SPOKANE, Wash. - Colleen Melody, a native of Spokane, was appointed to serve as a justice on Washington's State Supreme Court by Governor Bob Ferguson on Monday.

Since 2015, Melody has been at the helm of the Wing Luke Civil Rights Division within the office of the Washington attorney general.

" Colleen Melody has devoted her career to standing up for those who often don’t have a voice in our justice system," Governor Ferguson said. " As Attorney General, I worked extremely closely with Colleen, where I had a front row seat to her immense legal skills, prodigious work rate, and passion for justice. Her public service has made our state and nation a more equitable place. She will make an excellent justice."

Melody will fill the spot of Justice Mary Yu, who is retiring at the end of thi

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