Anne Ellington
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Anne Ellington
Prior offices
Washington Court of Appeals Division I
Education
Anne Ellington was a Division 1 judge in the Washington Court of Appeals. She joined the court in May 1995 and retired on October 19, 2012.[1][2]
Education
Ellington received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado in l969 and her J.D. from the University of Washington Law School in l974.[1]
Career
Ellington served as a law clerk for Justice Orris Hamilton of the Washington State Supreme Court and as an assistant attorney general from 1975 to 1978. For a time, Ellington then worked as an attorney in private practice in Seattle, specializing in employment, family and tort law.[1]
Ellington first became a judge in 1984 when she was elected to the King County Superior Court. She served as the assistant presiding judge of the King County Superior Court from 1989 to 1994 and was then elected by her peers in 1994 as the court's presiding judge.[1]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2006: Judicial Leadership Award, Access to Justice Board
- 2006: White Ribbon Award, Citizens for People with Disabilities
Associations
- Former chair, State Sentencing Guidelines Commission
- Member, National Commission on Trial Court Performance Standards
- Former trustee, University of Washington Law School Alumni Board of Trustees
- Former member, Governor’s Community Protection Task Force
- Honorary King County Fire Commissioner [1]
2009 election
On August 18, 2009, Ellington was re-elected to the Washington Court of Appeals.[3]
See also
External links
- Washington Courts, "Washington Court of Appeals"
- Voting for Judges.org, "Review of the Ellington-Kelly campaign"
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Washington Courts, "Judge Ann Ellington"
- ↑ [http://www.governor.wa.gov/judicial/vacancy_coa_20120607.pdf State of Washington, Office of the Governor, "Notice of Judicial Vacancy Washington State Court of Appeals Division I," June 7, 2012] (dead link)
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Washington 2009 Primary Election"
