By Judge Bill Bowman
The Maleng Regional Justice Center (“MRJC”) is a full-service court facility located in Kent. The MRJC is designed to serve the growing population of south King County and is home to four District Court judges, 16 Superior Court judges and three Superior Court commissioners. Three of our Superior Court judges are assigned to Unified Family Court; one presides over dependency cases and the others serve on general trial rotations.
In contrast to trial judges assigned to the King County Courthouse, judges at the MRJC are not assigned to a purely civil or criminal rotation. Each of our general trial judges manages a full pretrial civil...