Inslee appoints 2 new Snohomish County Superior Court judges
EVERETT — Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed two new Snohomish County Superior Court judges, one a civil litigator and the other already a court commissioner.
The two new judges bring the court’s total to 17, as officials look to address a backlog of criminal and civil cases. Last month, over 1,400 criminal cases remained pending in Superior Court, according to the prosecutor’s office. Thousands more civil and domestic cases were in need of a judge.
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On May 25, Inslee appointed Miguel Duran, a civil litigator with Seattle-based Wilson Smith Cochran Dickerson. He co-founded the firm’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. Before joining the firm in 2019, he worked as a trial attorney for Allstate and on employment disputes for Service Employees International Union Local 925. And from 2008 to 2013, he was a public defender in Everett and Seattle.
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And on June 10, Inslee appointed Patrick Moriarty, who has been a Superior Court commissioner since 2018. That position is different from a judge in that it only oversees family law, probate and other proceedings. Before that, he worked privately in criminal defense and family law throughout Snohomish County. And he also prosecuted cases as assistant city attorney for Seattle from 1999 to 2001, according to his LinkedIn.
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