List of justices of the Washington Supreme Court

Following is a list of justices of the Washington Supreme Court.

Current justices[]

As of January 11, 2021:^[1]

Seat	Position	Name	Born	Joined the court	Current term ends	Reaches age 75	Appointed by	Legal education
8	Chief Justice	Steven González	1963 (age 58–59)	January 1, 2012 (as Associate Justice) January 11, 2021 (as Chief)	January 12, 2025	2038	Christine Gregoire (D)	University of California, Berkeley
4	Associate Chief Justice	Charles W. Johnson	1951 (age 70–71)	January 1, 1991	January 10, 2027	2026	–	Seattle University
5	Associate Justice	Barbara Madsen	1952 (age 69–70)	January 1, 1993	January 8, 2023	2027	–	Gonzaga University
2	Associate Justice	Susan Owens	1949 (age 72–73)	January 1, 2001	January 12, 2025	2025	–	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
7	Associate Justice	Debra L. Stephens	1965 (age 56–57)	January 1, 2008	January 10, 2027	2040	Christine Gregoire (D)	Gonzaga University
9	Associate Justice	Sheryl Gordon McCloud	(1955-10-05) October 5, 1955 (age 66)	January 1, 2013	January 1, 2025	2030	–	University of Southern California
1	Associate Justice	Mary Yu	1957 (age 64–65)	May 20, 2014	January 8, 2023	2032	Jay Inslee (D)	University of Notre Dame
3	Associate Justice	Raquel Montoya-Lewis	1967/1968 (age 53–55)	January 5, 2020	January 10, 2027	2043	Jay Inslee (D)	University of Washington
6	Associate Justice	Helen Whitener	1964/1965 (age 56–57)	April 13, 2020	January 10, 2027	2040	Jay Inslee (D)	Seattle University

Notable territorial judges[]

Orange Jacobs, 1869–1875
Obadiah B. McFadden, 1854–1861
Ethelbert Patterson Oliphant, 1861–1865
William Strong, 1858–1861
George Turner, 1885–1888
Francis A. Chenoweth 1854–1858

All justices[]

Name	Began service	Ended service	Notes
Don G. Abel	1946	1947
Gerry L. Alexander	1995	2011
	1889	1905
James A. Andersen	1984	1995
	1925	1928
	1915	1916
Walter B. Beals	1928	1946
Adam Beeler	1930	1932
Bruce Blake	1932	1946
Robert Brachtenbach	1972	1995
Bobbe Bridge	2001	2007
	1919	1927	died in office
Keith M. Callow	1985	1991
Tom Chambers	2001	2013
Stephen James Chadwick	1908	1919
Edward M. Connelly	1946	1947
Herman D. Crow	1913	1915
Carolyn R. Dimmick	1981	1985
James M. Dolliver	1976	1999
	1949	1967
Fred H. Dore	1981	1993
Samuel Marion Driver	1940 1945	1942 1946
Ralph O. Dunbar	1889	1912
Barbara Durham	1995	1999
	1911	1918
Mary Fairhurst	2003	2020
	1951	1976
	1956 1957	1956 1962
Walter M. French	1927	1930
	1899	1931
James M. Geraghty	1933	1940
Steven González	2012	present
William C. Goodloe	1985	1988
	1895	1900
Sheryl Gordon McCloud	2013	present
	1909	1915
Thomas Eugene Grady	1942 1949	1945 1955
Richard P. Guy	1989	2001
	1901 1903	1902 1909
	1963	1975
	1962	1979
Frederick G. Hamley	1949	1956
	1931	1932
Floyd V. Hicks	1977	1982
Matthew W. Hill	1947	1969
Oscar Raymond Holcomb	1915 1927	1927 1939^[2]
	1975	1980
Chester Ralph Hovey	1921	1923
John Philo Hoyt	1890	1897
	1957	1977
Faith Ireland	1999	2005
	1939	1949
Charles W. Johnson	1991	present
James M. Johnson	2005	2014
	1918	1928
Barbara Madsen	1993	present
	1912	1943
Joseph A. Mallery	1942	1962
Walter T. McGovern	1968	1971
	1928 1956	1949 1957
	1918	1937
Raquel Montoya-Lewis	2020	present
	1909	1918
Wallace Mount	1901	1921
Marshall Allen Neill	1967	1972
	1951	1955
	1955	1967
Susan Owens	2001	present
Emmett N. Parker	1909	1933
Vernon Robert Pearson	1982	1989
	1923	1925
Rosselle Pekelis	1995	1996
	1897	1903
John Robinson	1937	1951
	1905	1908
Hugh J. Rosellini	1955	1984
Frank H. Rudkin	1905	1911
Richard B. Sanders	1996	2011
Edgar Ward Schwellenbach	1946	1957
	1889	1899
Morell E. Sharp	1970 1971	1971 1971
	1937	1951
Charles Z. Smith	1988	2003
Charles F. Stafford	1970	1984
	1932	1949
Debra L. Stephens	2008	present
Theodore L. Stiles	1889	1895
Phil Talmadge	1995	2001
	1918	1937
Robert F. Utter	1971	1995
	1951	1970
John Stanley Webster	1916	1918
	1900 1901	1901 1902
Charles K. Wiggins	2011	2020
	1979	1985
	1971	1980
Mary Yu	2014	present

References[]

^ "Washington State Courts - News, Reports, Court Information". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
^ Defeated in a bid for reelection in 1926, Holcomb's term expired early in 1927. Within several months, he was appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Jesse B. Bridges.

[1] "Washington State Courts - News, Reports, Court Information". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

[2] Defeated in a bid for reelection in 1926, Holcomb's term expired early in 1927. Within several months, he was appointed to the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Jesse B. Bridges.

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