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# Mary K. Crandall

Skagit County - Superior Court · Judge

## Profile

- Court: Skagit 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=11074&orgid=595)
- [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=11074&orgid=595)
- [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=11074&orgid=595)
- [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)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Skagit County Superior Court Judge appointed in November 2025, with over 17 years of legal experience as a prosecutor, judge pro tempore, and Superior Court Commissioner
- Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Mary Crandall to the Skagit County Superior Court bench on November 18, 2025, to fill the vacancy created by Judge Thomas Verge’s retirement
- Skagit County Prosecutor — 6 years
- Superior Court Commissioner — 4 years in Mount Vernon, presiding over various court matters
- Judge pro tempore — 2 years in San Juan County District Court
- Multnomah County District Attorney — 5 years in Portland, coordinating law enforcement, county, and city leadership
- Legal Clerk — Lane County Circuit Court Judge M.K. Merten, Eugene, Oregon

### Education

- Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and her J.D. from the University of Oregon.

### Additional information

- Her appointment is effective December 31, 2025, and she is now running to retain her seat in the November 2026 election.
- handling a range of criminal cases including murder and gang‐related weapons offenses.
- As Superior Court Judge, Crandall presides over cases such as civil protection orders, probate, guardianship, at‐risk youth matters, and juvenile offender calendars.
- She also serves on statewide judicial committees covering family and juvenile law, ethics, and guardianship/probate.
- A native of Skagit County, Crandall is a proud Skagitonian and an Allen Viking and Burlington‐Edison Tiger.
- She is active in the Sedro‐Woolley Rotary Club and has served on the board of Hospice of the Northwest Foundation.
- She enjoys outdoor activities such as skiing, hiking, and camping with her husband, also a Skagit County native.



## 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.