Ken Schubert Email & Phone Number

After his election in 2012, Judge Schubert joined the King County Superior Court bench on January 14, 2013. He previously served as the Chief Civil Judge, presided in the Ex Parte and Probate and Civil Departments for two years, and was the lead judge for the Involuntary Treatment Act Court. He served on the King County Superior Court’s Executive, Budget, Personnel, and Commissioner Selection Committees. Judge Schubert Co-Chairs the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and has previously chaired the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. He is active in the Superior Court Judges Association and has been the treasurer and an officer on the Board of Trustees since 2022. He chaired the SCJA Public Outreach Committee for three years and continues to serve on the SCJA Equality and Fairness Committee.Prior to becoming a judge, he worked in both civil and criminal law. His criminal experience includes working as an investigator for The Defender Association before attending law school and serving short stints as a special deputy prosecutor for both the Multnomah District Attorney’s Office and the King County Prosecutor’s Office. After law school, he clerked for Justice Gerry Alexander and then began his career with and was a partner at Garvey Schubert Barer, where he resolved a wide variety of disputes on behalf of individuals and institutions. He also donated free legal services on behalf of civil rights claimants and domestic violence victims. During the two and a half years before becoming a superior court judge, Judge Schubert worked primarily as a pro tem judge in municipal and district courts throughout King County.He has been and remains active in the community and the bar. He sits on the Washington Judges’ Foundation Board of Directors and is the Content Editor for the Washington Lawyer’s Practice Manual, Chapter 4 (Guide to County Courthouses). He served for two years on the Executive Board of the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington and was the treasurer for his daughter’s public elementary school PTA. He was twice elected president of his neighborhood’s community council and has served on the boards of a half-dozen non-profit organizations. Judge Schubert has taught trial advocacy at the UW School of Law and the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He also has served as a senior advocacy fellow for SU's Korematsu Center for Law and Equality.Judge Schubert earned his bachelor’s degree with distinction at Occidental College and his law degree from UW School of Law.

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