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Holly Hill
King County Superior Court
Position 22
Current Occupation/Employer: Judge Pro Ternpore; Adjunct Faculty UW Law School; Trial Advocacy Teacher.
Education: JD, Northwestern University Law School
Legal/Judicial Experience: Lawyer 34 years, public and private practice. UW Certified Mediator. Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Family: Married, two daughters.
Significant Career Experience: Litigated criminal cases from shoplifting to capital murder. Prosecuted civil rights cases for U.S. government representing victims of age, sex and race discrimination. Private practice representing union members, corporations and working people. 24 years teaching lawyers and law students to represent clients in court. Worked with Seattle Police to improve community relations. Trained lawyers representing victims of domestic violence. Founded company to protect schoolchildren from Internet pornography.
Candidate Statement: Holly Hill is the more experienced candidate for judge. Holly has represented people from all walks of life, owned a company and taught hundreds how to be better lawyers. She has advocated for women, families and foster children through the Northwest Women's Law Center, YMCA and Treehouse. Holly will judge with compassion, fairness and firmness.
Ratings: "Outstanding" Municipal League, "Exceptionally" or "Well" Qualified all rating Bar Associations, "A" Women in Unity, "Exceptionally Well Qualified" King County Correctional Officers Guild.
BIPARTISAN endorsements for Holly Hill:
Organizations: Washington Conservation Voters, King County Democrats Organization & 11 Democratic Legislative Districts, King County Labor Council, Aerospace Machinists & other unions, Women's Political Caucus, Seattle-King County Association of Realtors.
Over 35 judges including: Judge Douglas McBroom (Position 22, retiring) and Supreme Court Justices Mary Fairhurst, Phil Talmadge and Rosselle Pekelis.
Elected & community leaders including: Governors John Spellman, Gary Locke & Booth Gardner; King County Executive, Ron Sims; U.S. Attorneys John & Mike McKay, Kate Pflaumer; Congressman Adam Smith, Norm Rice, Larry Gossett, Larry Phillips, Nan Campbell, Julia Patterson, Tim Burgess, Bruce Harrell, Jean Godden, Tornio Moriguchi, Eric Pettigrew, Claudia Kauffman, Bob Hasegawa, Ruth Kagi, Velma Veloria, Kip Tokuda, Ruth Woo.
| Questionnaire responses: |
For King County Bar
Association For King County Democrats For Municipal League of King County |
| ORGANIZATION |
JULIA GARRATT |
HOLLY HILL |
| King County Bar Association | Well Qualified | Well Qualified |
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Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Latina/o Bar Association of Washington |
Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
| Loren Miller Bar Association | Well Qualified | Well Qualified |
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Municipal League of King County |
Outstanding | Outstanding |
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Q-Law: GLBT Bar Association |
Well Qualified | Well Qualified |
| Washington Women Lawyers |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Highly Qualified |
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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):
| NEWSPAPER |
JULIA GARRATT |
HOLLY HILL |
| Seattle P-I |
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| The Stranger |
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detailed data for various reasons.)
| CANDIDATE | REPORT DATE | CONTRIBUTIONS | EXPENDITURES |
| Julia Garratt | 10/31/2008 | $48,648.95 | $48,071.59 |
| Holly Hill | 10/31/2008 | $171,963.21 | $164,801.76 |
| September 3, 2008 | ||
| Newcastle News | Local candidate leads in Superior Court judge race |
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