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Leila Mills
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Leila Mills was a superior court judge for Kitsap County Superior Court, Washington.[1] Mills filed for re-election in 2016 and won automatically because she faced no challengers. She retired in May 2018.[2]
Elections
2016
Washington held general elections for local judicial offices on November 8, 2016. Candidates for district and superior court seats had to file for election by May 20, 2016. Primary elections were held on August 2, 2016, for six seats where more than two candidates filed for election.
Mills won re-election without appearing on a ballot in 2016 because no challengers emerged by the May 2016 filing deadline.[3] In counties with a population that is greater than 100,000, if only one superior court candidate files for election for a judgeship, that candidate is automatically elected and the county does not hold a general election for the seat. According to the 2010 census, the following counties have a population greater than 100,000:[4]
Awards and associations
Judge Mills was presented in 2007 with the Judge William Nevins Award by Washington State Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerry Alexander at the Fall Judicial Conference held in Vancouver, Washington.[5] Judge Mills was selected from judges statewide for her outstanding contribution to youth education and to public understanding of the law.
In 2001, Judge Mills was instrumental in creating the Kitsap County Youth Court. Since that time, she has coached students at Central Kitsap High School for the annual YMCA Mock Trial Competition. For the past three years, Judge Mills has team-taught the Street Law Program at Central Kitsap High School. The Nevins Award was created by the Washington Judges Foundation to honor those members of the judiciary who display extraordinary dedication to the judicial branch of government. The Washington Judges Foundation determined that Judge Mills exemplifies the meaning of the Nevins Award through her consistent, long-term commitment to youth education and public understanding of the law and the role of the judiciary in American society.
Mills came to national attention when she presided over a criminal marijuana trial, in which the Defendant was acquitted of growing marijuana based on Washington's medical marijuana law.[6]
Footnotes
- ↑ Kitsap County Superior Court
- ↑ Kitsap Sun, "Superior Court's longest-serving judge to step down," February 24, 2018
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 21, 2016
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "Washington: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Kitsap Sun, "Judge Honored for Work With Youth,"September 10, 2007
- ↑ Kitsap Sun, "Jury Acquits South Kitsap Man in Medical Pot Case," March 24, 2009
Federal courts:
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Washington, Western District of Washington
State courts:
Washington Supreme Court • Washington Court of Appeals • Washington Superior Court • Washington District Courts • Washington Municipal Courts
State resources:
Courts in Washington • Washington judicial elections • Judicial selection in Washington
