Department 14

• Judge: Honorable Susan Keers Serko
• Elected / Appointed: Jan. 9, 2006

Education

• State University of New York Cortland College, B.A. 1976
• University of Puget Sound School of Law, J.D. 1982

Career Highlights

• Appointed to Pierce County Superior Court, January 2006 by Governor Gregoire
• 2001 - 2006 Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings
• 1995 - 2001 Sole Practitioner
• 1983 - 1995 Lawyer with Rush, Hannula, Harkins and Kyler

Professional Affiliations, Committees

• Superior Court Judges' Association, Family and Juvenile Law Committee, 2007 - present
• Washington State Bar Association, 1982 - present
• Washington Women Lawyers Member, 1980 - present; Pierce County Chapter President 1988, State Board President 1996 - 1997
• Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association, 1982 - Present, Trustee 1992 - 1994
• Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center, Washington, D.C.; ASTAR Fellow, 2009
• American Inns of Court, Honorable Robert Bryan Inn, Tacoma, WA, Member 2006 - Present, President 2011 - 2012
• National Association of Women Judges, 2011 - Present

Civic Involvement

• Tacoma Rotary Number 8, 1987 - 1997 and 2006 - present
• Pierce County Community AIDS Partnership Advisory Board, 1995 - 1998
• Vashon Community Scholarship Foundation, President 2003 - 2005
• Tacoma Pierce County Bar Association Trustee, 1996 - 1997
• Young Lawyers Division's (YLD) Liberty Bell Award, 2008