Name: Stephen L. Conroy
Title: Judge
Court: Lynnwood Municipal Court
County: Snohomish
Discipline: Censure
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 10/06/2000
Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 2(B), 3(A)(1), 3(A)(4), 3(A)(5), 3(D)(1)
Summary: The Commission and Judge Stephen L. Conroy of the Lynnwood and Edmonds Municipal Courts stipulated that if a hearing were held, clear, cogent and convincing evidence would establish that he: 1) intentionally made false and misleading statements to Commission investigators; 2) presided over various matters involving parties and/or witnesses with whom he had an intimate personal relationship; and 3) presided over a case involving a defendant who he had previously represented in a different matter and relied on knowledge gained from that relationship in granting the defendant leniency. The judge agreed that the conduct described violated Canons 1, 2 (A), 2(B), 3 (A)(1, 4, and 5), and 3 (D)(1) of the Code of Judicial Conduct. Pursuant to an agreement, the judge accepted a censure and agreed to resign from his judicial offices.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Censure filed 10/6/2000.