Johnson |
Rumbaugh |
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| Judicial Experience | Over 700 cases as a member of the state Supreme Court. Over 140 opinions, including more than 80 majorities and concurrences in majority. |
None. |
| Appellate Experience | More than 100 appellate cases prior to joining the court, including cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and state Supreme Court. This includes the U.S. Supreme Court cases that defended Washington’s Blanket Primary, won for the state our 9th Congressional District and protected voting rights. |
Two cases before the state Supreme Court, a small number of cases before the state Court of Appeals. |
| Newspaper Endorsements | Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune, Daily Olympian, Spokane Spokesman Review, Vancouver Columbian, Walla Walla Union Bulletin, Everett Herald, Tri-City Herald, Yakima Herald, Longview Daily News, Chehalis Chronicle. |
None |
| Areas of legal practice | Criminal Prosecution, Washington State Counsel for the Environment, Chief of Special Litigation for Washington State, Senior Deputy Attorney General for the Fish and Wildlife Division, attorney in private practice specializing in constitutional law, appeals and the initiative process. Justice Johnson’s experience includes major civil rights experience, defending voting rights, free speech rights, direct democracy rights, property rights, water rights and more. |
“Personal injury, worker's compensation and wrongful death.* |
| Education | B.A. Harvard University, Massachusetts J.D. University of Washington |
B.A. Wittenberg University, Ohio J.D. University of Puget Sound |