OLYMPIA — The July issue of the Washington State Bar News features state Supreme Court Justice Susan Owens in its Q&A profile column, “Briefly About Me.”
The former Clallam County District Court judge in Forks believes the biggest challenge in law today is cost, she’d like to have George Clooney over as a dinner guest and she’s listening to the new Jimi Hendrix CD.
Other one sentence or one-word answers to the magazine’s questions:
“I became a lawyer : Because my father was a small-town lawyer.”
“This is the best advice I have been given: Tell the truth.”
“Traits I admire in other attorneys: Honesty, hard work, putting clients first.”
“I would give this advice to a first-year law student: Study hard and learn to write.”
“I am most proud of this: Raising my children in a small town.”
“If I could live anywhere: I would be back in my house in Forks. I miss it.”
“What keeps me awake at night: Nothing.”
Owens was elected the seventh woman to serve on the state Supreme Court in November 2000. She was re-elected to a second six-year term in 2006.
She joined the court after serving 19 years in Forks as the District Court judge for Western Clallam County.
She also served as the Quileute tribe’s chief judge for five years and chief judge of the Lower Elwha S’Klallam tribe for more than six years.