Susan Owens' Biography
- Justice of the Supreme Court (WA) - Position 2
Contact Information
Office
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 40929
Olympia, WA 98504-0929
415 12th Avenue Southwest
Olympia, WA 98501-2314
Full Name:
Susan J. Owens
Gender:
Female
Family:
2 Children: Sunny, Owen
Birth Place:
Kinston, NC
JD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975
Bachelors, Duke University, 1971
No political experience information on file.
Member, Board for Court Education, present
Member, Board for Judicial Administration
Member, Budget Committee
Member, Committee on Public Defense, present
Chair, Court Interpreter Certification Advisory Commission, present
Member, Long Range Planning Committee
Member, Rules Committee, present
Member, Tribal State Court Consortium Planning Committee
Justice, Washington State Supreme Court, District Position 2, 2000-present
Former Judge, District Court, Western Clallam County
Rural Courts Instructor, Judicial College
Former Chief Judge, Lower Elwha S'Klallam Tribe
Co-Author, Northwest Tribal Judges Domestic Violence Manual
Former Chief Judge, Quileute Tribe
Candidate, Washington State Supreme Court, District Position 2, 2018
Member, Advisory Board, Leadership Institute, Bar Association, Washington
Member, Bench-Bar-Press Committee
Member, District and Municipal Court Judges Association
Chair, Fall Judicial Conference
Lecturer, National College of Prosecuting Attorneys' Domestic Violence Conference
Co-Founder/Chair, Rural Courts Committee, 1990
Member, Bar Association, Washington, 1976
Member, Bar Association, Oregon, 1975