PIERCE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT
APPLICATION TO SERVE AS JUDGE PRO TEMPORE/SETTLEMENT MEDIATOR
APPLICANTS ARE SUBJECT TO CIVIL AND CRIMINAL RECORDS INVESTIGATION. Applicants are also required to sign a release form authorizing the Washington State Bar Association to release all information regarding disciplinary records.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR SUPERIOR COURT PRO TEM JUDGE/SETTLEMENT MEDIATOR
1. Five (5) years experience, full time, in the practice of law.
2. Trial/mediation experience; knowledge of the rules of evidence and their application in litigation; prior experience as a settlement conference mediator or collaborative law training.
3. Knowledge of or experience in the type of case to be assigned. Jury trial experience is required for pro tem service in jury trials.
4. Prior judicial experience, including pro tem experience, in superior, district or municipal court is preferred or prior service on the mandatory arbitration panel.
5. You may not serve if you are currently a court approved RCW 26.09 Guardian ad Litem Certified Registry.
6. The 2021 Pro Tem Judge/Settlement Mediator Panel is subject to fundingavailability. By applying to serve as a Judge Pro Tem/Settlement Mediator you are acknowledging that serving as a Pro Tem Judge in 2021 may be a volunteer position without pay.
7. At this time the 2021 Pro Tem Judge/Settlement Mediator Panel will predominately be assigned to hear settlement conferences in Family Law/Domestic cases only. Civil matters as well as trials, may be available at a later time, but it is not guaranteed.
Applications deadline is Friday, October 30, 2020, by 4 PM, Applications should be submitted electronically to Cristina Platt, at cristina.platt@piercecountywa.gov by the deadline. Once received, the candidate will be sent an email acknowledging receipt. Should you not receive this email acknowledging receipt, please call Cristina Platt at 253-798-7287.
Please visit the Pierce County Superior Court for the official application form.
