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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