On February 22, 2010, the King County Council, in an 8-0 vote, appointed two attorneys to fill two newly created district court judicial positions. Mike Finkle, a prosecutor for the City of Seattle Attorney’s office for the last 20 years, will now serve as a district court judge in the East Division of the King County District Court at the Redmond Courthouse. Marcine Anderson, a Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for King County, was appointed to fill a similarly created position for the county at the Shoreline Courthouse.
The two appointments are effective until next November’s general election at which time all current district court judges must be elected to serve their four year terms.