--- title: "Jeremy T. Schmidt | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeremy-t-schmidt-judge-spokane-county-superior-court-5692-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Jeremy T. Schmidt Spokane County - Superior Court · Judge ## Profile - Court: Spokane 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=5692&orgid=659) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=5692&orgid=659) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=5692&orgid=659) - [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/jeremy-t-schmidt-judge-spokane-county-superior-court-5692-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeremy-t-schmidt-judge-spokane-county-superior-court-5692-wa", "name": "Jeremy T. 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Schmidt is the current Department 9 (Family Law) judge of the Spokane County Superior Court in Washington, serving since August 2023 and re‐elected in 2024 for a term through January 2029. - Spokane County Superior Court bench since August 2022, first as a commissioner and then as a judge - Also an Adjunct Professor at Gonzaga University School of Law (since 2018) - Attorney, Spokane County Public Defender’s Office (2008–2010) - Official court page: Spokane County Department 9 – Judge Jeremy T. Schmidt ### Education - Gonzaga University School of Law — J.D. (2008) ### Additional information - A lifelong Spokane County resident, he is a graduate of Gonzaga Preparatory High School (2001) and continues to work on his family’s cattle ranch. - His casework includes juvenile law, family law, civil litigation, and termination/dependency cases. - Washington State Superior Court Judges Association Committee for Guardianship and Probate, coaches Gonzaga’s National Trial Team, and participates in various judicial training programs. ## 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.