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Tacoma Court Commissioner Removed
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1991, page 4
Mark Adams who has served on the state Court of Appeals in Tacoma for fifteen years was demoted in December of 1990 by the Courts four judges after learning that a judicial misconduct complaint had been filed against Adams. The complaint alleged that Adams put "his hands in his pants …
Filed under:
Sexual Harassment,
Supervisor-Staff Harassment,
Judicial Misconduct,
Attorney Misconduct.
Location:
Washington.
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