Brandon Mack has been appointed Family Court Commissioner for the Clallam County Superior Court. Mr. Mack has served as an assistant Attorney General with the Port Angeles office of the Attorney General since 2010. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Vermont in 1998 and graduated magna cum laude from Seattle University School of Law in 2009.
The Clallam County Family Court Commissioner presides over family law matters, including domestic, family and juvenile court cases. Clallam County Superior Court’s innovative unified Family Court began in 1991 and is the first of its kind in Washington. The Unified Family Court approach has become established statewide as the model for many other family courts.
ClallamCountyBar.com welcomes Mr. Mack to the bench. The two prior Family Court Commissioner’s, W. Brent Basden and William G. Knebes, served for a combined period of about 30 years. Clallam County was blessed to have these two commissioners who demonstrated the highest levels of judicial temperance, a focus on the rule of law tempered by the equities of human needs, sensitivity to the needs of rural families, a focus on the application of human development and relational science to the practice of family law, and high self-reflective capacity.
Mr. Mack will take the bench mid January, 2019. Judge Basden and Commissioner (and former judge) Ken Williams are expected to cover the family court calendar until Mr. Mack takes over his duties.