--- title: "Meng Li Che | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/meng-li-che-judge-court-of-appeals-division-ii-1023-wa" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Meng Li Che Court of Appeals - Division II · Judge ## Profile - Court: Court of Appeals - Division II - State: Washington - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-26 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Nonpartisan judge on Washington’s Court of Appeals, Division II, appointed in 2022 and currently serving a term through 2027 - Appointed by Governor Jay Inslee on November 23, 2022 to fill a vacancy on the Court of Appeals, Division II, replacing Judge Lisa Worswick - Public Defense: Served for seven years as a public defender with Pierce County’s Office of Public Defense and Department of Assigned Counsel - Judge, Court of Appeals of Washington, ?-present ### Education - Seattle University School of Law — J.D. (2001) - University of San Diego — B.A. ### Additional information - Her current term ends January 10, 2027. - Industrial Appeals: Worked at the Board of Industrial Insurance Appeals (BIIA) since 2010, rising to Assistant Chief Industrial Appeals Judge - Up for re‐election in November 2026. - Judge Che has been active in community leadership, including serving on the Board of Trustees and as treasurer for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts (now Tacoma Arts Live) from 2011–2015. - handling workers’ compensation and workplace safety cases. - representing indigent criminal defendants. - She serves District 1, which covers Pierce, Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason, Thurston, Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania, and Wahkiakum counties. - She is also a member of the Hon. Robert J. Bryan American Inn of Court and a Senior Fellow with the American Leadership Forum. - She is also involved in her church’s Children’s Ministry. ## 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=1023&orgid=122) - [Official roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1023&orgid=122) - [Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts official judicial roster](https://www.courts.wa.gov/court_dir/index.cfm?fa=court_dir.persondetail&indid=1023&orgid=122) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/16230/meng-li-che/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/16230/meng-li-che/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/meng-li-che-judge-court-of-appeals-division-ii-1023-wa", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/meng-li-che-judge-court-of-appeals-division-ii-1023-wa", "name": "Meng Li Che | KnowJudges", "description": "Meng Li Che, Court of Appeals - Division II. 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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.