On February 22, 2010 Marcine Anderson was
unanimously appointed by the King County Council
to the King County District Court, Shoreline
Division.  When she was sworn in on March 12,
2010 Judge Anderson became the first woman and
the first Asian American to serve as a district court
judge at the Shoreline District Court.  This
appointment continued Judge Anderson’s record of
service to the public.

Beginning in 1995, Marcine Anderson was a Senior
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney with the Civil Division
of the King County Office of the Prosecuting
Attorney.  Her practice covered many aspects of
technology law, including software licensing, cable
television regulation and telecommunications.  Prior
to joining the King County Office of the Prosecuting
Attorney, Judge Anderson was a criminal
misdemeanor prosecutor for a number of local
cities, including Burien, Woodinville, Issaquah, Lake
Stevens, Bothell and Redmond.  

Judge Anderson also worked for the Massachusetts
Bay Transportation Authority in Boston,
Massachusetts, clerked for the Hon. Joyce London
Alexander, U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge for
the District of Massachusetts and was the recipient
of the Reginald Heber Smith Community Lawyer
Fellowship which allowed her to work at the
Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance
Corporation in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

On September 16, 2004, Marcine Anderson was
sworn in as the first Asian American member of the
Board of Governors of the Washington State Bar
Association in its then 115 year history.  She
currently serves as an Advisory Board member of
the Washington State Bar Association’s award
winning Leadership Institute.  She has served on a
number of bar committees and on the board of the
Washington State Bar Foundation.

Ms. Anderson received her J.D. from Suffolk
University School of Law and her B.A. and a
Certificate in Ethnic Studies from the University of
Oregon.  
About Judge Marcine Anderson
and her Awards
AWARDS

2009 - Washington State Bar
Association Random Acts of
Professionalism Award

2008 - Washington State Bar
Association Excellence in Diversity
Award

2005 - Asian Bar Association of
Washington President's Award