--- title: "Kelli E. Osler | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kelli-e-osler-judge-clark-county-municipal-courts-camas-washougal-1492-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-26" --- # Kelli E. Osler Clark County - Municipal Courts - Camas-Washougal · Judge ## Profile - Court: Clark County - Municipal Courts - Camas-Washougal - 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=1492&orgid=348) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1492&orgid=348) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1492&orgid=348) - [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/kelli-e-osler-judge-clark-county-municipal-courts-camas-washougal-1492-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kelli-e-osler-judge-clark-county-municipal-courts-camas-washougal-1492-wa", "name": "Kelli E. 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Osler is a Seattle‐native judge of the Clark County District Court in Washington, appointed in 2010 and re‐elected in 2014, with a career in law enforcement and prosecution before her judicial role. - She was appointed by the Clark County Board of Commissioners in April 2010 and became the first woman to serve as a district judge in the county - Commissioner for the Clark County District Court from 2005 to 2010 - Named Deputy Prosecutor of the Year by the Law Enforcement Community of Clark County - Judge in the Clark County District Court, which includes the Camas‐Washougal municipal court division ### Education - University of Puget Sound School of Law — J.D. (1991) - B.A. in Society and Justice — University of Washington ### Additional information - She was re‐elected by voters in 2014 for a four‐year term that ended January 6, 2019. - She also prosecuted child abusers between 1995 and 1998 and argued cases before the Washington State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals. - Served in both the prosecutor’s office and the district court’s commissioner role before election to the bench - Her judicial tenure has focused on handling a range of cases within the district court’s jurisdiction, including criminal and municipal matters. ## 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.