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The Honorable Judge Patricia Clark, Chair

Before being appointed to the bench, Judge Patricia Clark worked as a prosecutor, an educator and a constitutional commissioner where she focused on at-risk youth. Since elected to the bench in 1998, she has used the judicial system to improve the lives of children, adolescents and their families.

Judge Clark has served as the Chief Judge for the Juvenile Division of the King County Superior Court Since November of 2002. She chairs the Juvenile Disproportionality Committee, Dependency Disproportionality Committee, and has been foremost in the implementation of Reclaiming Futures Treatment Court, Family Treatment Court and Systems Integration. She also serves as a member of Superior Court Judges' Association and Superior Court Judges Association Family Juvenile Law Committee. Judge Clark is also involved in developing the Operational Master Plan for Juvenile Court in the 21st Century.

Judge Clark has been a strong supporter of prevention programs that help keep young people out of the detention system altogether. She was honored with a 2003 Vanguard Award from the King County Washington Women Lawyers, a 2005 Voices for Children Award from the Washington State Children's Alliance and she recently received the Trailblazer Award from the National Black Prosecutors Association.

She received here Juris Doctor degree and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington in 1987.