NPI's Mike Finkle unanimously appointed to District Court by King County Council

We have wonderful news to share tonight! This afternoon, the King County Council unanimously appointed Northwest Progressive Institute Fellow Mike Finkle to fill a newly created District Court position in the county's East Division.

Mike, a twenty year veteran of the Seattle City Attorney's office, will work out of Redmond's Municipal Campus, which includes the East Division's Redmond Courthouse. District Court judges are elected, and serve four year terms.

Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, resoundingly elected to the post last November, declared in a news release, "Seattle’s loss is King County’s gain. We are very pleased for Mike; he is an excellent attorney and will be an excellent jurist."

We certainly agree with that sentiment.

All of us at NPI are truly honored to know Mike and to have had the opportunity to work with him over the last couple of years.

We anticipate that Mike will weigh in on the news himself here on The Advocate shortly, before he becomes an alumnus. The rest of us, however, would be remiss if we didn't take the opportunity to offer our congratulations... this is a major milestone in his career, and an occasion to celebrate.