Archived Version: August 19, 2008
An information resource for Washington voters
Mariane Spearman
King County Superior Court
Position 53
This race will be decided in the Primary Election.
Current
Occupation: Judge, King County District Court, West Division.
Legal/Judicial Experience: 13 years judicial experience: King County District Court judge (2000 – present) • Juvenile Court Judge in Superior Court (2002-03) • Kirkland Municipal Court judge (1995 -2000). Family law attorney (1992-94); public defender (1985-92).
Significant Career Experience: Former board member of Childhaven • Volunteer judge for King County Kids Court • Coordinator for International District Pro Bono Legal Clinic.
Education: Graduate of University of Washington Law School (1984); Undergraduate degree in Psychology from Rutgers University (1981).
Family: Judge Spearman resides in Seattle with her husband, Michael, and their two children.
Candidate statement: Mariane Spearman has been an outstanding judge for over 13 years. She served as the presiding judge of Kirkland Municipal Court for 5 years and for the last 8 years on the King County District Court. She is actively involved in the administration of the court as the Presiding Judge of the West Division, a member of the Executive Committee and chair of the Personnel committee.
Judge Spearman has been rated "Exceptionally Well Qualified" for election to this position by: the King County Bar Association • the Joint Asian Evaluation Committee • the Loren Miller Bar Association (African American lawyers) • Q Law the GLBT Bar Association • the Latina/o Bar Association.
Judge Spearman’s supporters include King County Executive Ron Sims, King County Council member Larry Gossett, Seattle City Council member Bruce Harrell, Jon Bridge and over 50 judges from the Supreme, Appellate, Superior, District and Municipal Courts. She is also endorsed by the Women’s Political Caucus, the King County Police Officers Guild, the 33rd District Democrats, and AFSCME Local 21.
Judge Spearman has a solid reputation as a hard-working, fair and decisive jurist. She would be honored to have your vote.
| Questionnaire responses: |
For King County Bar
Association For King County Democrats |
| ORGANIZATION |
ANN DANIELI |
MARIANE SPEARMAN |
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King County Bar Association |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee |
Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Latina/o Bar Association of Washington |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
| Loren Miller Bar Association |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
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Municipal League of King County |
Very Good | Outstanding |
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QLaw: GLBT Bar Association of Washington |
Well Qualified |
Exceptionally Well Qualified |
| Washington Women Lawyers | Highly 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.
Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):
| NEWSPAPER |
ANN DANIELI |
MARIANE SPEARMAN |
| 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 |
| Ann Danieli | 07/25/2008 | $52,209.29 | $51,797.76 |
| Mariane Spearman | 07/25/2008 | $45,396.14 | $41,372.67 |
| August 9, 2008 | ||
| NW Asian Weekly | Spearman cuts up the stereotypes |
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