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Case Summary for Complaint # 3884


Name: Peter M Lukevich

Title: Judge

Court: Tukwila Municipal Court

County: King

Discipline: Admonishment

Method of Resolution: Stipulation

Discipline Date: 04/04/2003

Canons Violated:1, 2(A), 2(B)

Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission determined that Tukwila Municipal Court Judge Peter M. Lukevich violated Canons 1, 2(A) and 2(B) of the Code of Judicial Conduct by using a court facility to assist the personal interests of a former client friend and by attempting to testify without a subpoena as a character witness for that former client friend. The Commission admonished the judge who had resigned from office for reasons unrelated to the Commission's case. The judge also agreed not to seek or hold judicial office in the future without approval of the Commission.

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