Archived Version: August 19, 2008
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Holly Hill
King County Superior Court
Position 22
Current Occupation/Employer: Judge Pro Tempore, King County District Court; Seattle and Lake Forest Park Municipal Courts; Trial Advocacy Teacher.
Education: JD, Northwestern University Law School; BA, Vassar College.
Legal/Judicial Experience: Trial lawyer public and private sectors, Washington, Illinois and Federal Courts. Judge Pro Tempore. UW Certified mediator. Adjunct faculty UW Law School. Program Director National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Family: Married, two children.
Significant Career Experience: Federal civil rights attorney. Argued simple and complex civil and criminal cases in Municipal, District, Superior, Appellate and Federal Courts. Mediator. Taught hundreds of lawyers. U.S. State Department funded teacher of lawyers in Africa. Founder, internet filtering company.
Candidate Statement: You and everyone who comes before a court in our community are entitled to be treated fairly and with respect no matter who you are.
Over my 34 year career I have lived by this principle handling criminal and civil cases, in Municipal, District, Superior and Federal trials. My clients have included the U.S. government, enforcing our civil rights laws, union members in grievance arbitrations, corporations and poor and working people. For over 20 years I have worked to improve our system of justice by teaching hundreds of UW law students and lawyers here and nationally how to conduct themselves in court with the highest professional and ethical standards. I serve now as a Pro Tem Judge.
My husband and I raised two daughters in King County. We founded a company to protect our children and yours from the seedy side of the internet.
As a volunteer I have advocated for women, families and children through the NWWLC, the YMCA and Treehouse.
My experiences have prepared me to judge the wide variety of matters in Superior Court efficiently and with compassion, fairness and firmness. You can count on me as your judge. See: www.hollyhillforjudge.com for more information.
| Questionnaire responses: |
For King County Bar
Association For King County Democrats For Municipal League of King County |
| ORGANIZATION |
JULIA GARRATT |
REBECCAH GRAHAM |
HOLLY HILL |
| King County Bar Association | Well Qualified | Well Qualified | Well Qualified |
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Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Latina/o Bar Association of Washington |
Well Qualified | Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
| Loren Miller Bar Association | Well Qualified |
Extremely Well Qualified |
Well Qualified |
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Municipal League of King County |
Outstanding | Good | Outstanding |
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Q-Law: GLBT Bar Association |
Well Qualified | * | Well Qualified |
| Washington Women Lawyers |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Highly Qualified | Highly Qualified |
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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):
| NEWSPAPER |
JULIA GARRATT |
REBECCAH GRAHAM |
HOLLY HILL |
| Seattle P-I |
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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 |
| Julia Garratt | 08/13/2008 | $31,154.84 | $26,558.93 |
| Rebeccah Graham | 08/13/2008 | $37,171.00 | $32,997.58 |
| Holly Hill | 08/13/2008 | $88,326.64 | $82,181.05 |
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