Name: Grant L. Anderson
Title: Judge
Court: Pierce County Superior Court
County: Pierce
Discipline: Censure & Suspension
Method of Resolution: Supreme Court affirmed but amended sanction
Discipline Date: 04/03/1998
Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 5(C)(3), 6(C)
Summary: The Commission conducted a hearing on allegations of misconduct by Pierce County Superior Court Judge Grant L. Anderson. Following a hearing, the Commission found that the judge received undisclosed payments from a purchaser of assets from an estate for which he was a fiduciary, failed to report the receipt of the payments on his public disclosure filings, and served as a corporate officer after becoming a superior court judge. The Commission found that Judge Anderson violated Canons 1, 2(A), 5(C)(3) and 6(C) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. The Commission censured the judge and recommended to the Washington State Supreme Court that he be suspended from office for a period of four months without pay. The State Supreme Court affirmed the Commission's findings, ordered Judge Anderson removed from office, and vacated the Commission's order of corrective action.
Case Documents Available:
Supreme Court Decision In re The Honorable Grant L. Anderson 138 Wn.2d 830 filed 7/29/1999.
Commission Decision filed 4/3/1998.
Concurring and Dissenting Opinion filed 4/3/1998.
Answer to Statement of Charges filed 8/25/1997.
Statement of Charges filed 8/4/1997.