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George Finkle Retired Superior Court Judge |
Judge Finkle was appointed to the King County Superior Court in December 1989 and served until October 1999, when he joined JDR. Before taking the bench, Judge Finkle was a partner in Burns Schneiderman Finkle, Deputy Director of the Seattle-King County Public Defender, an associate at Preston Thorgrimson, and law clerk to the Hon. Jerome Farris.
Experience & Specialties
Since joining JDR in 1999, Judge Finkle has successfully arbitrated and mediated hundreds of state and federal civil cases. His ADR experience includes modest-sized and large complex cases involving contracts, employment, sales, production and distribution, insurance, family law, construction, shareholders, high technology, healthcare, securities, real estate, patent/licensing/trademark, maritime, partnership, franchise, agriculture, consumer, and class actions. Judge Finkle has served as Special Master in dozens of state and federal cases, has consulted in litigation, and has supervised elections.
While a member of the Superior Court bench, Judge Finkle’s diverse trial docket included State v. American Tobacco (the lead case in the national tobacco litigation), as well as hundreds of other complex and straightforward civil cases.
Judge Finkle has been a frequent speaker at Continuing Legal Education seminars covering topics including effective arbitration, mediation, and trial practice.
Special Honors & Memberships
LEGAL:
- Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
- Chief Civil Judge, King County Superior Court
- Chair, Superior Court Mental Illness Committee
- Volunteer Mediator, Seattle Police / Citizen disputes, and King County Superior Court
- Member, Washington State Board of Bar Examiners
- Commissioner, Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission
OTHER:
- Associated Grocers Board of Directors & Executive Committee
- Volunteer Home Builder and Family Advocate, Habitat for Humanity
- Volunteer phone worker, Seattle-King County Crisis Clinic
- Volunteer English teacher for refugees, International Rescue Committee
Education
J. D. Harvard Law School, 1973
Graduate, National Judicial College, 1990
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