Helen Halpert has been a judge on the King County superior court for 17 years. This year, bankruptcy lawyer Marc Stern decided to run against her because he disagreed with a decision she made on one of his cases. Stern tried to explain why he was so passionate about this one case to the SECB multiple times, but his explanation was so boring and the issue so trivial that the entire SECB started discussing our lunch options on Slack. Halpert’s received enough positive ratings from local bar associations to assure us she’s not terrible, but Stern, when asked about whether he thought Washington should have an affirmative-consent law, told us about one experience he had with an ex-girlfriend where she said “no” but then explained she meant “maybe,” causing the SECB to lose its collective appetite. Vote Halpert.
