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# Corinna D. Harn

King County District Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: King County District Court
- State: Washington
- Role: Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-26

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### photography recording

Scope: statewide

Washington GR 16 allows video recording, audio recording, and still photography by the news media in courtrooms only after the judge has expressly granted permission.

Evidence excerpt: Video and audio recording and still photography by the news media are allowed in the courtroom during and between sessions, provided (1) that permission shall have first been expressly granted by the judge

[Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### limitations on recording

Scope: statewide

If a Washington judge limits courtroom photography or recording, GR 16 requires particularized findings on the record and treats open access as presumed.

Evidence excerpt: Open access is presumed; limitations on access must be supported by reasons found by the judge to be sufficiently compelling to outweigh that presumption

[Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=3140&orgid=1061)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=3140&orgid=1061)
- [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=3140&orgid=1061)
- [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- 1998–present: Judge, King County District Court (continuous service)
- 1996–1998: Judge, Renton Municipal Court (first elected municipal court judge in 1998)
- 1994: Director, Highline Community College Paralegal Program
- She hears cases for the Cities of Algona and Pacific, as well as felony and misdemeanor first appearance calendars, at the Maleng Regional Justice Center
- She has also acted as a portability judge pro tem for the King County Superior Court

### Education

- University of Puget Sound School of Law (now Seattle University) — J.D. (1984)
- in Political Science and Chemistry, Whitman College — B.A.

### Additional information

- 1984–1996: Private practice attorney in Yakima and Seattle
- handling civil litigation for both plaintiffs and defendants
- Assistant Presiding Judge for the King County District Court and chairs the Court’s Budget Committee.
- handling dependency pre-trial calendars for six years.
- District Court and Municipal Court Judges Association — serving on its Legislative Committee
- The Assistant Presiding Judge for the King County District Court in Washington, chairing the Court’s Budget Committee and hearing cases in multiple divisions, with a career spanning over three decades in law and judicial service.
- She has held the role of Presiding Judge for multiple terms, sat on the Court’s Executive Committee, Probation Committee, and Case Management Committee.
- The Soup Ladies — providing hot meals to first responders
- Recipient of the Judge David Soukup Award from the Washington State CASA Association



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Washington GR 16, Courtroom Photography and Recording by the News Media](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7133c6bd26c80972b86e0d31) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_rules/pdf/GR/GA_GR_16_00_00.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.