Alan R. Hancock has served as trial judge for Island/San Juan Superior Court since January 1989.  In addition to his other duties, he presides over Island County's Juvenile Drug Court.  He currently chairs the State Supreme Court's Ethics Advisory Committee, and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Superior Court Judges' Assocation (SCJA). He is a past chair of the SCJA's Ethics Committee and Family and Juvenile Law Committee, and has served on a number of other judicial commissions and committees.  He is a recipient of the Washington State Bar Association's Outstanding Judge Award "in recognition of the commitment to the principles of fairness and excellence," and co-founded the Island County/Stanwood Community Public Health and Safety Network.

Judge Hancock was born, raised, and still lives in Coupeville, Washington.  He graduated magna cum laude from Western Washington University in 1973 and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law in 1976.

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Vickie I. Churchill was first elected judge in 1996 and has served as judge for the Superior Court for Island and San Juan counties since January 1997. In 2006, she was elected by her peers as President-Elect for the Superior Court Judges' Association (SCJA) for Washington, which comprises 187 superior court judges statewide.  She will serve as SCJA President in 2008 and SCJA Past President in 2009.

Since July 2001, she has been actively involved on the Board of Judicial Administration (BJA), the policy-making board for more than 400 elected judges in Washington.  In addition, Judge Churchill has served as SCJA treasurer (2004-05) and has been a member of serveral SCJA committees, including technology, education, rural courts, and legislative.  She has taught at the Washington State Judicial College several times.

Born and raised in Hereford, Texas, Judge Churchill came to Whidbey Island in 1972 and has resided here continuously since 1976.  She graduated with honors from the University of Missouri - Columbia with a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1969.  She returned to school in September 1984 to study law and obtained her Juris Doctor degree with honors in December 1986.  She earned several honors at law school, including winning the Tausend Moot Court competition.  She attended the National Judicial College in 1998.