa worked for the Attorney General's Office for eleven years. Commissioner Kanazawa was born and grew up in Japan. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a Minor in Spanish. She graduated from Seattle University Law School, Magna Cum Laude, in 2002. She served the Law Review as Executive Editor and worked as an extern for Judge Mary Kay Becker. Commissioner Kanazawa lives with her husband in Seattle.