--- title: "Hannah Gurewitz | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/hannah-gurewitz-commissioner-pierce-county-superior-court-12796-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Hannah Gurewitz Pierce County - Superior Court · Commissioner ## Profile - Court: Pierce County - Superior Court - State: Washington - Role: Commissioner - 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=12796&orgid=558) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=12796&orgid=558) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=12796&orgid=558) - [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) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/hannah-gurewitz-commissioner-pierce-county-superior-court-12796-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/hannah-gurewitz-commissioner-pierce-county-superior-court-12796-wa", "name": "Hannah Gurewitz | KnowJudges", "description": "Hannah Gurewitz, Pierce County - Superior Court. 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Palmer, PLLC (2018–2026) - Associate attorney at Benjamin & Healy PLLC (2017–2018) - Licensed to practice law in Washington in 2016 - During law school, she worked for the Washington State Attorney General and interned at Harvard’s Food Law and Policy Clinic ### Education - Robert D. Clark Honors College, University of Oregon — B.A. (2012) ### Additional information - She will also attend judicial college in January 2027. - Expanded in 2023 to include mediation services - Family law attorney in Tacoma, WA, for over a decade - held the role of trustee and later President of the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association (TPCBA) family law section - She succeeded Doris Walkins, who was appointed to the Superior Court bench. ## 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.