Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has appointed Judge John Cooney to the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division Three. He will replace Judge Laurel Siddoway who is retiring July 31.
Cooney has been a Spokane County Superior Court judge since 2013. He has presided over hundreds of trials and overseen proceedings in the county’s therapeutic courts. In 2020 he was the bench’s chief criminal judge. Before being elected to the superior court, Cooney served as a Spokane County District Court judge from 2007 to 2013.
Cooney earned both his bachelor’s degree and law degree at Gonzaga University.
