Eric Schmidt

King County Superior Court

Department 25

Legal/Judicial Experience: Washington State Court of Appeals Commissioner since 2002; pro tem Pierce County Superior Court judge; 8 years as judge for Washington State Department of Health from 1994 to 2001; superior court arbitrator; experience in government practice and private practice.

Other Professional Experience: Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law since 2000; Lecturer, University of Washington School of Law; Chair, Mandatory Continuing Judicial Education Committee; Vice Chair, Board for Court Education.

Education: B.A., University of Washington; J.D cum laude, UPS Law School; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington.

Community Service: Community member of Children’s Hospital Ethics Committee; judge for YMCA high school mock trial championships.

Statement: Eric Schmidt is a well-qualified, thoughtful and experienced jurist, having served as a judicial officer for 18 years. Since 2002 he has decided hundreds of cases for the Court of Appeals involving almost every issue that comes before the Superior Court, including criminal law, civil law, family law and administrative law. He is a judge pro tempore in Pierce County Superior Court, having presided over criminal and civil jury trials, bench trials and family law trials. He was a health law judge for almost eight years, including six years as chief judge, presiding over complex disciplinary and licensing hearings.

Eric is devoted to judicial and legal education. He is an adjunct professor of law at SU and UW law schools, is Chair of the committee that assures that all Washington judges complete their continuing judicial education requirements, and is Vice Chair of the board that oversees education programs for Washington judges and court staff.

Eric has been rated as “Exceptionally Well Qualified” or “Well Qualified” by Washington Women Lawyers, King County Bar, Latina/o Bar, Joint Asian Bar, Loren Miller Bar and QLaw. Eric is endorsed by Washington Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals Judges and Superior Court Judges.

Candidate ratings:

ORGANIZATION	ELIZABETH BERNS	ROGER DAVIDHEISER	ERIC SCHMIDT
Cardozo Society	Well Qualified	*	*
Joint Asian Judicial Evaluation Committee	Well Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified	Well Qualified
King County Bar Association	Not Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified	Exceptionally Well Qualified
Latina/o Bar Ass'n of Washington	Qualified	Well Qualified	Well Qualified
Loren Miller Bar Association	*	*	Well Qualified
Municipal League of King County	Outstanding	Very Good	Very Good
Q-Law: the GLBT Bar Association of Washington	Well Qualified	*	Well Qualified
Seattle Metropolitan Elections Committee	Highly Recommended	*	Recommended
Washington Women Lawyers	No Rating	Highly 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 from all organizations for all candidates, 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 7, 2012

King County Superior Court

Department 25