Bobbe Bridge

Bobbe Jean Bridge (born 1944)[1] is an American former judge who served as Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court.

[2] On February 23, 2003, Justice Bridge was arrested for hit and run and for drunk driving after she hit a parked car near her home and attempted to flee the scene, while intoxicated.

[3] She retired from the Supreme Court at the end of 2007 to assume the role of Founding President/CEO of the Seattle-based Center for Children & Youth Justice, a private not-for-profit agency advocating juvenile justice, child welfare and related systems reform.

[2] Washington Governor Christine Gregoire appointed Debra L. Stephens to replace her in January 2008.

[4] Bridge received the Advocacy Spirit Award from National Network for Youth in January 2010 for "relentlessly defending the rights and dignity of homeless children in our country.