--- title: "Kymberly Kathryn Evanson | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kymberly-k-evanson" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-03" --- # Kymberly Kathryn Evanson U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington - State: Washington - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - She then held a position as an associate at K&L Gates LLP in Seattle (2009–2011) and as a partner at Pacifica Law Group LLP (2011–2023) - Law clerk, Hon. Emmet G. Sullivan, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2007-2008 - She clerked for Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (2007–2008) - From 2002 to 2004, Evanson was a program coordinator for the Access to Justice Institute at Seattle University School of Law - Kymberly Kathryn Evanson (née Evans; born 1977) is an American judge serving on the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington - Her practice focused on constitutional, administrative, elections, public finance, and municipal law, and she represented the ACLU of Washington in Washington v ### Education - Georgetown University Law Center in, cum laude, and held the role of editor of the Georgetown Journal of Gender and the Law — J.D. (2007) - Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from Seattle University in 1999, where she was a Harry S. Truman Scholar and a Sullivan Scholar. ### Additional information - She received her judicial commission on July 18, 2023, and was sworn in on September 7, 2023. - Her nomination was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee in February 2023 and confirmed by a 50–42 vote on July 11, 2023. - Private practice, Seattle, Washington, 2009-2023 - On July 13, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Evanson to replace Judge Ricardo S. Martinez, who had assumed senior status in 2022. - Trump (2017) challenging the foreign travel ban. - Evanson was born in Longview, Washington in 1977. - Date of birth: 1977 - As a U.S. District Judge, Evanson presides over federal cases in the Western District of Washington, including civil, criminal, and constitutional matters. - Her chambers are located at the U.S. Courthouse, 700 Stewart Street, Suite 16134, Seattle, WA. - Birth place: Longview ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: Exhibits must be marked as described above, and the following protocols also apply: (1) Electronic exhibits must be transmitted individually (i.e., one exhibit per file), but exhibits may have multiple pages; (2) Exhibit file names should match the descriptions listed on the joint exhibit list as closely as possible except that file names should not… [KKE%20civil%20standing%20order%20%28May%202026%29%20for%20website.pdf](https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/KKE%20civil%20standing%20order%20%28May%202026%29%20for%20website.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13759701) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13759701) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13759701) - [KKE%20civil%20standing%20order%20%28May%202026%29%20for%20website.pdf](https://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/sites/wawd/files/KKE%20civil%20standing%20order%20%28May%202026%29%20for%20website.pdf) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [Judge Kymberly Kathryn Evanson](https://www.fjc.gov/node/13759701) - [Wikidata: Kymberly Evanson](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113099437) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kymberly-k-evanson", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/kymberly-k-evanson", "name": "Kymberly Kathryn Evanson | KnowJudges", "description": "Kymberly Kathryn Evanson, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.