Dean Tze-Ming Chuang

Professional career

• Dean Tze‐Ming Chuang is a trial judge in the newly created 13th Department of the Spokane County Superior Court, appointed in 2024 and serving until 2029
• Dean Chuang was appointed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee on December 21, 2023, to preside over the 13th Judicial Department of the Spokane County Superior Court, taking the bench on January 8, 2024
• He has also volunteered as a housing justice attorney, mock trial instructor, and youth softball coach
• Before joining the bench, Judge Chuang was a partner at Crary, Chuang & Domanico, P.S.

Education

Additional information

• His term runs through January 8, 2029.
• He is a trial judge and was re‐elected in August 2024 without a ballot after the primary and general election were canceled.
• handling personal injury, general litigation, and misdemeanor/felony cases.
• WSBA Court Rules & Procedures Committee, the Office of Public Defense Advisory Board, and as a Spokane County Bar Association Trustee.
• Judge Chuang performs weddings by appointment; inquiries should be directed to his judicial assistant, Susan Verduzco.
• He also serves on the Board of Judicial Administration Remote Proceedings Work Group.
• He has also presented continuing legal education topics on licensing issues, firearms law, and ethics.
• Dean Chuang was born in Walla Walla, WA, to immigrant parents, and earned degrees from Whitman College, the University of Washington, Tacoma, and Gonzaga University School of Law.
• He has litigated at all levels, from municipal courts to the Washington State Supreme Court.
• A Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Chuang held the role of an Observer Controller Trainer and deployed with the Special Operations Joint Task Force to Syria and Iraq, earning the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Joint Meritorious Unit Award.