Thurston County | Superior Court

COVID-19 updated January 14, 2021.

Thurston County Superior Court issued Emergency Order No. 5 on July 10, 2020 and Amended Emergency Order No. 8 on January 14, 2021. Emergency Administrative Order No. 5 with attachments can be found here, Emergency Administrative Order No. 8 pausing criminal jury trials until at least March 1, 2021 and civil jury trials until at least June 7, 2021 can be found here.

Civil cases assigned to Judge Chris Lanese were reassigned to Judge Sharonda Amamilo. Please see LCR 3 regarding reassigned cases becase a judge is no longer assigned to a trial department. To see a list of those cases please click here.

1. COURT HOURS: Superior Court is open at both Main Campus and Family and Juvenile Court Monday- Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Court Administration is open 9:00 a.m.- Noon and 1:00 p.m.- 4:00 p.m. Monday- Friday.

2. Calendars at each location are posted below:

Main Campus Calendars with Zoom links UPDATED 12/23/2020

Family and Juvenile Court Calendars with Zoom Links

For instructions on how to appear by Zoom at FJC click here.

3. Additional Information:

Main Campus

MC Information

Court Administration is encouraging all parties, litigants, and the public to look for information posted on the website or if necessary, contact Court Administration by email or phone, a list of numbers is availble on the home page. Thank you for your patience.

The Court will continue to post updates as needed on the Court’s website.

INFORMATION POSTED BELOW THIS IS PRECOVID-19 COURT OPERATIONS AND MAY NOT BE UP TO DATE.

Calendars on this page are available for both Superior Court Main Campus and Family & Juvenile Court.

HOLIDAY CLOSURES

Superior Court, Main Campus, Building 2, 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW, Olympia, WA 98502

2020 Non-Jury Trial Weeks and Holidays

Civil Calendar Schedule

Notice to the Bar regarding Civil Ex Parte Calendar Time Change

Criminal Calendar Schedule

Confirmed Criminal Trials List (The link attached is updated by 4 p.m. on Fridays for criminal cases confirmed for trial from Thursday's Trial Confirmation Calendar. Trial dates are reflected on the document in the link.)
Confirmed Criminal Trial List with Judicial Assignments (The link attached is updated by 4 p.m. on Thursday for trials set for the following week. Trial dates are reflected on the document in the link.)

Civil/Criminal Session Availability ( Sessions indicated as CLOSED may be full, but a matter may be added to a full calendar by court order.)

Use the link above to see availability in scheduled court sessions at main campus for the next 90 days.

Daily Courtroom Assignments

Family and Juvenile Court, 2801 32nd Avenue SW, Tumwater, WA 98512

For current information on our calendars and processes during covid click here.

FJC Judge's and Commissioner's calendar schedule during COVID

Notice Regarding Initial Protection Order Calendar Changes posted 11/2/20

Family and Juvenile Court has worked through a technical assistance grant with the National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ), and community stakeholders to update the Dependency calendars. The calendar changes focus on time specific calendaring and trauma informed practice. Below are the calendars for Family and Juvenile calendars that go into effect on June 3, 2019.

FJC Judge's Calendar Schedule

FJC Commissioner's Calendar Schedule

FJC Session Availability (Sessions indicated as CLOSED may be full, but a matter may be added to a full calendar by court order.)

Use the link above to see availability in scheduled court sessions at FJC for the next 90 days.

Daily Courtroom Assignments- (The case names listed here DO NOT include confidential case types including dependency cases and juvenile cases. Daily courtroom assignments for confidential case types are posted by calendar start time at the top of the stairs within Family & Juvenile Court.)

FJC Motion, Special Set, and Canceled Calendars