Judge Russell W. Hartman
Department No. 6

Judge Hartman graduated from Harvard University and the University of Oregon Law School.  

Judge Hartman practiced law for 24 years in Kitsap County prior to being appointed to the Kitsap County Superior Court Bench in February 2002.  Judge Hartman presided over the Juvenile Drug Court from 2005 to 2007, and his committee work includes a position on the Board for Court Education.   

Judge Hartman worked extensively in the community before taking the bench.  He helped found Kitsap Legal Services, which is organized to provide civil legal work for low income citizens.  He received an award from the Washington State Bar Association for this effort.  Judge Hartman is a past president of the Kitsap County Bar Association.  He is also a founding board member, and a past chair, of Leadership Kitsap Foundation, an organization which identifies and trains young professionals for leadership roles in public service.  Judge Hartman chaired the Bremerton School District's levy committee for 16 years, served 5 years on the Bremerton School Board, and is one of the authors of Initiative I-728, the School Finance and Class Size Reduction Initiative which passed in 2000.

Judge Hartman, his wife and two children live in Bremerton.