Archived Version: August 19, 2008
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Jean Bouffard
King County Superior Court
Position Ten
Legal/Judicial
Experience: Bouffard has managed her own law firm for
seventeen years and practiced law for over 20 years. While raising a
family and working, she also devoted hundreds of hours to community
service, chairing and serving on many Boards and Commissions such as
King County Rural Forestry Commission, Covington Parks and Forestry
Commission, and South County Community Network. She was Chair of the
King County Washington Conservation Voters, and has experience in
handling the growing number of land use and environmental law cases
affecting our quality of life.
Family: Jean and Rick Bouffard have a son, 18, and a daughter, 14.
CANDIDATE STATEMENT: In recent years there has been an onslaught of county prosecutors and downtown Seattle lawyers joining the King County Superior Court. Nearly 75% of all the cases are civil, not criminal. Yet many of the newest judges come from the prosecutor’s office. And, in every open Superior Court race, the prosecutor’s office has a candidate.
What the Court needs is a judge who understands everyday legal problems, with experience helping individuals and small businesses with contract, employment, construction, business and real estate issues — an attorney who practices common sense and gets the job done without a government agency or large law firm staff behind her.
I have spent over 20 years working on civil cases and for people without a voice: • For individuals and small businesses • For good land use policies • For members of our communities who cannot afford legal counsel.
Regularly appearing in the Superior Court has taught me that I have the work ethic, the legal reasoning skills and the dedication to fairness needed to perform the duties of judge. With your vote, I will combine my commitment to community service with my professional skills to serve you honorably and diligently as Judge.
| Questionnaire response: |
For King County Bar Association For King County Democrats For Municipal League of King County |
| ORGANIZATION |
JEAN BOUFFARD |
REGINA CAHAN |
LES PONOMARCHUK |
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King County Bar Association |
Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee |
* |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
|
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 |
Good | Very Good | Very Good |
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QLaw: GLBT Bar Association |
* |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Qualified |
| Washington Women Lawyers | * |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):
| NEWSPAPER |
JEAN BOUFFARD |
REGINA CAHAN |
LES PONOMARCHUK |
| Seattle P-I |
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| Seattle Times |
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| The Stranger |
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(Click a dollar figure for detailed data from the
Public Disclosure Commission. Note that summary numbers here might not match
detailed data for various reasons.)
| CANDIDATE | REPORT DATE | CONTRIBUTIONS | EXPENDITURES |
| Jean Bouffard | 08/13/2008 | $18,919.00 | $12,711.36 |
| Regina Cahan | 08/13/2008 | $47,578.49 | $43,794.55 |
| Les Ponomarchuk | 08/13/2008 | $51,626.86 | $49,385.34 |
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