James Goeke

James Goeke is a magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He assumed office on November 1, 2021.

Biography

Education

Goeke received a B.A. in history from the University of Washington in 1993 and a J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1997.^[1]

Professional career

• 2018-2021: Deputy criminal chief/Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Spokane, Washington,
• 2012-2018: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Spokane, Washington
• 2009-2012: Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Washington, Yakima, Washington
• 2003-2009: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska
• 2000-2003: Litigation associate, Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP, Seattle, Washington
• 2002: Special deputy prosecutor, King County Prosecutor’s Office, Seattle, Washington
• 1999-2000: Litigation associate, Washburn Briscoe & McCarthy, San Francisco, California
• 1997-1999: Law clerk, Hon. Wm. Fremming Nielsen, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Washington^[1]

Judicial career

James Goeke joined the Eastern District of Washington as a federal magistrate judge on November 1, 2021.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
• United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

External links

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• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
• United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Footnotes

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