She was hired to open a Seattle office for the firm and to chair its cybersecurity practice. On the mayoral front, only two candidates are millionaires. Among her investments is a stake in The Riveter, a co-working space for women in Capitol Hill. Her decision leaves an open field for next year's mayoral election. [14], Durkan attended Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a private Catholic girls' school in Washington State. "When I graduated from law school, my mother said, 'Finally someone is going to pay you to argue."'. She also focused on terrorism and national security issues, including the prosecution of two men who plotted to blow up a military recruitment facility in Seattle. [131] On March 17, 2020, Durkan signed an emergency order prohibiting the eviction of small businesses and nonprofits for 60 days or until the end of the emergency. Moon said she struggled financially after her 2005 divorce, which resulted in a shared-parenting agreement with her former husband. Public records show they sold their 6,800-square-foot home in North Seattle on May 31 for $4.3million. That was followed by the release of Maddy Pfeiffer. Nevertheless, she is going against the precedent set by our last two mayors. [109][110] In 2018 she co-drafted a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights for people in the industry in Seattle. She is from the United States. [33] The investigation and related actions by FIFA's Ethics Committee led to the ousting of longtime FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his key deputy Jerome Valcke, as well as a restructuring of the FIFA Executive Committee and World Cup processes. The FBI and SPD had used a convicted pedophile, Robert Childs, as a paid informant to infiltrate terrorist and other organizations. These are valid questions to ask any political leader. [179], Durkan is a lesbian. [175] Communications from Fire Chief Harold Scoggins and then-police Chief Carmen Best in at least June 2020 are also missing, preventing the public from reviewing the decisions to use tear gas on protestors and residents of Capitol Hill. Durkan played a leading role in prosecuting cybercrimes, including hacking, skimming and identity theft. Cary Moon inherited money. Lasnik. She also reported that she and her spouse, Matthew Hayashi, earned between $25,000 and $99,999 from Headwater People Consulting, an LLC where Hayashi works as the principal organization development and leadership consultant. [88][89][90], Durkan placed first in the August primary election with 51,529 votes (28%), advancing to the general election against urban planner Cary Moon, who received 32,536 (18%), narrowly edging Nikkita Oliver, who received 31,366 (17%). She served a three-year term on the Washington State Bar Association Board of Governors. I dont think that wealth necessarily disqualifies someone from being able to act in the interests of people who are not wealthy. The couple has been together since the '90s and have two teenaged children. ", The suspects were held in solitary confinement at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center. More questions come to mind: How many companies does Garvey own or have a stake in? Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, a moderate Democrat who faced criticism from the right and left this summer over her handling of policing protests and the city's so-called "autonomous zone . Durkan returned to Seattle in 1991, and established a successful practice focusing on criminal defense and work on behalf of plaintiffs, including the family of Lt. Walter Kilgore, who died in the Pang warehouse fire, the case of Stan Stevenson (a retired firefighter who was stabbed leaving a Mariners game) and the case of Kate Fleming, who died in a flash flood in her Madison Valley basement during the Hanukkah Eve windstorm of 2006. Both employees were Asian women, a fact the second employee pointed out. [144] The bill is not expected to receive enough votes to pass, and Deputy Mayor Mike Fong told the council that Durkan would veto the bill because "Fundamentally we simply dont believe that this particular issue with regard to encampment removals is something that should be legislated. "The City Council may choose to ignore and dismiss her actions . 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In recent years, Moon hasnt worked; she devotes her time to studying economics and volunteering for progressive causes. The two candidates in the general election are two wealthy white women" said Oliver, pointing out how some of her campaign rhetoric about social justice was increasingly being echoed by both Durkan and Moon in later stages of the primary. Considering her wealth and her PhD in art history, what paintings does she own? Jenny Durkan Net Worth She has a net worth of $5.75 million according to the financial disclosure form request office. [170] Durkan estimated that her legal expenses to fight the recall would total $240,000. [60] In the months after the protests, at least five suspected rioters were criminally charged. [72][73] Durkan's office refused to answer questions about the decision-making process of bringing people before the grand jury, saying that it would "not discuss the status of investigations or the deliberative process. Their 2005 divorce settlement states the couple intended for their children, then 5 and 3, to attend private school. Durkan served on the nonprofit board of the Center for Women and Democracy from 2000 to 2009, as a founding Board Member for the Seattle Police Foundation from 2002 to 2004, and as the Chair of the Washington State Attorney General's Task Force on Consumer Privacy, which resulted in legislation that became a national model for identity theft protections. Holmes owns two homes right next to each other in Seward Park. "If I were a voter Id be asking that same question, " Durkan says. In response, several cycling advocacy groups and city council members protested Durkan's decision-making on bicycle issues. It was well known that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is running a secretive administration, but a whistleblower complaint last week revealed a bombshell revelation that Durkan likely committed a felony while seeking to shield her personal text messages from the public eye in an apparent coverup. The Seattle Human Rights Commission condemned this action, stating, "There is simply no credible reason for their continued detention in solitary confinementin an environment known to cause serious and lasting psychological harm.". Durkan has been more sanguine about her fortune. A candidate's wealth brings numerous advantages to a political race. On the other end, we have four of the leading candidates still paying off their student loans. The Democratic Party turned to Durkan with Gregoire's election "facing an unprecedented trial and Republicans trying to remove her from office." Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan is calling on the city to rebuild its depleted police force after six separate shootings rocked Washington state's largest metropolitan area over the weekend. What Jenny Durkan's Time as U.S. Attorney Says About Her As a Candidate . Records show a $1million mortgage on the unit, located near Pike Place Market with a 240-degree view of Elliott Bay. [35], In September 1994, Durkan left the Schroeter law firm to join the staff of then-Washington Governor Mike Lowry as his lawyer and political adviser. Her share was more than $1million, she said. And Ive been really lucky in life. Jenny Anne Durkan (born May 19, 1958) is an American politician currently serving as the mayor of Seattle. Moon helped run the operation with her father from 1991 to 1994 before he sold it in 1995 to Bacou USA, a French manufacturing company. Durkan has raised $619,000 for her campaign but has only contributed $400 of her own money. She is paying off a student loan worth between $25,000 and $99,999. 50,000 signatures of Seattle voters are needed for the recall to occur. [66] The justification given for this by a spokeswoman for Durkan's office was that it was "coercive" and could lead them to testify, rather than being "punitive". Seattle Mayor Jenny A. Durkan says there are a number of factors contributing the rise in violent crime, including access to guns and the desperation caused by the pandemic. According to financial disclosure reports submitted on April 15, some candidates may have felt the squeeze of the recession more than others. But can those bearing the brunt of the housing crisis trust that a candidate on the winning side of the inequality gap will best representtheir needs? "[16] A high-school classmate of Durkan's remembers her as "super independent, and rough-and-tumblestrong-willed and adventurous. Marijuana activists protested the raids. You may not want to base your November vote on who has debt and who has a manicured Laurelhurst home, but whoever wins the city races this year will have a big say in the ways Seattle bounces back from the pandemic recession. The People You Didn't Realize were Running for Mayor: James "Dukes" Donaldson reported that he earns between $25,000 to $99,999 from his NBA Players Pension Plan for the 14 years he spent in the NBA. Her husband, Cameron Williams, earned between $25,000 and $99,000 as a restaurant manager. No other city has seen housing prices rise as quickly and dramatically as Seattle's, leaving thousands of poorer residents behind. An expansion announcement in. Brianna Thomas pegs her net worth at $175,000. Speaking to a massive protest march in front of her Northeast Seattle home was apparently the final straw. From -$2,000 to Over $15 Million, Here's What Seattle's Mayoral and City Council Candidates Are Worth Nathalie Graham Who's making bank and who's not? [7] In December 2020, she announced that she would not seek reelection after the end of her mayoral term. [127] Covid response was a central part of Durkan's remaining tenure. The family lived on Mercer Island in the mid-1950s[9] and Bellevue in the early 1960s,[10] before settling in rural Issaquah during a time "when there [wasn't] any development. Harrell's wife's Microsoft investment account is worth somewhere between $1 million and $4.9 million. [48] Cases referred for felons-with-guns charges increased 45% during her tenure. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Jenny Anne Durkan is an American attorney and politician serving as the 56th mayor of Seattle. After earning her Juris Doctor from University of Washington School of Law in 1985, Durkan began practicing law as a criminal defense lawyer and civil litigator. Gregoire's victory was upheld. From: Elizabeth K Franklin, Jennifer A Cast. Durkan served on the Washington State Sentencing Guidelines Commission from 1993 to 1996. [44][45] She also focused on terrorism and national security issues, including the prosecution of two men who plotted to blow up a military recruitment facility in Seattle. Thomas earned between $25,000 and $99,999 last year working as Gonzalez's chief of staff. Meanwhile, our current mayor and her partner are harder to find than a sunny February day in Seattle. [29], In January 2017, Durkan worked with families and other attorneys at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to obtain a federal court order, the day President Donald Trump's first travel ban executive order went into effect, blocking the deportation of people who had arrived at the airport from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The business benefitted in the '70s as OSHA cracked down on air-quality and asbestos concerns andin a resume posted online, her brotherMichael Moonboasted the business grew by 325 percent while under his watch. Moon, 54, a former urban designer and activist who owns the downtown condo, estimated the net worth of her and her husband at $4.1 million on a financial disclosure statement. Join our subscribers list to get the latest news, updates and special offers directly in your inbox. After receiving criticism from community activists and the police officers' guild for choosing out-of-state finalists, Durkan defended her decision as the recommendation of a search committee. [125], In April 2019, it was reported that two of Durkan's staffers accused her of mistreatment, with one calling the working environment "toxic". Those are not lived experiences those two candidates share. Durkan, 59, a former U.S. attorney who owned the 6,800-square-foot North Seattle luxury home and is on leave from the corporate law firm she joined two years ago, put her wealth at $5.75million in her financial disclosure. City council member Teresa Mosqued, who vowed to slash the Seattle Police Department's $400 million budget by half, earns more ($131,336) than New York general . She said her job was to make Seattle a larger home," Durkan said in her inauguration speech. [40][50], In September 2014, when U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced his intention to step down, Durkan was widely discussed as a potential candidate to succeed him. Durkan has received criticism for her response to the George Floyd protests in Seattle, and her handling of law enforcement in the so-called Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. The Obama administration nominated Loretta Lynch. [178] The whistleblowers who sought to comply with the law sued the city for retaliation and constructive dismissal. Her father, Martin Durkan, was a prominent Seattle-area lawyer, Democratic legislator, and lobbyist whose career included 16 years in the state Senate and two unsuccessful runs for governor. Read More FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan addresses a news conference about changes being made in the police department in Seattle. During an interview with CNN host Chris Cuomo, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan jokingly stated that the area could hold a "summer of love," alluding to a mass gathering of peace activists in 1967 in . [102] In 2002 Durkan's sister Ryan and brother Jamie lobbied the Seattle City Council on Hedreen's behalf, asking it to exempt him from building $6 million of low-income housing in downtown Seattle. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan takes questions from reporters following an Apple event in 2019 for the company's new building in Seattle. Annual Salary. 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