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Office of the Presiding Judge
King County District Court
W-1034 King County Courthouse
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: 206-205-9200
Fax: 206-296-0596
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South Division
Judge Harn 
Corinna Harn is serving her third term as Judge in the King County District Court. She is the immediate past Chief Presiding Judge and currently serves on the District Court’s executive committee as the South Division Presiding Judge.

Judge Harn began serving as a pro tem judge in district and municipal courts in 1988. In 1996, Judge Harn was appointed by the Mayor of the City of Renton as that city's municipal court judge and in 1998, she became the first elected judge of the Renton Municipal Court.

Judge Harn has also served as a Commissioner Pro Tem and Judge Pro Tem for the King County Superior Court since 1999 and she is currently a Portability Pro tem (aka Elected Judge Pro Tem) under Superior Court Rule 6 for King County Superior Court.

She is member of the District Court and Municipal Court Judges Association and has served on that organization’s legislative committee for many years. She is also a member of the South King County Bar Association.

Judge Harn graduated from Whitman College with a degree in political science and chemistry. She attended the University of Puget Sound School of Law (which is now a part of Seattle University) and graduated in 1984.

From 1984 until 1996, Judge Harn practiced law in Yakima and Seattle. Her practice focused on both plaintiff and defense litigation. She has successfully argued cases before the Washington State Court of Appeals and the Washington Supreme Court.

Judge Harn is the recipient of a number of awards, including the American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law, the Friendship Oak Award for helping victims of Hurricane Katrina in Pass Christian, Mississippi, and the Judge David Soukup Award from the Washington State CASA Association for her work on behalf of Washington’s most vulnerable children.

Judge Harn has also been an educator at various legal seminars and she was the director of the Paralegal Program at Highline Community College in 1994. She is active in her community in many areas including being a charter member and volunteer with The Soup Ladies—a charitable organization that provides hot meals to first responder emergency personnel, including firefighters, police, and search and rescue, in King and Pierce Counties and across the country.