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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 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.
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.