Anne Senter, Of Counsel
Anne joined Cedar Law in January 2023 after serving as an administrative law judge at the Washington State Office of Administrative Hearings for over 14 years. She handled education cases on the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction caseload for 11 of those years, leading the team the last two years.
Anne is a Washington native and graduated from the University of Puget Sound. She earned her law degree, magna cum laude, from the Willamette University College of Law. She was the articles editor for the Willamette Law Review, served on the Willamette Moot Court Board, and obtained a certificate in dispute resolution. She also served as a summer legal intern for the American Bar Association Center for Children and the Law in Washington, D.C., and as a law clerk for the Oregon State Department of Justice in its human services division.
After law school, Anne clerked for the Honorable Walter E. Webster at the Washington State Court of Appeals, Division I, before joining the law firm of Rinehart Robblee & Hannah, where she represented labor unions and working people. Anne became a partner in her firm and earned an AV Peer Review Rating* with Martindale-Hubbell, given to attorneys ranked by their peers at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards. Anne also volunteered as a King County Dependency Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA), advocating for children involved in legal proceedings because of abuse or neglect.