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Clerk publishes short timeline; commissioners approve letter to bar and poll process for district court judge vacancy
Summary
With Judge Engel retiring March 7, the Yakima County clerk circulated a timeline for appointing a replacement. Commissioners approved sending notices to the local bar and Washington State Bar and asked that the bar poll be returned for board review before interviews are scheduled.
Julie Lawrence, Yakima County clerk, presented a condensed timeline on Jan. 27 for filling the district court judge vacancy created by Judge Engel’s retirement effective March 7.
The clerk proposed soliciting applications from the Yakima County Bar and the Washington State Bar, with a Feb. 7 application deadline and a Feb. 20 bar poll of applicants. The…
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