Regina Cahan

King County Superior Court

Position Ten

Current Occupation/Employer: Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney

Education: Juris Doctorate and Masters degree in Social Work, University of Wisconsin

Legal/Judicial Experience: Currently Judge Pro Tem. Nineteen years courtroom experience in King County Superior Court. A respected senior prosecutor, Regina consistently earned convictions prosecuting the most serious felonies, murders and sex crimes. As a civil litigator, she defended civil rights and fought successfully for plaintiffs and defendants in labor and employment disputes.

Family: Happily married with two children, both in public school.

Significant Career Experience: Over 100 trials; achieved landmark State Supreme Court rulings on both the use of DNA evidence and sex offender registration. See www.CahanforCourt.com for more.

Candidate Statement: I am proud to have received the highest rating, “Exceptionally Well Qualified,” from the King County Bar, Washington Women Lawyers, Joint Asian Bar, and Q-law.

I volunteer my services for the Northwest Women’s Law Center, Anti-Defamation League, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, and have counseled sexual assault and domestic violence survivors.

I look forward to continuing my years of public service and applying my criminal and civil law experience by serving on our Superior Court.

Distinguished from my opponents by my diverse experience and bipartisan support:

Organizations: King County Police Guild, Firefighters, King County Labor Council, Women’s Political Caucus;

Community Leaders: Governor Gary Locke, Mayor Greg Nickels, County Executive Ron Sims, Judy Maleng, Mike McKay;

Over 40 Judges: including State Supreme Court Justices Bobbe Bridge, Mary Fairhurst, Susan Owens, Faith Ireland, Charles Z. Smith, Debra Stephens, Phil Talmadge, Robert Utter;

State Legislators: Mary Lou Dickerson, Bob Hasegawa, Zack Hudgins, Fred Jarrett, Claudia Kauffman, Phyllis Kenney, Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Al O’Brien, Jamie Pedersen, Eric Pettigrew, Margarita Prentice, Jay Rodne, Shay Schual Berke, Helen Sommers, Rodney Tom, Brian Weinstein;

Council Members: Tim Burgess, Richard Conlin, Jan Drago, Regan Dunn, Larry Gossett, Bruce Harrell, Kathy Lambert, Julia Patterson, Larry Phillips, Tom Rasmussen.

ORGANIZATION	JEAN BOUFFARD	REGINA CAHAN	LES PONOMARCHUK
King County Bar Association	Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified
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
Municipal League of King County	Good	Very Good	Very Good
QLaw: GLBT Bar Association	*	Exceptionally Well Qualified	Qualified
Washington Women Lawyers	*	Exceptionally Well Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified

Important note! Each of these organizations uses its own standards and rating terms when evaluating candidates; please check their pages for further information. We do not have ratings for candidates with an asterisk (*), and the reasons vary. Some evaluations may still be in process, or we might not have received them yet; some candidates may not have been offered an opportunity to participate, or they may have declined to participate. Again, please check the organizations' pages for further details.

Archived Version: August 19, 2008

King County Superior Court

Position Ten