Kevin Korsmo

Court of Appeals

Division Three, District One, Position Two

Legal/Judicial Experience: Judge, Washington Court of Appeals, since February, 2008. Private practice 1982-1984. Worked as deputy prosecuting attorney 1984-2008.

Other Professional Experience: 20 years as appellate attorney; argued several hundred cases in the Court of Appeals and 53 cases in the Washington Supreme Court, including two death penalty cases.

Education: J.D. with Honors, University of Washington School of Law (1982); B.S. North Dakota State University (1979); Gonzaga University (1975-1976).

Community Service: Out of many community service efforts, Kevin is proudest of being a longtime volunteer chess coach at two area high schools.

Statement: Judge Kevin Korsmo is currently serving as the Presiding Chief Judge for the Court of Appeals, having just completed a two year term as Chief Judge of Division Three. Judge Korsmo was appointed to the Court in February, 2008, and elected to a full six year term later that year. He also serves as the chair of the court’s Rules Committee. Judge Korsmo joined the Court of Appeals after a distinguished career as an appellate attorney in which he appeared before Division Three more often than any other attorney in history.

Prior to his service on the Court, he served as a senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Spokane County from 1990 to 2008. There Kevin managed or argued over 2000 cases in the Court of Appeals and Washington Supreme Court.

Kevin met his wife, Barbara, at the freshman ice cream social at Gonzaga University in 1975. Married since 1980, they have four children.

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