Superior Court Department 11
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Judge
: Susan Adams
Elected / Appointed
: May 2020
Education
- University of Puget Sound School of Law, J.D. 1990
- Central Washington University, B.A. 1987
Career Highlights
- Pierce County Superior Court Judge, 2020 - Present
- Municipal Court Judge, City of Lakewood 2017 - 2020
- Founding Director, Crystal Judson Family Justice Center 2005 - 2017
- Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office 1991 - 2005
Professional Affiliations, Committees
- Honorable Robert J. Bryan American Inn of Court
- Pierce County Superior Court Executive Committee Member
- Chair, Pierce County Superior Court Civil Protection Order Committee
- Superior Court Judges Administration (SCJA Education Committee Member, Therapeutic Courts Committee Member)
- Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Former Member, District & Municipal Court Judges Association (Therapeutic Courts Committee Member and DMCJA Conference Planning Committee 2015)
- Tacoma Business Examiner Woman of Influence Award Recipient
Awards
Civic Involvement
- Board Member, The Gottfried and Mary Fuchs Foundation
- Puyallup Saint Francis House, Board Member and Governance Committee Chair 2012 - 2020
- YMCA Mock Trial Judge
- We the People/Center for Civic Education Judge
- Clover Park Rotary 2017 - 2020
- Tacoma Rotary #8 member
- Senior Fellow, American Leadership Forum Tacoma/Pierce County
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