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Ketu Shah

  

King County District Court

Northeast Division, Position Two

Ketu ShahOccupation: NE District Court Judge; former Bellevue Prosecutor and civil litigator

Education: JD, University of Minnesota; BA, Whitman College

Statement: Judge Shah, your current NE District Court judge, has 20 years of experience. Dedicated to providing fair and just outcomes, Judge Shah works every day for you. Voted a top ten judge by lawyers in King County, Judge Shah is rated “Exceptionally Well Qualified” by Washington Women Lawyers and every other Bar Association.

Judge Shah has a record of fairness, independence, and hard work. As a Bellevue prosecutor, Judge Shah created a Domestic Violence Unit, holding dangerous defendants accountable. While in civil practice, he regularly volunteered legal services to those in need. In court, Judge Shah treats everyone with equal respect.

The son of immigrants from India, Judge Shah has lived in Washington with his wife and two daughters for 28 years. He has coached for 12 years and is vice president of his local youth soccer club.

Endorsements: All 9 Supreme Court Justices; All NE District Court Judges; Over 100 Judges; Attorney General Ferguson; Attorney General McKenna (ret.); Sheriff Urquhart; Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo (ret.); King County Police Guild; Court Clerks and Probation; County Councilmembers Lambert, Hague, Dembowski, Gossett; Representatives Habib, Hunter, Goodman, Senn, Clibborn; King County Labor Council; King County Democrats; Bellevue and Mercer Island Mayors.

  
Official web site: retainjudgeshah.com | Facebook  
Opponent: Sarah Hayne
  
Questionnaire for King County Democrats
  
Candidate ratings:

ORGANIZATION SARAH
HAYNE		 KETU
SHAH
Cardozo Society * Exceptionally
Well Qualified
King County Bar Association Refused to
Cooperate		 Exceptionally
Well Qualified
Joint Asian Judicial
Evaluations Committee		 * Exceptionally
Well Qualified
Latina/o Bar Association
of Washington		 * Exceptionally
Well Qualified
Loren Miller Bar Association * Exceptionally
Well Qualified
Municipal League of King County * Outstanding
(2009 rating)
QLaw: The GLBT Bar
Association of Washington		 * Exceptionally
Well Qualified
Washington Women Lawyers * 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.

  

Newspaper endorsements (click paper for details):

NEWSPAPER SARAH
HAYNE		 KETU
SHAH
Seattle Times  
The Stranger  
 

Media stories:

    October 4, 2014
Seattle Times   Lawyers PAC shifts support in judicial race to co-founder’s wife
    July 24, 2014
Asian Weekly   The first Indian American judge in Washington state
 
 

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