OLYMPIA, Wash. — Governor Bob Ferguson made his first appointment to the Washington State Supreme Court Monday, announcing that civil rights attorney Colleen Melody will replace retiring Justice Mary Yu.

Melody has led the Attorney General’s Office Wing Luke Civil Rights Division since Governor Ferguson created the division as Attorney General in 2015. Over the past decade, she has led some of the state’s highest-profile and most impactful cases, including blocking President Donald Trump’s first Muslim travel ban.

“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

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