Gov. Jay Inslee on Monday announced the appointment of Robert B.C. McSeveney to the Chelan County Superior Court.<\/p>\n
He replaces Judge T.W. “Chip” Small, who is retiring after more than 26 years on the bench. McSeveney is a former Kent Municipal Court judge.<\/p>\n
McSeveney is currently a pro tem judge in the Chelan and Okanogan County District Courts.<\/p>\n
For more than 17 years, McSeveney served as a municipal court judge in Kent. Over nine of those years, he also acted as a pro tem judge in King County Superior Court.<\/p>\n
Following McSeveney’s career at the Kent Municipal Court, the Obama Administration appointed him in 2011 as a United States immigration judge in San Diego, where he served for over five years. While there, he presided over a first-of-its-kind immigration mental health court.<\/p>\n
He began his career in law enforcement as a police officer in Bellevue where he later served as the city’s deputy prosecuting attorney, an assistant city attorney and a public defender.<\/p>\n
“Bob has decades of judicial experience that encompass the gamut of legal issues,” Inslee said in a news release. “I am confident that during this period of transition at the Chelan County Superior Court, Bob’s lengthy judicial and law enforcement experience will be especially valuable. I look forward to what he will bring to the bench and to those who appear before it.”<\/p>\n
McSeveney received his law degree from the University of Puget Sound and a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University.<\/p>\n
His appointment is effective in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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