--- title: "Jennifer Richardson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-richardson-judge-grant-county-superior-court-11759-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Jennifer Richardson Grant County - Superior Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Grant 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=11759&orgid=400) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=11759&orgid=400) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=11759&orgid=400) - [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/jennifer-richardson-judge-grant-county-superior-court-11759-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jennifer-richardson-judge-grant-county-superior-court-11759-wa", "name": "Jennifer Richardson | KnowJudges", "description": "Jennifer Richardson, Grant County - Superior Court. 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Stuart ### Education - Bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University and her law degree from Syracuse University. ### Additional information - representing state agencies across Grant, Douglas, Chelan, and Okanogan counties. - In this role, she supervised four attorneys and two paralegals, provided legal advice, and conducted training for client agencies. - overseeing and prosecuting cases in both District and Superior Court. - representing criminal defendants in various proceedings. - Since her appointment, Richardson has served on the Grant County Superior Court alongside judges Anna L. Gigliotti and Melissa K. Chlarson. - Before joining the Attorney General’s Office, Richardson spent over 12 years as a deputy prosecutor at the Okanogan County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, including nine years as Chief Criminal Deputy Prosecutor - She brings over two decades of legal experience, including roles as a managing assistant attorney general and deputy prosecutor. ## 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.