Faith Enyeart Ireland (born September 15, 1942) is an American lawyer, mediator, and former judge in the state of Washington.
Ireland entered private legal practice in Seattle at the law firm of McCune, Godfrey and Emerick where she worked from 1970 until 1973.
[4] While in private practice she returned to school and earned a master's of science degree in taxation from a satellite campus of Golden Gate University in Seattle in 1984, graduating with honors.
[1] In 1983, Ireland left private practice when she was appointed to the King County Superior Court by Governor John Spellman.
[12] With the election of Mary Fairhurst in 2002, Ireland became part of the only state Supreme Court at that time to have a majority of women.
[14] After several years of unsuccessful physical therapy, Ireland turned to weightlifting to attempt to permanently fix the back pain.
[18] The initiative, passed in 1992, prohibited unions from spending dues collected by non-members on political issues without first getting their permission.
[18] In the opinion, Ireland (serving as justice pro tempore) wrote the law was unconstitutional as it was "too heavy an administrative burden" on the union to get permission from each non-member.
[20] Running against Democratic incumbent Christine Gregoire, Rossi was accused of encouraging the BIAW to raise campaign funds for him before he had officially announced his candidacy.
[20] Rossi denied he had done anything illegal and claimed he could not recall details of his meetings with BIAW members, and called the lawsuit "a political stunt" by his opponents (Ireland and Utter had both donated money to Gregoire).
[20] In 2015, the Washington Supreme Court allowed the citizen suit to proceed, and denied the defendant's summary judgment motion.
[4] Awards include being named as a Distinguished Alumni in 2000 at Willamette University, and a Woman of Distinction by the Puget Sound Business Journal.