RE-ELECT JUDGE VICKIE CHURCHILLIsland County Superior Court
Background
Island County Superior Court
Background
Judge Vickie Churchill grew up in Hereford, Texas and came to Whidbey Island in 1972 along with her husband, Bruce L. Miller, who was in the U.S. Navy. He was killed on active duty in 1979, leaving behind their two children, Laurie Miller, then 6 years old and Kristie Keeney, then 5 months old. Judge Vickie Churchill remarried in 1983 to George Churchill, who also has two children, Lisa Blinn and Michelle Long. All their children are married, Laurie Miller to Kunga Lama, and Kristie to Dave Keeney. Laurie has her masters degree and works as an instructional designer for Regence Blue-Shield in Everett. Kristie is finishing her Ph.D. in microbiology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Lisa works in real estate in Oak Harbor for John L. Scott. She and her husband Clay Blinn have three children, Clayton Jr, Claire and Lacey. Michelle and her husband Jeff Long have three children, Andrew, Ethan, and Bailey, and live in Windermere, FL. Judge Churchill and her husband, George, enjoy gardening, traveling and camping—when they have time. Judge Vickie Churchill also has her private pilot’s license and hopes someday to be able to take advantage of it. More News Stories About Judge Vickie Churchill
A Personal Message from Judge Churchill
In order to understand people, I believe you have to know some of their background. If you know where people have been, you can more accurately predict where they are going, and the character traits they will take with them on the journey.
I was one of eight children, and I learned from an early age the value of a strong work ethic. I always had a dream to become an attorney. After graduating from college, I set that dream aside when I married and my husband and I started our family. Life has a way of changing dreams, and mine changed in 1978 when my 2-1/2 year old daughter Allison died. Fourteen months later, my husband was killed on active military duty. I was left with a 6-year-old and a 5-month-old baby. Believe me, I know responsibility.
Three years after my husband's death, the federal government eliminated some benefits that my husband and I had depended on for our children if something happened to him. My husband had given his life for his country, and I was not going to see that trust betrayed. I went to Washington, D.C., and, along with other women like me, forced the government to keep its word to a man who had kept his word and who died for his country while doing it. I fight for what I believe in.
I remarried and my husband, George Churchill, urged me to take up my dream again and go to law school. My children were then 11 and 5, and they went to law school with me. Not only was I a full time mother, with piano lessons, ballet lessons, Girl Scout meetings, and room mother, but I graduated in 2-1/2 years rather than 3 years, cum laude, won the moot court competition and came in third in a regional moot court competition with the best from laws schools in a five-state area for legal research and legal advocacy.
I not only graduated with honors from law school, but I graduated with honors as a parent. That was as important to me as law school. My children are now grown and married and successful in their careers. They are my pride and joy. I know how to balance the important things in life.
Life experiences are important. I am a survivor and a fighter. Everything that I have done has been with these experiences in mind, with the full knowledge that life is short and I have to give it my best. That is what I have brought to the position of Superior Court Judge for the last 12 years.
I was one of eight children, and I learned from an early age the value of a strong work ethic. I always had a dream to become an attorney. After graduating from college, I set that dream aside when I married and my husband and I started our family. Life has a way of changing dreams, and mine changed in 1978 when my 2-1/2 year old daughter Allison died. Fourteen months later, my husband was killed on active military duty. I was left with a 6-year-old and a 5-month-old baby. Believe me, I know responsibility.
Three years after my husband's death, the federal government eliminated some benefits that my husband and I had depended on for our children if something happened to him. My husband had given his life for his country, and I was not going to see that trust betrayed. I went to Washington, D.C., and, along with other women like me, forced the government to keep its word to a man who had kept his word and who died for his country while doing it. I fight for what I believe in.
I remarried and my husband, George Churchill, urged me to take up my dream again and go to law school. My children were then 11 and 5, and they went to law school with me. Not only was I a full time mother, with piano lessons, ballet lessons, Girl Scout meetings, and room mother, but I graduated in 2-1/2 years rather than 3 years, cum laude, won the moot court competition and came in third in a regional moot court competition with the best from laws schools in a five-state area for legal research and legal advocacy.
I not only graduated with honors from law school, but I graduated with honors as a parent. That was as important to me as law school. My children are now grown and married and successful in their careers. They are my pride and joy. I know how to balance the important things in life.
Life experiences are important. I am a survivor and a fighter. Everything that I have done has been with these experiences in mind, with the full knowledge that life is short and I have to give it my best. That is what I have brought to the position of Superior Court Judge for the last 12 years.
To everyone who has given me this opportunity to live out my dream as your Judge for Island County Superior Court, thank you. I hope I have made you proud.
Vickie I. Churchill, Judge
Island County Superior Court
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