Seattle Municipal Court Judge Position No. 5
Source: cdn.kingcounty.gov
What does this office do?
- Deciding traffic tickets and fines
- Deciding small claims cases
- Ruling on city code violations
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Candidates:
Gabe Rothstein
AdvancedNonpartisan · advanced
Gabe Rothstein has been a public defender since 2005 and also serves as a part-time (pro tem) judge in city and district courts. He chairs the state bar's Character and Fitness Board and wants every person in court to be heard and treated with dignity.
Records: Legal Competence 2 for
Garmon Newsom
AdvancedNonpartisan · advanced
Garmon Newsom is a Seattle Municipal Court pro tem judge with more than 30 years of criminal and civil legal experience. He previously served as Burien city attorney, a municipal attorney, and a prosecutor, and his campaign biography reports more than 75 civil and criminal trials.
Records: Legal Competence 1 for
Lindsay Calkins
Did not advanceNonpartisan · lost
Lindsay Calkins has worked for judges, in big law firms, as a public defender and now as founding partner of her own firm. She is admitted to practice in all Washington State courts and in the Ninth Circuit and the Federal Circuit.
Records: Legal Competence 2 for
Sources: kingcounty.gov · cdn.kingcounty.gov