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File #: AB2021-339    Version: 1
Type: Discussion Status: Discussed and Motion(s) Approved
File created: 6/8/2021 In control: Council Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 7/27/2021 Final action: 7/27/2021
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Discussion to establish a process for filling district court judicial vacancy
Attachments: 1. Press Release-DC Judge vacancy 2021, 2. Additional Information from Grant, 3. Application and Letters of Support - Angela Anderson, 4. Application and Letters of Support - Royce Buckingham, 5. Application and Letters of Support - Lisa Keeler, 6. Application and Letters of Support - Jeffrey Lustick, 7. Application and Letters of Support - Melissa Nelson, 8. Application and Letters of Support - Shohana Paige, 9. Application and Letters of Support - Kimberly Thulin, 10. Memo - Draft Interview Questions, 11. Evaluations - Whatcom Women Lawyers, 12. Evaluations - Whatcom County Bar Association_updated, 13. Memo - Interview schedule, 14. Memo - Interview schedule - revised
Related files: AB2021-474, AB2021-485
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Primary Contact Email:    DBrown@co.whatcom.wa.us

 

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Discussion to establish a process for filling district court judicial vacancy

 

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A judicial vacancy is expected to occur July 1, 2021.  The Council is required to fill the vacancy per state and county law.

 

Per RCW 3.34.060:

District judges-Eligibility and qualifications.

To be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy for and to serve as a district court judge, a person must:

(1) Be a registered voter of the district court district and electoral district, if any; and

(2) Be either:

(a) A lawyer admitted to practice law in the state of Washington; or

(b) In those districts having a population of less than five thousand persons, a person who has taken and passed by January 1, 2003, the qualifying examination for a lay candidate for judicial officer as provided by rule of the supreme court.



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