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Anne J. Watanabe
2007 - present
Anne Watanabe is the Deputy Hearing Examiner for the City of Seattle, and has served in that capacity since 1995. She conducts quasi-judicial hearings and issues decisions and recommendations based upon the hearing record and the applicable laws. Prior to her work at the City of Seattle, Anne was a land use planner for the cities of Kent and Bellevue, a planner with the state Department of Ecology, a managing editor for a legal publisher, and also worked in private practice as an attorney.
Anne is a Seattle native, receiving her law degree and Masters in Urban Planning at the University of Washington. She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association. She has previously served on the Board of the Municipal League of King County and as a volunteer with Refugee Women’s Alliance, and the King County Bar Association Neighborhood Clinics. She currently teaches ESL as a volunteer with Renton Technical College, and is a volunteer at the Seattle Animal Shelter.
Anne Watanabe is the Deputy Hearing Examiner for the City of Seattle, and has served in that capacity since 1995. She conducts quasi-judicial hearings and issues decisions and recommendations based upon the hearing record and the applicable laws. Prior to her work at the City of Seattle, Anne was a land use planner for the cities of Kent and Bellevue, a planner with the state Department of Ecology, a managing editor for a legal publisher, and also worked in private practice as an attorney.