--- title: "Jacqueline Shea-Brown | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacqueline-shea-brown-judge-benton-county-superior-court-3444-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Jacqueline Shea-Brown Benton County - Superior Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Benton County - Superior 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=3444&orgid=305) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=3444&orgid=305) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=3444&orgid=305) - [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/jacqueline-shea-brown-judge-benton-county-superior-court-3444-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jacqueline-shea-brown-judge-benton-county-superior-court-3444-wa", "name": "Jacqueline Shea-Brown | KnowJudges", "description": "Jacqueline Shea-Brown, Benton County - Superior Court. 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Shea-Brown is a judge on the Benton-Franklin County Superior Court in Washington, appointed in 2015 by Governor Jay Inslee to fill a newly created seat - Listed among the judicial officers of the court and is also noted as a past assistant presiding judge - Previous roles: Attorney in private practice; pro tem judge in Benton-Franklin County Superior Court, Franklin County District Court, Pasco Municipal Court, and Benton County District Court ### Education - Georgetown University Law Center — J.D. (1992) - in Business Administration – University of Washington — B.A. (1987) ### Additional information - She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to Pasco, WA, in 1971. - Leadership: Past president of the Benton-Franklin Legal Aid Society; former secretary of the Washington State Superior Court Judges’ Association - Before joining the bench, Shea-Brown handled family law, juvenile law, criminal law, employment law, and civil law cases in private practice. - Judge on the Benton-Franklin County Superior Court, which handles family, juvenile, criminal, employment, and civil cases in Benton and Franklin counties, Washington. ## 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.