Name: Jay F. Wisman
Title: Judge
Court: Cascade District Court
County: Snohomish
Discipline: Admonishment
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 02/07/2003
Canons Violated:2(A), 3(A)(1), 3(A)(4)
Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Snohomish County District Court (Cascadia Division) Judge Jay F. Wisman violated Canons 2(A), 3(A)(1) and 3(A)(4) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by engaging in a practice that discouraged respondents in his court from exercising any meaningful right to be heard in the manner they were entitled to under state law in traffic infraction mitigation hearings. The Commission admonished the judge.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Admonishment filed 2/7/2003.