Name: John V. Lyman
Title: Judge
Court: Tumwater Municipal Court
County: Thurston
Discipline: Reprimand
Method of Resolution: Stipulation
Discipline Date: 07/08/2011
Summary: From an agreed statement of facts, the Commission found that Judge John Lyman of the Tenino and Tumwater Municipal Courts violated Canons 1 and 2(A) of the Code of Judicial when he drove under the influence of alcohol, hit an unattended vehicle and left without notifying the owner thereof of the damage. The judge was charged with hit and run of an unattended vehicle and DUI and entered a deferred prosecution in Tumwater Municipal Court (before a visiting judge) to resolve those charges. The Commission reprimanded Judge Lyman who also agreed, among other things, to comply with all conditions of the Municipal Court order granting deferred prosecution of the matter, to recuse himself on timely request of litigants from DUI and hit-and-run matters, and to make a number of presentations related to his conduct to the public and to judicial associations.
Case Documents Available:
Stipulation, Agreement and Order of Reprimand filed 8/10/2011.