Department 5 

• Judge: Honorable Vicki Hogan
• Elected / Appointed: Jan. 11, 1993

Education

• California Western School of Law San Diego, CA J.D.
• State University of New York, Brockport, N.Y. B.A
• University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA

Career Highlights

• Elected to Pierce County Superior Court 1992
• Presiding Judge 1999 and 2000
• Past Executive Committee member four years and current member 2011 - 2013
• Criminal Division Presiding Judge 2010
• Served as Pro Tem Judge and Commissioner 11 years
• Private practice attorney in Washington and California
• Adjunct Professor University of Puget Sound School of Law 1985 - 1994

Professional Affiliations, Committees

• Pierce County Superior Court Committees Member: Local Rules 18 years; Juvenile Court Executive Committee three years; Budget and Finance; LINX / Civil Case Management 15 years; Bench-Bar Liaison six years; GAL; Guardianship, Probate and Trust; Family Law; Civil Plus; Criminal Plus; Criminal Procedures
• Superior Court Judges' Association, Family and Juvenile Law Committee 1993 - 2003; Criminal Rules Committee; Ethics Committee; Guardianship, Probate and Trust Committee; Ethics Advisory Opinion Committee 2011 - 2014
• Certified Professional Guardian Board, 2003 - 2004 and 2004 - 2007; Chair 2003 - 2007
• Board for Judicial Administration Representative, Pierce and Snohomish Superior Court Judges, 2000 - 2004
• Superior Court Judges' Association District 2 (Pierce and Kitsap County Superior Court Judges) Representative 2011 - 2014
• American Inns of Court, Robert J. Bryan Chapter XXVI, member since 1994; President 2000
• American Judicature Society and American Judges Association member
• Commission on Children, Youth and Families, 1996 - 2000
• Washington Women Lawyers member since 1980

Civic Involvement

• Gig Harbor Rotary member since 1989; President 2004 - 2005
• City Club of Tacoma member since 1990
• City of Tacoma Urban Policy Committee, 1980 - 1985
• YWCA Board of Directors 1983 - 1989
• Presenter at judicial colleges, continuing education and conferences as well as at other legal education trainings and conferences
• Washington State YMCA Mock Trial Competition participant since 1994; District Convener 1995
• Lecturer at judicial colleges and conferences
• Washington State high school mock trial participant since 1994
• Career Days participant at middle and high schools
• Pierce County Superior Court's Co-Chair for Paint Tacoma 2003 and 2008