Jim Johanson

Snohomish County Superior Court

Position Six

Jim Johanson

Current Occupation/Employer: Lawyer, Law Offices of Jim Johanson, PLLC, in Edmonds.

Education: 1982-University of Washington, B.A. English Literature; 1987-University of Puget Sound School of Law, J.D.

Legal/Judicial Experience: Prosecutor for Pierce/King Counties and Lynnwood who opened his own practice in Snohomish County in 1995. He’s represented the interests of his clients, in civil and criminal law, for over twenty years.

Family: Son, Michael, an O’Dea High School Graduate and junior at Arizona State University.

Significant Career Experience: In 1990, Jim became Legislative Director for Community Transit. Jim served as Washington State Representative for the 44th Legislative District (1992-1994) and was House Judiciary Committee Vice Chair.

Candidate Statement: Jim has spent over two decades in both civil and criminal law representing his clients before courts and juries all over Washington State.

His career began as a Deputy Prosecutor for Pierce and King Counties. He then became an Assistant City Attorney for Lynnwood. In 1992, Jim was elected to serve as our voice in the State House of Representatives and was Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. Over the past twenty years, Jim has become an experienced trial lawyer. His practice has included personal injury, family law, real estate, contracts, trusts and probate matters.

Jim grew up in Snohomish County and has continued to be involved in community activities, from coaching his son’s Little League team, to serving as a Lector for Holy Rosary Parish and as a member of the South Snohomish County Chamber of Commerce.

As a prosecutor, Jim has enforced the laws of Washington. As a State Legislator, Jim has written the laws we all live by and as a trial lawyer has fought for the rights of victims.

Jim Johanson is an experienced, hard working and well-qualified attorney who will make an excellent addition to the Superior Court Bench and will serve with integrity.

Official web site: www.johansonforjudge.com

Opponents: George Appel and Joseph Wilson

Candidate ratings:

ORGANIZATION	GEORGE APPEL	JIM JOHANSON	JOSEPH WILSON
Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee	Well Qualified	Qualified	*
Latina/o Bar Association of Washington	Qualified	Qualified	*
Loren Miller Bar Association	Well Qualified	Qualified	*
QLaw: GLBT Bar Assocation of Washington	Well Qualified	Not Qualified	*
Snohomish County Bar Association (Membership Poll)	407 pts.	304 pts.	375 pts.
Washington Women Lawyers	Well Qualified	Unqualified	*

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Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):

NEWSPAPER	GEORGE APPEL	JIM JOHANSON	JOSEPH WILSON
Everett Herald
Stanwood/Camano News

Finance report:

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CANDIDATE	REPORT DATE	CONTRIBUTIONS	EXPENDITURES
George Appel	08/13/2008	$87,972.38	$82,261.94
Jim Johanson	08/13/2008	$126,149.02	$123,542.85
Joseph Wilson	08/13/2008	$85,976.61	$64,397.10

Media stories:

		August 15, 2008
Everett Herald		Three attorneys jockey to succeed Judge Thorpe
		August 14, 2008
Edmonds Beacon		Trio in tight race for bench
		July 25, 2008
The Enterrpise		Three seek judge's seat on superior court
		July 24, 2008
Everett Herald		Candidate for Snohomish County Superior Court judge gets nod from Washington Women Lawyers
		July 22, 2008
Everett Herald		Snohomish County lawyers rate candidates for Superior Court judge
		July 11, 2008
Everett Herald		Political FYI: Information and ice cream from judicial candidate
		June 26, 2008
Everett Herald		Political FYI: George Appel to talk about run for judge
		May 21, 2008
Everett Herald		Political FYI: Everett lawyer seeks election to bench
		April 30, 3008
Everett Herald		Political FYI: Appel to kick off his campaign
		April 26, 2008
Everett Herald		Political FYI: Edmonds attorney kicks off campaign for judge

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