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Case Summary for Complaint # 3473


Name: Marianne Walters

Title: Commissioner

Court: Jefferson Cnty Superior Court

County: Jefferson

Discipline: Admonishment

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 08/03/2001

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 7(A)(1)(b), 7(A)(1)(e)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that part-time Jefferson County Superior Court Commissioner Marianne Walters violated the Applications section (A)(1)(b), Canons 1, 2(A), and 7(A)(1)(b) and (e) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by endorsing candidates for nonjudicial public offices and by identifying herself as a member of a political party in a political advertisement. The Commission admonished the judge.

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