King County Superior Court

King County Superior Court
King County Courthouse, Seattle
Established	1889
Jurisdiction	Washington King County
Location	King County
Composition method	Non-partisan election
Authorized by	Constitution of Washington
Appeals to	Washington Court of Appeals
Appeals from	King County District Court
Number of positions	62 judges
Website	Official Website
Presiding Judge (King County Courthouse)
Currently	Patrick Oishi
Chief Judge (Maleng Regional Justice Center)
Currently	Ketu Shah

The Superior Court of Washington for King County (more commonly, the King County Superior Court) is the largest trial court in Washington state. It is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle.

The court has (as of November 2018) 53 judges who have general jurisdiction to hear major civil and criminal cases. The court also has appellate jurisdiction over certain decisions of the district courts, municipal courts, and administrative tribunals.^[1]