Judge Karen D. Moore is a current Snohomish County Superior Court Judge. She joined the bench in 2021 with 30 years of robust trial and appellate experience. She currently serves on the State Superior Court Judges Association’s Criminal Law and Rules Committee and on the Snohomish County Family Law, Budget, Court Operations and Therapeutic Courts Committees. Judge Moore is now running for election to Division One of the Court of Appeals, representing Snohomish County on that court.

Judge Moore earned her law degree from the University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University School of Law). While in law school, she worked in the appellate unit of the Pierce County Prosecutor’s office and completed an externship in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. After moving back to Washington from Idaho where she served as a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for a few years, Judge Moore joined the Snohomish County Prosecutors Office where she spent seven years prosecuting felony offenses and arguing cases before the Washington Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. In 2001, she joined a respected private law firm in Everett – Brewe Layman. There she practiced in family law, personal injury, and appellate law for twenty years until joining the Superior Court.

Judge Moore has been a member of the Board of Directors of the local YMCA for over ten years, proudly achieving the goal of a new Everett Family YMCA on Colby Avenue. She also devotes time to the YMCA Youth Mock Trial Program, teaches Street Law at Sequoia Alternative High School in Everett, and serves as an Externship Supervisor for students at the University of Washington and Seattle University law schools.